Welcome to the 124th edition of the Pentax Forum's Picture of the Week!
This edition covers photos taken between July 25 and August 8, 2010, or shots from last week you haven't processed until now.

Thanks to pop4 for hosting last week and thanks for choosing me as the host. It's my second time doing the hosting duties and I am looking forward to this one as much as I did the last one.

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 slap that Pentax/Samsung around your neck or pop it in your pocket this week and 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 favourite 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 July 25 to Sunday August 8 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

[daacon]

124 that's a lot of weeks Here's a few more from Thursday

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A pano



Putting up some dust



I've been spotted



Laying in the sand (helps to get rid of the flies)

[photolady95]

More nice buffalo's, Dave. I like these shots. I bet they were hard to meter, all that brown, eh?

I shot some this morning, after a real photo shot (portrait shots for my nephew).

Blue Jay after he visited the feeder:



And another, have no idea what he was looking at, maybe he dropped a seed.

[reeftool]

Nice buffalo shots, Dave. I hope he wasn't passing gas in that second one.
Photolady, Nice closeups's of the Blue Jay.

I spent yesterday back out on the water, enjoying this exceptionally nice summer. First shot is a water lilly. I have had a very difficult time getting shots of these flowers. They're all over but only really open up in the bright midday sun and I take several shots every time I see them. They usually suffer from blown highlights and the yellow centers loose detail. I underexposed this one and it produced an interesting shot. The second is a very young Red Wing Blackbird just out of the nest. Mama wasn't happy and she buzzed me a couple of times.

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[gawan]

Dave, nice shots,I love especially the second last, good angle!
Photolady, good catches!
reeftool, great job with the white water lily!

I notice it's been about six months since my last photo post. Well here are some from today.
(Special note to Rense: this is the like setup I was referring in the other forum, you see, I posted these anyway, only here in POTW

[Clou]

A few from today (from a walk in the park):

[daacon]

Photolady thanks , it was not too bad - the camera is pretty smart Nice bluejay shots particularly the first one.

reeftool - thanks the smell was distinct to say the least ha! Nice Lily and good job on the focus on the second one.

George - thanks nice to see you back as well ! Great Bee shot nice series indeed.

Cloe - nice series love the first one ! I see a baby coot we have a few of them here as well. Good job on the swan as well.

Some more from me click on image for larger view

[ManhattanProject]

Photolady thanks , it was not too bad - the camera is pretty smart Nice bluejay shots particularly the first one.

reeftool - thanks the smell was distinct to say the least ha! Nice Lily and good job on the focus on the second one.

George - thanks nice to see you back as well ! Great Bee shot nice series indeed.

Cloe - nice series love the first one ! I see a baby coot we have a few of them here as well. Good job on the swan as well.

Some more from me click on image for larger view

Simply superb photographs, nice work.

[jmschrei]

Thanks for hosting Lisa. Lots of great shots already!

I was driving through downtown on my way to a meeting this week when I saw this building sized advertisement for Cirque du Soliel. I had to go back and capture it this weekend.
Larger than life

Urban oasis
Then I visited an urban park, deserted at this time on a weekend morning:

Walking on water

DA* 16-50/2.8
-Joe

[chinotenshi]

Taken this past Saturday. First time taking fireworks photos with a tripod. Will never go back to handheld again!


Hopefully these are better quality then the ones I uploaded this morning:

[ramseybuckeye]

Went to Killdeer Plains wildlife area yesterday:
Bald Eagle and Red Tailed Hawk sitting in the same tree:
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Bald Eagle:
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Red Tailed Hawk:
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Great Blue Heron in Tree:
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Goldfinch:
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[photolady95]

Hey Tom.........the new one is open here:

https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/mini-challenges-games-photo-stories/10930...-8-2010-a.html

That's where you should have posted these, right?

[ramseybuckeye]

Hey Tom.........the new one is open here:

https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/mini-challenges-games-photo-stories/10930...-8-2010-a.html

That's where you should have posted these, right?

These were taken yesterday, the 31st - I'm just Slow!

[ohce]

Almost spent all day with my kid and no time to shot others except him.

Up to the sky series.

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[bbluesman]

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