POTW 1-29-12

<p>I am the new owner of a Pentax 400 f5.6 smc-m. My first chance to test it was at the local duck pond. There must have been a thousand geese in the open water, and they were getting really loud when we got close! Camera was a K20D.</p><div></div>

<p>Second image was on a tripod. It made a nice print...</p><div></div>

<p>Here are my faves for the week:<br>

John - Stella, because she's Stella :-)<br>

Markus - Kiwi - one of these days I will try that kind of shot<br>

Yury - Walking the dog - you know why.<br>

Bob - Camellia<br>

Sigmar - Snow scene and daughter<br>

Haig - Beep beep - Where's Wiley?<br>

Matt - Dusk<br>

Jemal - Your daughter.</p>

<p>Keep those photos coming!</p>

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<p>You guys continue to amaze me. Here are my favorites from the week:</p>

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<p >Howard T- No. 2. Very interesting play with the lighting.</p>

<p >John B. - Great closeup of a cat's eye. If looks could kill we'd all be dead.</p>

<p >Bob M. - Great colors on that lake photo. </p>

<p >Bob B. - Love the flowers.</p>

<p >Sigmar D. - Nice portrait. </p>

<p >Haig T. - Beep Beep. Awesome.</p>

<p >Hin Man - You're making me hungry.</p>

<p >Matt B. - You'll love the K-5. Congratulations. I really like the 2nd shot of the family. </p>

<p >George L. - Soo many ducks. Great job.</p>

<p>Howard T. - my daughter hates it. LOL. I think she looks amazing in Applebee's window light. </p>

<p>Thanks, Howard and Jemal. Your compliments have encouraged me to post more photos. But I have to go out and make some first. </p>

<p>Howard - thanks! I like your first one. That's a cool looking buiulding and I love how it's illuminated. <br />John - great detail in that cat's eye. Good stuff.<br />Markus - nice work on all three. How did you light the kiwi, through glass or something? <br />Yury - I like that last one. The reflections are very nice and the smooth water against the grass texture works well. <br />Bob - lovely scene<br />Sigmar - nice snow day! both good shots.<br />Haig - love the road runner!<br />Jemal - thanks. I like your second, nice night scene.<br />George the ducks among the geese is a nice one. Love the repetition!</p>

Thanks!

<p>Matt, I had the Kiwi slice on a glass plate and placed that on a DIY softbox made of a small shoebox and alu foil glued to the walls and sticked a slave AF500FTZ flash inside the box and triggered it with the AF280T pointing towards me. Thanks for asking and your comments.</p>