Welcome to edition 178 of the Pentax Forum's Picture of the Week. Thanks to baro-nite for hosting the previous edition!


This edition covers photos from Aug 21 - Sep 3, 2011. That lets you show off any shots you took last week but haven't processed until now. In other words, you can post your shots from this week AND last week.

POTW is a great place to show what you've been shooting day-to-day. It gives us all a chance to see what other members are up to with their Pentax (and Samsung) cameras in the parts of the world in which they live or have visited. We can share ideas, learn from one another, and have a good time.

So show us what you've seen in your little corner of the planet! Looking forward to seeing all of what's out there this week. A special welcome to all new members!

Again same rules as always:

1) No theme, just post your favourite pix.

2) Lets keep it to fewer than 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) Enter anything you shot last week or during this current week until the thread closes.

5) The current host will appoint the new host as an invitation via Private Message (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.

Here are the links to previous POTW threads:

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 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, 126 twitch, 127 stevebrot, 128 ohce, 129 jmschrei, 130 photolady, 131 photolady, 132 bbluesman, 133 rparmar, 134 reeftool, 135 reeftool, 136 Oldschool, 137 xjjohonnol, 138 KarenH, 139 Rense, 140 daacon, 141 Tamia, 142 JeffJS, 143 bbluesman, 144 fotaki, 145 fotaki, 146 Woof, 147 Bramela, 148 Bramela, 149 Tamia, 150 Nomad, 151 Clou, 152 drugal, 153 rparmar, 154 Nomad, 155 jmschrei, 156 noelcmn, 157 noelcmn, 158 rwfarnell, 159 ramseybuckeye 160 christophleipzig, 161 JeremytheIndian, 162 SpecialK, 163 emetcalf, 164 emetcalf, 165 stevebrot, 166 rparmar, 167 Mattt, 168 JeffJS,169 jmschrei, 170 fotaki, 171 xs400, 172 TOUGEFC, 173 TOUGEFC, 174 Warped, 175 MaryAD, 176 Davidw0815, 177 baro-nite

[baro-nite]

It's Sunday so I must be at Duke Gardens chasing birds. Fortunately they're quite tame. The resident GBH posed obligingly:



then flew off on cue. I think it was annoyed that the guy next to me was shooting with Canon gear:



Or maybe the bird couldn't stand the idea of this lad being indoctrinated into Nikon (his dad, walking behind, had his own Nikon DSLR, on a tripod):



I finished up with some close-up work. A canna leaf:

[lukulele]

Thanks Baro-nite for hosting again and the shots from Durham. The lad with anchor around his neck might soon be in line for a spinal adjustment.

[daacon]

Thanks Baro-nite for hosting - great shot of the BIF - tack sharp.

lukulele - nice football shots - a sign of fall comming for sure.

Spent the weekend in a ball tournament in a small town about an hour away

[xjjohnno]

Wow, hosting POTW 2 weeks in a row, well done Baronite nad thanks.
Some bird pics from the last couple of days.

[baro-nite]

lukulele: good pair of football pics, sums up the game nicely -- some action, and some waiting on the refs!

Dave: that wide-open space captures the feel of a small-town sports park. That is a serious tailgating rig in #1.

xjjohnno: I was just too disorganized to find a new host for this week, but I will next week. Nice set of bird pics, with #3 a winner for light, composition, bokeh.

Here's another shot of wild turkeys from my Blue Ridge Parkway trip:

[xjjohnno]

Turkeys, yum, is there a cranberry plant nearby Baronte?i

[baro-nite]

Turkeys, yum, is there a cranberry plant nearby Baronte?i

Likely enough, if you're willing to wade into a bog after them!

[reeftool]

We've been dealing with a Irene for the past few days but the power is on so I'm finally getting a little time on the computer. I didn't get any storm shots as I was out working in it but here are some shots here in Corinth on the day after. These are the Hudson River at the town beach. We came through pretty unscathed but in the surrounding areas, many roads are cut and still impassable due to blowdowns and washed out roads. It was beautiful Monday with little indication of Sunday's storm other than some debris. At least here, the river never approached the levels we had in April although the flood gates were opened on the dam so they have experienced some record high water downstream. A few folks were back out enjoying the beach yesterday. All shot with the DA 15.

[JeffJS]

[lukulele]

Baro-nite,
Which segments of the Parkway did you visit this trip? Loved the droplet surface tension on the canna. Thanks for the Sauratown reference which I did not know.
Dave, those open skies look very inviting.
Reeftool, what a contrast from the footage from Vermont.
Jeff and xjohnno, nice!

[daacon]

xjjohonno - Nice bird shot gotta love a bird on a wire

baro-nite - thanks for the comments - Thanksgiving is not too far away but for now the turkeys are safe.

reeftool - glad to hear you were not that affected by Irene - nice lookin area.

Jeff - nice bokeh on those flowers well done.

lukulele - thanks for comments

A few from a recent walk

This guy hasn't got nmuch time - fall is in the air




Little green around home




Urban Bunny




I lied down on the grass and tried af.c on this one. This was about the 4th shot in the sequence. I missed the focus however af.c is beffer for sideways action than head on , still I like it

[reeftool]

Vermont and the areas you are seeing on the news aren't too far away form me. Lake George, just up the road has severe flooding damage. We were fortunate this time although we had our 100 year flood in April where most of the beach in that scene was under water. I think I posted in POTW back then. I also have some of those shots in my Single in May album in the Forum. It's been a tough year for floods around here.

[Davidw0815]

Hi all,
Thanks for hosting, baro-nite. I really like your shot of the drops on leaf.
@daacon: Great shot of the urban bunny.

So, here is what I've been doing the past days:

Japanese-style garden in Frankfurt at night (K50/1.2, ISO400, 1/25):


IG Farben building (K50/1.2, ISO400, 1/25):


The reason I don't need to go away on vacation (K24/2.8, ISO200, 1/100):

[pentaximus]

Hello again, everyone! Here are a few recent ones. I just picked up a ZX-5 last week:



A couple of macros. This with a DAL 18-55 reversed at 55mm:



This with my "new" F 35-70mm lens that came with the ZX-5. In "macro" mode and helped with a bit of cropping:



Does this count as "street photography"???



And finally a little color: