POTW 8-15-10

<p>Well I couldn't wait had 2 great pics this week so I wanted to get them posted. It is 12.45 here in western Ky so I would like to kick this weeks off if that would be ok. First is one of my daughter we did when she decided she wanted to pose for me as a cowgirl, 2nd is one I took locally here out in the country on top of an ordinary old hill and thought it was a nice capture. Enjoy and hope to see lots of great pics this week.</p><div></div>

<p>2nd</p><div></div>

<p>Tyler, what a sweet way to start this weeks POTW.</p>

<p>I'll maintain the B&W thread for a couple more. These are two images from a study of a magnolia flower taken at the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle. As with many places, outdoor lighting is not optimal for photography during August. I've been up after dawn or hanging until dusk to try anything serious these days. These were taken pre-dusk with just barely enough light seeping through the dense trees of the park. A good challenge of patience and steadiness.</p>

<p><strong>Magnolia flower studies: 1</strong></p>

<p><img src="http://www.smugmug.com/photos/969957512_4ESRb-L.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>Pentax K20D, FA 50mm f2.8 Macro, f4@1/60, ISO 800; conversion in LR3</p>

<p><strong>Magnolia flower studies: 2</strong></p>

<p><img src="http://www.smugmug.com/photos/970104472_GUdbT-L.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>Pentax K20D, FA 50mm f2.8 Macro, f4@1/125, ISO 800; conversion in LR3</p>

<p>As I've noted in another thread, I've taken on a Canon 7D for sports and bird photography. It's been outstanding for that (and beyond our scope for posting here. . .), but the ease of using certain M42 lenses has been as irresistible as with Pentax bodies. After finding a relatively inexpensive focus-confirming adapter, I lucked out locally and scored a mint SMC Takumar 55mm f1.8. I've gone through a bunch o' Pentax classic fast 50s happily, but I'm thinkin' that this SMC 55mm may be capable of the most artful renderings. As I've noted, the 7D produces a relatively lot of noise squeezing those 18MP into that small space, but LR3 does a magical job in managing it.</p>

<p><strong><em>Stokesia Laevis</em> Honeysong Purple</strong></p>

<p><img src="http://www.smugmug.com/photos/969957593_htfS6-L.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>Canon 7D, SMC Takumar 55mm f1.8, f4 @ 1/90, ISO 200</p>

<p>ME</p>

<p>It's a fat and slimming world :-)</p><div></div>

<p>You may call it art.</p><div></div>

<p>Time for a haircut soon in Zurichs old city part.</p><div></div>

<p>finally matching the fine black &white POW start this week :-)</p><div></div>

<p>Great start to the weekend folks.<br /><br />Jordan - Sweet little portrait, looks like she was really up for it.<br />Michael E - 2nd macro shot is my pick of the lot. Was the vignetting intentional or natural?<br />Markus - Some fun street images there. You have a great eye for capturing a slice of everyday life we often overlook.<br /><br />Just two for this week. Taken with my trusty K100D Super and Tamron 28-200mm.<br /><br />When I visited Bangkok earlier this year, I took some impromptu snapshots of a few fascinating and chummy characters whom I had the pleasure of meeting. I recently returned and decided to pay them a visit along with hard copies of their pictures. <br /><br />Both were taken at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatuchak_Weekend_Market">Chatuchak market</a>; the first is a sneaker vendor resembling Jonah Lomu, and the second is an attractive young Thai lady who was running a men's fashion boutique. It was all fun and giggles, and I'm thinking of keeping up this picture-in-a-picture tradition for as long as possible, until either they've moved on from the market, or decide to kick me to the kerb. <br /><br /><img src="http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr235/hchune/Web%20Uploads/IMGP4801.jpg" alt="" /><br /><strong>Purveyor of fine sneakers</strong> (f/8, 1/30sec, ISO 400)<br /><br /><img src="http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr235/hchune/Web%20Uploads/IMGP4806.jpg" alt="" /><br /><strong>The Empress' funky new clothes</strong> (f/4 1/60sec, ISO 400)</p>

<p>Wow, quite a bit of variety from some very nice images so far this week, they look great!</p>

<p>Keeping with nature shots, here's a little fellow viewed from a 2nd story window with my 55-300mm lens-<br>

<img src="http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p26/stevet_010/_K209846edit.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>And this little threesome of mushrooms growing in the lawn, a cropped view through my 18-50mm lens-<br>

<img src="http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p26/stevet_010/_K209796edit.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>And my tiniest subject of them all, as seen through my 90mm macro-<br>

<img src="http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p26/stevet_010/_K209885edit.jpg" alt="" /><br>

More at my blog- http://steves-stories.blogspot.com/</p>

<p>Chune, that's really cool you were able to go back with photos and give it to them, nice gesture!</p>

<p>Hello everyone -who I know!Great little model portrait , by Jordan!A some elaboration,expressiveness and huge worn on social occasions cowgirl head -good start sunday!</p>

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<p>bureaucracy of the sport</p><div></div>

<p>downtown Marietta </p><div></div>

<p>Nice images everyone. Still weighing thru my Rocky Mountain National Park pics.K10D Rocky Mt Sunrise <a href="http://s407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/RMNP%206-28-2010/?action=view&current=1SunriseRMNP.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/RMNP%206-28-2010/1SunriseRMNP.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a> I purchased a Polarizer Filter Justin recommended. It came in handy to shoot these Wild Greenback Cutthroat Trout at Fern Lake. They were easier to shoot than to catch but we did manage to land a few with our flyrods.<a href="http://s407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/RMNP%206-28-2010/?action=view&current=16GreenbackCutthroats.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/RMNP%206-28-2010/16GreenbackCutthroats.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a> Fern Lake itself <a href="http://s407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/RMNP%206-28-2010/?action=view&current=18FernLakefromthehorsetie-up.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/RMNP%206-28-2010/18FernLakefromthehorsetie-up.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></p>

<p><a title="9th Avenue (PPW) by Aonghais MacInnes, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/aonghais/4892331651/"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4134/4892331651_44f5741b94.jpg" alt="9th Avenue (PPW)" width="500" height="281" /></a><br>

K7 and DA14mm, perspective correction in Lightroom 3</p>

<p>I know this isn't the usual fare for the POTW, but I can't resist posting it. This used to be my car. My wife and I were staying in a cabin in a WV state park when this black locust came down in the middle of the night. It was rotten inside at the base, not much more than bark holding it up. We had been sitting in the car just a few hours earlier; I would have been killed for sure, maybe her too. I liked that car, but it's been replaced with a new Camry that I must admit is even nicer.</p><div></div>

<p>Jordan,<br>

Another model in the house! A portrait photographer's dream. Nice start.<br>

Dave S. - I think OMG! is appropriate here.<br>

My two are from the garden this week:<br>

First, saw the hidden bug only after I downloaded:</p><div></div>

<p>Second, the bees are chasing away the butterflies from this butterfly bush. this butterfly looks a little worse for wear:</p><div></div>

<p>Andrew - Where's the building? Looks like the Bronx.</p>

<p>I went to shoot in the the aquarium with a friend on Tuesday with the K-7 and a bunch of primes. It was really a challenge--low light, less-than-clear water and moving subjects. Here are a couple of the better ones:</p>

<p><strong>Grouper </strong>(Fortunately, not inclined to move much ;~) Sigma 24mm F2.8 [1/20s, f/2.8, ISO 2000]<br>

<img src="http://dadipentak.smugmug.com/photos/968826250_4XEHR-L.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="532" /><br>

<strong>Sea Nettle</strong> (These are endemic to the Chesapeake Bay and I became well acquainted with them in my youth.) FA 50mm F2.8 Macro [1/200s, f/3.5, ISO 500]<br>

<img src="http://dadipentak.smugmug.com/photos/968749623_xPUg8-L.jpg" alt="" width="750" height="600" /><br>

I took my favorite of the day before we went in. FA 135mm F2.8 [1/1250s, f/7.1, ISO 320] <br>

<img src="http://dadipentak.smugmug.com/photos/967852964_Zexvt-L.jpg" alt="" width="750" height="600" /></p>

<p>More <a href="http://dadipentak.smugmug.com/Other/Aquarium-81010/13290155_TSNPB#967852964_Zexvt">here</a>.</p>

<p>Jordon Tyler, that cowgirl is just Sweet, and she know her mind: LOL</p>

<p>Steve T. That rabbit needs a little more meat on him for stew: LOL</p>

<p>Since I just got my Pentax K10D and have been walking around Boston, Ma last nite I thought I would post these two</p><div></div>

<p>Second of two</p><div></div>

<p>Howard, it's the border of Windsor Terrace and Park Slope in Brooklyn.<br>

Love the Black-Eyed Susans btw, spent a week around San Antonio earlier this summer, and they were everywhere!</p>

<p>Lauren- that rabbit is on a low carb, high exercise regimen. Pretty much only dines on my lawn, then digs holes all over the place. Then runs around when I come out to chase him away. Sometimes I feel like Elmer Fudd...</p>