Welcome to the 125th edition of the Pentax Forum's Picture of the Week!
This edition covers photos taken between August 1 and August 15, 2010, or shots from last week you haven't processed until now.

Thanks to casil403 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 1 to Sunday August 15 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

[bbluesman]

Hi Woof thanks for hosting...here are a few from Bagua Mountain-Changhua, Taiwan.

The Lions Roar


Safari Roof


Usual Suspects


Laughing Boy


Glazed Over

[eccs19]

Thanks for hosting Woof. One from yesterday.

[photolady95]

Thanks for hosting woof.

Mark, I really like your 2nd, and last shots best. Other are good and interesting also, just prefer those two.

eccs, your hibiscus looks a little over done but good shot none the less.

Here's a few from my morning shoot. Found a new park to hang out at. And one from my original hanging out place.
The first is a Little Blue Heron. A new bird for me and taken at my usual birding place.



The next is another new bird for me, and at my new birding place.

Snowy Egret:


Adult Non-breeding Laughing Gull:



And a non water bird: I've seen more of these birds in the last week, than I have seen here in years.

Buzzard:


A try at shooting a bird in flight, came out ok, but not my best nor up to good standards:

Great Blue Heron:

[jmschrei]

Photolady, those are some awesome bird shots!

I continued to try my hand at urban scenes this weekend. Here are two very different approaches to urban art:
Corporate art

Schoolyard mural

-Joe

[rparmar]

Friday night I shot a dance/video performance/installation featuring Kaspar Aus, artist in residence on the Daghdha Mentoring Programme plus Inmaculada Moya Pavon and The Quiet Club.


In Between 23050


(Shot with the Vivitar/Komine 24mm.)


In Between 23125


(Shot with the FA 77mm Limited.)


In Between 23090


(Shot with the FA 77mm Limited.)

[JeffJS]

Still in flower mode.....





All taken to invade his privacy..

[xjjohnno]

Thanks for hosting this week's POTW Woof.
Some pics taken when myself and the good lady went out for dinners.
A clue as to the cuisine of the restaurant we ate at.
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Signage from some eateries we didn't dine at.
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A little street view.
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Some of the silly stuff we saw in shop windows.
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[woof]

In August of each year we pack the kids up and go to camp on Lake Champlain. For the past four years, this "stump" has been beached along the shore. I visit it and photograph it each year. I try to capture something a bit different each time. I'll post a few more later... C&C welcome. Thanks!

[borno]

Greetings fellow POTW'ers.
I took the smcp a35-70f4 out for a bit the other day. I don't have a macro lens, but this one is probably my closest to it.

[daacon]

woof - thanks for hosting !

mark - nice series such a zen like place

eccs19 - great framing on that flower

photlady - nice variety of birds there - lover the last one too bad he was not flying towards ya (they do that to me all the time as well)

jimschrei - nice street shots - that first sculpture is unique I like it.

rparmar - nice series the BW does it justice

JeffJS - ha ! caught him looking in the last one. Nice bee in #1

xjjohonno - umm I'll bet it was good - #3 is my favorite funky !

woof - like the capture of the stump - pretty cool taking a picture every year.

Tom - nice capture with what you have.

Played in a ball tournament over the weekend. Weather was hot, mosquitoes’ were plentiful - but the ball was fun and the beers were frosty

Used the DA 35ltd exclusivley for the weekend. Harsh sunlight but it did quite well.

Click on image for larger view

Making the lineup



It's a hit !



Safe on first



Playing bean bag baseball during some down time

[rparmar]

rparmar - nice series the BW does it justice

Thanks. I went for a "rough" look, even to the point of reducing detail etc. Kind of old-timey. The artist loves it.

[eccs19]

Couple more from the weekend.

1. My Grandmother turned 90. We went to visit her for a small gathering.


2. My cousin. I played with this a bit in lightroom showing my Dad how some of the features worked. I actually like the way this turned out with the dark background.

[stevebrot]

In August of each year we pack the kids up and go to camp on Lake Champlain. For the past four years, this "stump" has been beached along the shore. I visit it and photograph it each year. I try to capture something a bit different each time. I'll post a few more later... C&C welcome. Thanks!

This year's version is a real winner in my book! Two thumbs up


Steve

[Jimbow007]

Three shots from yesterday.





I like my Tamron 70-200mm F2.8 Macro. But I, think it may be time to get a real macro lens.