Welcome to the 126th edition of the Pentax Forum's Picture of the Week!
This edition covers photos taken between August 8th and August 22nd, 2010, or shots from last week you haven't processed until now.

Thanks to woof for hosting last week and thanks for choosing me as the host.

POTW is a great place to show what you're shooting day-to-day with your cameras. It gives us all a chance to see what other members are up to with their Pentax cameras in their parts of the world in which they live or have visited. We can share ideas and hopefully learn from one another which is great too!

So show us what you've seen in your little corner of the planet! I look forward to seeing all of what's out there this week.

Again same rules as before:

1) No theme, just post your favorite pix.

2) Let's keep it to under 6 images per post just so the thread doesn't get too big each week.

3) Any Pentax camera or Samsung SLR is fine, whether it's film, P&S, or DSLR.

4) Date: Sunday August 15 to Sunday August 29 2010. Enter anything you shot last week or during this current week until the thread closes. Old shots with a new look from post-processing during the open time period are also welcome.

5) The current host will appoint the new host as an invitation via PM. If possible, the new thread will be linked to the previous one and the new thread will start between Noon EDT and 5PM EDT on Sunday. If the thread doesn't start, please contact Peter Zack, Moderator via PM.


Previous hosts: Each one is a hotlink to that POTW thread to look past at the previous 117 weeks. 1 Peter Zack, 2Eaglerapids 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 dadipentax, 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 georgeweb, 70 daacon, 71 seacapt, 72 daacon, 73 AOski, 74 Rense 75 eccs19, 76 daacon, 77 xs400, 78 daacon, 79 Bramela, 80 borno, 81 legacyb4, 82 daacon, 83 gawan, 84 Rense, 85 Peter Zack, 86 davef, 87 davef, 88 xjjohnno 89 Bramela , 90 Peter Zack, 91 daacon, 92 stevebrot ,93 reeftool, 94 jezza323, 95 oldschool, 96 Iris, 97 Rense, 98 planedriver, 99 xs400, 100 Peter Zack, 101 Netuser 102 Photolady, 103 Tamia, 104 Irishwhite, 105 Ramseybuckeye, 106 xjjohnno, 107 Bumbibop, 108 JeffJS, 109 Tpeace, 110 Nomad, 111 Photolady, 112 rparmar, 113 Peter Zack, 114 casil403, 115 Tamia 116 JeffJS, 117 bbluesman, 118 Clou, 119 ruggiex, 120 Jimbow007, 121 jmschrie, 122 VaughnA 123 pop4, 124 casil403, 125 woof

[daacon]

Thanks for hosting Twitch ...

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A few from yesterday

[JeffJS]

Last week I went out to take some photos to compare the K7 WR Kit lens to an A28mm f2.8 that I had listed on the Marketplace (now sold). I thought I would show off that kit lens a little here. For the extra 0 dollars I paid for it in the kit, not a bad piece of glass.



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[A8YANG]

I was practicing the panning technique yesterday and the result come out like this. Please comment how I can improve this technique.

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[Clou]

A few from Sunday

[daacon]

JeffS - I agree it is one of the better kit lenses out there - nice shots (and it is WR as well!)

A8YANG - Panning is a learned art - the best advice I can give you is PRATICE. Make sure the Focus if on Auto Continious and not Auto Signle, but pratice will be your best friend.

Clou - I like the series - seems you have the same kind of skies we have had lately. #1 and #2 are my favorites.

The Fringe Festival is a huge street festival in Edmonton every year. Lots of plays and of course street perfromers ...

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The camera on the monopod here was 'borrowed' from the audience , thank gawd he did not pick my K20D ! (Although the camera was fine in the end)



after camera balancing came knife juggling (and yes that was perfect trimimg on my part to get the sun reflecting off the blade )Well ok perfect luck then.



Next up - why a running chainsaw of course !



The finale was knife juggling agin - however it was on the freaking huge unicyel ! Oh and he managed to get down to his underwear as well - better tips from the ladies I suppose



The guy was very entertaining , they don't get paid just what the audience gives them , had no issue donating some money for this act.

Carry on crew

[bbluesman]

Thx 4 hosting Twitch.
Nice series Michael and Dave.

C'mon Baby Let's go Down


Dockers


Tourists L'Afrique


Lone Pagoda Hill


All from Sun Moon Lake,Taiwan

[rparmar]

Well, today was Pentaxium so I went shooting as I normally do. It was also a lovely sunny day, so some of that shooting was on a walk by the river with my equally lovely wife.

My first contributions come from the world of the tiny. These were shot at 1:2 but cropped so I'd say they are approximately 1:1. Hand-held.

Charlotte


(Shot with the Vivitar Series 1 105mm macro.)


in the spotlight


(Shot with the Vivitar Series 1 105mm macro.)


the web-wide world


(Shot with the Vivitar Series 1 105mm macro.)


EDIT: Those seemed over-sharpened so I have replaced them. Not quite right yet, but at least they do not hurt my head so much.

[jezza323]

i have been away for a long time! but im back

some good shots this week, can tell its summer in the northern part of the world with all the outdoorsy activities going on and some nice macros too

i went for a bit of a drive around yesterday (World Pentax Day!) and this is the first from the set

a morning drive yesterday around boonah revealed a bunch of fog, this is the first one from the set. better ones to come as i get around to processing them i hope!

[rparmar]

In order not to overload this thread I have some other shots in Pentaxium Walk. But I want to share this one here.

all is not dark while the stars still shine


country road at midnight


(Shot with the DA 12-24mm.)

[bbluesman]

In order not to overload this thread I have some other shots in Pentaxium Walk. But I want to share this one here.

all is not dark while the stars still shine


country road at midnight


(Shot with the DA 12-24mm.)

Nice negative space shot.

[rparmar]

Nice negative space shot.

And a good test of your computer screen's gamma.

Thanks!

[jmschrei]

And a good test of your computer screen's gamma.

Thanks!

No kidding. I first looked at this at work on my rather unremarkable monitor and wondered "what the heck was he thinking?". On my own computer at home I can see.
-Joe

[eccs19]

A couple from the weekend. Mostly just fun pics, as the lighting was HORRIBLE, but what can you do?

[jezza323]

another foggy shot from world pentax day!


Early Morning Fog by jezza323, on Flickr