Welcome to Picture of the Week #76 08/16/2009 - 08/30/2009

Thanks eccs19 for hosting last weeks POTW thread it can be found Here

Once again same rules and really other than time frames there are no rules

1) No theme just your favorite stuff.
2) Let's keep it to about 4-6 images per post just so the thread doesn't get too big each week.
3) Any Pentax camera is fine, film, P&S, DSLR (or Samsung DSLR)
4) Date : Sunday 08/16/2009 to Sunday - Sunday 08/30/2009. Enter anything you shot last week or during this current week until the thread closes.


Previous hosts:

1 Peter Zack, 2 Eaglerapids, 3 rmtagg, 4 Peter Zack, 5 daacon, 6 Bramela, 7 mtnbearhug, 8 dantuyhoa, 9 gawan, 10 roentarre, 11 daacon, 12 Kris, 13 mtnbearhug, 14 SCGushue, 15 daacon, 16 maxwell1295, 17 dantuyhoa, 18 daacon, 19 maxwell1295 19(2) daacon, 20 Bramela, 21 Syb, 22 maxwell1295, 23 maxwell1295, 24 dantuyhoa, 25 Gawan, 26 Peter Zack, 27 borno, 28 daacon, 29 gawan, 30 Damn Brit, 31 maxwell1295 32 maxwell1295 , 33 dantuyhoa, 34 daacon, 35 Peter Zack, 36 Damn Brit, 37 Borno, 38 Kevint, 39 Peter Zack, 40 Timbo13, 41 daacon, 42 daacon, 43 gawan, 44 dantuyhoa, 45 daacon, 46 rense, 47 daacon, 48 Rense, 49 borno, 50 Rense, 51 daacon, 52 Peter Zack, 53 Peter Zack, 54 dadipentak, 55 David Whiteley, 56 planedriver, 57 daacon,58 bramela, 59 daacon, 60 gawan, 61 virgilr, 62 daacon, 63 RickL 64 Peter Zack 65 Peter Zack 66 Causey 67 daacon 68 Bramela 69 georgweb 70 daacon 71 seacapt 72 daacon 73 AOski 74 Rense 75 eccs19 76 daacon

A few to get us started

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[xjjohnno]

Lovely collection coming in folks.
Some native plant life in the neighbourhood.
A couple of different eucalypt blossoms.
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One of the many varieties of Grevillea.
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All taken with an Isco Gpttingen Westenar 165mm f3.5.

[eccs19]

That is an interesting looking flower. So you know what type that one is?

[xs400]

That is an interesting looking flower. So you know what type that one is?

That's a lantana. I've got some growing in my backyard.

[photolady95]

I've got some growing in my backyard.

Me too, Frank, that's why I asked Dave about it. I have four different colors in my yard I planted this month. Two are already blooming. But I've never seen one with that many colors to one flower.

[Plankton]

Finally have had time to walk around in the woods and take pictures! My favorite from today:



-Javin

[Bramela]

Spring is coming alive here. Temps are hovering around 25deg and all is coming alive.

[eccs19]

Tried my Tamron 500mm mirror with my Tamron 2x teleconverter.

[RoxnDox]

A couple of shots taken alongside the highway, driving up thru southern Wisconsin Monday. I stopped to look at the rocks (nice limestone), but saw these honeybees clustering around several spots where groundwater was seeping out of the rocks - drinking their fill, apparently.

Jim

(K100D, Kit lens Mk 1, handheld)

[daacon]

Tom - you finally got a heron - that is a great BIF shot very sharp well done.

Frank - I love the first two very cool. And I see one was out looking for some wind shots - sure get a sense of wind on that one.

Photolady - You and Frank have indentified it. I am afraid my horticulture / botney skills leave me to say it's a purty one It was grown in the Muttart Conservatory so it had a controlled atmosphere and very good care.

Song_hm - 7 feet on a pogo impresseive indeed.

Kevin- nice captures of the Gold finches well done. And consider the time you had the hummer is a good one.

xjjoohono - nice blossoms I suppose spring is starting in your neck of the woods where as here things are slowing dieng

Javin - wonnderful shot - creamy bokeh as well.

Bruce - nice flowers and excellent macro of that disgusting fly

eccs19 - great moon shot - very detailed.

RonXDox - wow I don't believe I have ever seen bees comming out of a rock like that before - very cool.

Great week all lots of time left post away

[daacon]

We had a bit of a thunder bumper last night. So there I was firing off shots like a machine gun stretching the limits of my K20D buffer and SDHC card. I must of taken 200 shots trying to capture some lightening. Unfortuantley the storm came up suddenly and I had the Tammy 70-200 attached a bit long for this kind of effort. I gave up once the rain came.

This was was best I got - still my first ever lightening captures so I got room to improve. ISO 1600

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[Rense]

Dave, that last one is great!! And I like the first one too. It's very sharp and that very thin tread in the sky is very nice. Well done!!

[seacapt]

Last few from my time out last Sat. The spider below is a different variety than the one I posted earlier. This is locally refferred to as a writing spider. They weave a patch in the web which they usually hang out on. The patch is about 3-4 inches long and 1/2 inch wide resembling a label. Sometimes the weaving resembles letters. The "old wives tale" is that if you see your name written in this spider's web you won't be around to see next Summer.

[reeftool]

Dave, Nice lightning shots!
Seacapt, Nice macros!
As I was heading out to my truck yesterday afternoon to go to work, I saw this youngster in the back yard. It was a quick back in the house and get the camera moment. He was still there and I got a few shots. Sigma 70-300.

[Rense]

Many briliant shots this week. Sorry for not commenting on them all.....
Reeftool, great opportunity, and well done. I would shake too much to make such fine pics!!!

[Rense]

Some from this afternoons session in my backyard...

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