Picture of the week #87 Nov 1 - Nov 15 2009
So it's time to see your stuff from last week and this upcoming week.

Welcome to POTW #87 and counting. Nice stuff last week posted here https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/mini-challenges-games-photo-stories/78371...-8-2009-a.html

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 10/25/2009 to Sunday - Sunday 11/08/2009. Enter anything you shot last week or during this current week until the thread closes.


Previous hosts: (each one is a hotlink to that POTW thread to look past at the previous 86 weeks. Peter started the links, I know it had to be a lot of editing!!


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 77 xs400 78 daacon 79 Bramela 80 borno 81 legacyb4 82 daacon 83 gawan 84 Rense 85 Peter Zack 86 davef 87 davef

[seacapt]

Davef - Thanks for hosting. A few to get things started. There is something unsettling about an empty carnival.

[Oldschool]

A couple from a short walk yesterday...



Patiently waiting for his treat....

[Plankton]

Some pictures from when me and my friend went into the woods for 4 day hunting trip. We didn't do much hunting as it turns out and spent all our time taking pictures :P (never even loaded the gun)

Heres us when we went in. (note same bed roll and gun)

Note: My finger is not on the trigger, I got a page of comments of people lecturing me about trigger discipline when I posted this on my local hunting forum..





Some macros from the trip.





I'm still processing most of the pictures, got some of a few deer.

[davef]

Ken, I like the merry-go-round horse. I agree -- an empty carnival always seems cold and bleak to me.

Paul, those hawgs seem pretty well dressed. It is getting a tad cold for biking around here.

Javin, nice macros and there are any who feel that hunting with a camera is more sporting.


Here are a few from a swim meet this weekend. Shot at 3200 with the K7. They are pretty noisy but, IMO, quite serviceable for small images.

[Ash]

Nice ones so far.

And a few of mine - when I could get out and about:


And something with passion:

[Stratman]

A few from my trip to the Saint Louis Zoo, and Art Museum.

[jheu02]

A couple from yesterday and today shot with varying lenses.

[scatron]

A real mish-mash from me this week - with a nice variety of lenses used:

1. Finally got my Tokina 500mm f8 mirror lens on my new (to me) K20D - 1/640, ISO 400.
No PP, just a crop:


2. My daughter tracing cartoon characters at the children's museum in Ogden, Utah.
She does the same thing with her tongue when she plays sports.
This is with the K100D and PENTAX-DA 18-250mm - 1/30, f/4.5, 43 mm, ISO 800
(auto white balance in portrait mode - looks like it nailed it):


3. Our 20-year-old cat. K20D with PENTAX-F 50mm F1.7
(a beat-up throw-in I got with the K20D - I really like this lens) - 1/640, f/3.2, ISO 200:


4. Some test shots of spruce needles using my new (to me)
Tamron SP AF 70-200mm F2.8 on the K20D - 1/500, f/7.1, 160 mm, ISO 200 (manually focused):


5. Free tram ride at Snowbird resort with food donation last weekend.
We're on 11,000 ft (3,353 meter) Hidden Peak. Was 29F (-2C) at the top.
K20D with the DA 18-250mm - 1/500, f/14.0, 26.9 mm, ISO 400:


6. Same combo (K20D with the DA 18-250mm) for a portrait of our 13-year-old dog.
1/100, f/5.6, 100 mm, ISO 200:


Like I said, a hodge-podge of images with a 5 different combinations of camera & lens. I'm happy with my array of lenses, just missing a wide angle variety.

[ramseybuckeye]

These are in the bizarre sports category - they were taken at halftime of a soccer match last Thursday:

Skydiver approached with flares burning:


Don't know what happened here, but I think it was caused by the stadium lights, 2 seconds before the last shot:


Skydiver nears the pitch:

Pentax SMCP-FA 28-200mm f/3.8-5.6 AL, f/8.0, 1/4, ISO 200, 200mm

[legacyb4]

I had the opportunity to attend a work event last night to do some informal photography. One of the highlights of the evening was a performance by local music artist Art Napoleon.

A shot I thought looked better in B&W.

200mm, F3.2, 1/40, ISO1600

[xjjohnno]

Best I get into the spirit of things.
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[borno]

Here is a little early morning pre dawn scene

[smf]

These exposures are from a brief period during which passers-by asked what I was photographing, as they didn't want to miss seeing whatever it was. One person said she was a former photography student. A nice guy seated on a bench where I photographed the moth took the time to point out other insects.
The conversations were as much fun as the photography.

K100D, SMC Pentax Macro 1:4/100, ISO 200, handheld, aperture priority, cropped and tweaked in iPhoto, files downsized in Elements

[foster]

From last week: