POTW 2/26/2012

<p>Good morning Pentaxians<br /> Playing with a Pentax, food and rum is fun :-)<br>

Burning desire.</p><div></div>

<p>Micky is a vanilla rice milk pudding</p><div></div>

<p>Heaven and hell, apples and potatoes and onions with spices fresh from the oven.</p><div></div>

<p>Two shots of a small waterfall on the side of a busy road. Stopped on a spur of the moment decision. I knew the waterfall was there but had not planned to stop. While driving this road, I usually am just finished trying to see the large waterfalls on the other side of the road and looking for oncoming traffic. This part of the road had been washed out/underwater after Hurricanes Irene and Lee and had to be detoured around for months while being reconstructed. Fortunately the crews left several pullover areas. I will be returning for more shots of the area.<br>

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<p>Been awhile - life happens sometimes. Markus - I am hungry! Those apples are amazing. <br>

Caught this one at sunset out our front door. Cropped the top part. </p><div></div>

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<p>Shot #2, above, is a crop.</p>

<p>Markus' beautiful images always make me so hungry .... More pond reflections</p><div></div>

<p>Atlanta downtown <br>

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<p>A trip to a carriage museum Kit lens 18-35 on *ist DL</p><div></div>

<p>second shot *istDL / 18-35 200 1/1500 F4</p><div></div>

<p>will it take people shots too? *istDL 70-300 Quantaray F4 1/4000 ISO 200</p><div></div>

<p>at 5Point Plazza<br>

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<p>I don't know where my mind is this AM. Correction on the first two shots are Kit lens 35-80mm.Both shot at 35mm.<br /> First shot was ,F4, 1/8 , ISO 200</p>

<p><a title=" Mother Nature's Brilliance by John Behrends, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7197/6907965365_fe3b301253_z.jpg" alt=" Mother Nature's Brilliance" width="640" height="410" /></a> Shot last Sunday up on the snowy slopes of Mt. Hood. Evergreens and alders covered with fresh snow. Pentax 200d with Pentax 100mm WR my new favorite lens!</p>

<p ><strong>Art Exhibition Invitation</strong></p>

<p ><strong><br /></strong>I'll have a couple of Pentax-sourced prints on display in an upcoming Seattle art show and I'd like to extend an invitation to visit during March to my Pentax PNet compadres.</p>

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<p >The Northwest Native Plant art exhibition will be on display at the University of Washington Elisabeth C. Miller Library. This is a juried event and features botanical illustrations and photographs from artists throughout the North America. The exhibit runs from March 2nd-29th, from 9-5PM. The library is located in the Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 NE 41st St, Seattle, WA 98195, 206-543-0415.</p>

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<p ><a href="http://depts.washington.edu/uwbg/news/2012/02/13/biodiversity-conference-art-exhibit-up-through-march/">http://depts.washington.edu/uwbg/news/2012/02/13/biodiversity-conference-art-exhibit-up-through-march/</a></p>

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<p >The exhibition is being held in conjunction with the upcoming conference, Conserving Plant Biodiversity in a Changing World: A View from NW North America.</p>

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<p ><a href="http://depts.washington.edu/uwbg/research/plant-biodiversity-2012.shtml">http://depts.washington.edu/uwbg/research/plant-biodiversity-2012.shtml</a></p>

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<p ><strong>Ravine, Lost Lake, Vashon Island, WA</strong></p>

<p ><img src="http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-k6j5wnS/0/L/i-k6j5wnS-L.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p >K20D, DA Ltd 21mm, f6.7 @ 1/30, ISO 400; LR4 beta processing</p>

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<p ><strong>Darlingtonia in Fen at $8 Mountain, Oregon</strong></p>

<p ><img src="http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-Kwm2vCT/0/L/i-Kwm2vCT-L.jpg" alt="" /><br>

K20D, DA Ltd. 35mm macro, f6.7 @ 1/90, ISO 200; LR4 beta processing</p>

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<p>ME - Congratulations on the showings!</p>

<p>Just got back from a 2 week trip, including a workshop and a bit of teaching at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth.</p>

<p>Start off with the pretty seascape<br>

<img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/418470_10150817126023662_662203661_12492686_1918596298_n.jpg" alt="" width="720" height="477" /><br>

K20D, 16-45@16, f14, 0.5s, ISO200</p>

<p>Cape Recife Lighthouse<br>

<img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-POqKpIYaxN0/T0qKchptN3I/AAAAAAAAClY/WrYqjOMRvQk/s700/20120221-_IGP8514.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="465" /><br>

K20D, 16-45@20, f8, 8s, ISO200<br>

Sunset yesterday evening, just outside Jagersfontein<br>

<img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-W7TYNAP1HqI/T0qKfo7zN4I/AAAAAAAAClg/MaJ0EO2guD0/s700/20120225-_IGP8782.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="465" /><br>

K20D, FA35 f2, f2.8 1/80, ISO200</p>

<p>And something from today<br>

<img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-JZFU_cHMEYY/T0qKhDNjBhI/AAAAAAAAClw/16mPJWv8adY/s700/20120226-_IGP8810.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="465" /><br>

K20D, DA70 f2.4 (I love this lens), f9, 1/200 ISO200</p>

 

<p>Markus that is one colorful apple image!<br>

Busy week. I couldn't find 1/125th of a second to do any photography. I did scan in some of my work from Minnesota though from a while back, all taken with Velvia 50, my LX or Super Program back in Minnesota. Fist a waterfall shot in Southwest Minnesota<br>

<img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/15250652-md.jpg" alt="" width="444" height="679" /><br>

Next a couple from Morris, Minnesota from when I used teach at UMM.<br>

<img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/15231915-md.jpg" alt="" width="679" height="513" /><br>

This last one isn't for the faint of heart. In the fall thousands of amphibians, notably Tiger Salamanders, show up in the fall. They get trapped in cellar window traps and turn into a amphibian slimy gunk, so I went around the neighborhood rescuing hundreds of them, moving them to a safer location. In addition to the Tiger Salamanders there are also a few Northern Leopard Frogs, and Canada Toads.<br>

<img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/15250635-md.jpg" alt="" width="680" height="494" /></p>

<p>Not a good weekend to be photographing outdoors here, so we ran out to the grocery store for flowers. The first frame is available light in front of patio doors on a tripod. The second frame is hand held with a Pentax AF-540 flash and a Westcot Micro Apollo as described in the Naturescapes article on macro flash photography. </p><div></div>

<p>Second frame.</p><div></div>

<p><strong>#1 Companion</strong><br>

<a href=" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7199/6778186522_feed13800c_z.jpg" alt="" width="431" height="640" /></a><br>

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<strong>#2 Prosciutto Wrapped Chicken</strong><br>

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<strong>#3 Sliced</strong> <strong>Prosciutto Wrapped Chicken</strong><br>

<a href=" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7202/6780371558_ee7070091c_z.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="425" /></strong></a><br>

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All pictures taken with K7 and DA 35mm f/2.8 macro limited. <br>

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<p>I'm having fun with that lens too, Hin ;~)<br>

Winter in the Bottomlands<br>

<img src="http://dadipentak.smugmug.com/Places/Lanscape/i-CXHhdsn/0/XL/IMGP8478cpsmu-XL.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>Crocus, 2012<br>

<img src="http://dadipentak.smugmug.com/Nature/Floras/i-sbmck64/0/XL/IMGP8451c-copysmu-XL.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>Afterlife<br>

<img src="http://dadipentak.smugmug.com/photos/i-tKpCwRg/0/XL/i-tKpCwRg-XL.jpg" alt="" /></p>

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<p>Markus I very much appreciate your ongoing vegan cuisine show. Yum!George and Dave have some nice looking flowers on this page, too, I love a good flower shot.</p>

<p>I got a K5, and I mostly love it. Looks like it will need a focus calibration, and I am not quite sure how to go about that under warranty. Still, very nice operation so far.</p><div></div>