Welcome to edition 185 of the Pentax Forum's Picture of the Week. Thanks to lukulele for hosting the previous month's worth of POTW's!

This edition covers photos from 9 Oct 11 to 23 Oct 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 **** Brit, 31 maxwell1295, 32 maxwell1295, 33 dantuyhoa, 34 daacon, 35 Peter Zack, 36 **** 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, 178 baro-nite, 179 pentaximus, 180 lukulele, 181 lukulele, 182 rob 1234, 183 lukulele, 184 lukulele

[pentaximus]

Welcome to POTW 185. How time flies!

I think lukulele is on vacation per doctor's orders after hosting a zillion straight POTW's. So you're all stuck with me.

I'll start the ball gently rolling with a few items:

My "eye" phone



And these two are from my back porch this morning:

Mystery film atop a bucket full of science project



Rocks stained with good ol' Georgia red clay



Okay, show us what you've got...

[Clou]

These are from a walk in the Alps today.

It was close to this lake


Tegernsee - anderer Blickwinkel


It was good to follow the signs:


This way


But there were views as reward:


House, Mountains and Sky


There were planes above:


Take that turn

Michael

[photoleet]

Here's a shot I took yesterday with my new FA50 1.4 at F2.2

[lukulele]

Thanks Pentaximus for hosting this week and all of you for supporting POTW. If you haven't hosted yet, please step up and let a host know you're ready to keep this rolling successfully with great shots from around the world. A quick escape to Pipers Gap, Va., Ashe County Cheese, and the New River.

[rparmar]

I shot each poet who read at the Cuisle International Poetry Festival 2011 this week, using my FA Limiteds (of course). I'll put a couple examples here and a couple in the FA Limited thread.

The lighting conditions are generally pretty dire, but I did OK with my K20D at ISO 400, aperture f/2. Generally I needed to do significant cropping. I used one of my "signature" processes to get this B&W look.

The first photo is from the FA43 and the second the FA77.


Mark Whelan




John Pinschmidt

[TOUGEFC]

Thanks Pentaximus for hosting!

And great shots guys!
Havent posted in one of these thread's for a while, here's a couple from yesterday-

[pentaximus]

Clou--Ahhh, yes. Just a typical Sunday stroll through the Alps! What beautiful scenery, and I see that snow has already fallen. Thanks for sharing!

StDevious--Nice shot to show off that FA50 1.4! Now, if that is at f2.2, I'm wondering if anything would be left in focus at f1.4?

lukulele--The barn shot causes total flashback to my grandparents' property. I lived literally a stone's throw from a barn just like that when I was a kid. Love the monochrome for that one.

rparmar--Congratulations on the book and thanks for sharing these here at POTW. I enjoyed the whole series on flickr. Go check it out everybody!

TOUGEFC--Thanks for dropping in. Lovely BW portrait! Where was the astronaut shot taken?

[reeftool]

I was shooting another car show this weekend. Cloudy, windy, and cold. Not a big turnout but a good collection of nice old classics.

[SpecialK]

Went to this museum for the one-day Indian motorcycles...

[xjjohnno]

Thanks for hosting this week's POTW Pentaximus, looking pretty good already with all them pics coming in.
Some street pics fro Melbourne town.

[rparmar]

rparmar--Congratulations on the book and thanks for sharing these here at POTW. I enjoyed the whole series on flickr. Go check it out everybody!

Thank you for saying so. I must mention that the shots render too soft here in the forums. On Flickr they are just fine - with the balance between sharp and not so sharp that I was looking for.

Taking photos of people reading is a challenge since it's not the most exciting of activities. I refuse to use a flash on a performer and only take a few shots before I put the camera down and simply listen.

[Clou]

Robin - I really like the series. Sometimes I have the occasion to take photos of events, but usually i cannot present these here.

A few more from the walk in the Alps and down at the lake.

It was possible to see very far:


Depth


VERY FAR (I posted another photo of the same mountain taken last year, but I like this one as well):


Distant Mountains - other day


Detail on the way:


Ready to seed


The sun was already behind the mountains:


Abendlicht


One last look:


Pool Reflection

Michael

[rparmar]

Wow! Nice Alps you've got there. :-)

[ramseybuckeye]

Thanks for hosting Pentaximus! Great start

Curves:


Mushrooms?


Steve Jobs memorial at an Apple Store: