POTW 7/21/2013

<p>Good Morning everyone. Hope you had a good week.</p>

<p>I was bike-camping in Wisconsin this week with my daughter. Between the heat, horseflies, and mosquitoes I got a few images in. I was trying out the new DA 55-300. Great lens.<br /> <img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17468036-md.jpg" alt="" width="680" height="480" /><br /> American Beauty Butterfly on dead Racer snake, Necadah NWR, Wisconsin. Pentax K5ii, Pentax DA 55-300.<br>

<br /> and a couple with the DA 100 WR macro</p>

<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17468043-md.jpg" alt="" width="680" height="497" /><br /> "Grey" Treefrog, 100 macro, with 360 flash, diffuser <br /> <img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17468035-md.jpg" alt="" width="680" height="450" /><br /> Pincher Bug, near Kendall Wisconsin, 100mm macro DA, 360 flash, diffuser</p>

<p>I haven't been out shooting much lately, so I had to dig into the archives for these.</p><div></div>

<p>The second is local - this guy really needed a wash and was desperate.</p><div></div>

<p>I like the frog Douglas! Nice color and sharpness!</p>

<p>For me, it's a happy, silly, upside-down dog...</p><div></div>

<p>From the trail </p><div></div>

<p>going to the bridge </p><div></div>

<p>sudden lite</p><div></div>

<p>last pic</p><div></div>

<p>Still some from camping / fishing a few weeks back.<br>

Pentax K-5, 1/320s, smc PENTAX-DA 10-17mm F3.5-4.5 ED [iF] Fish-Eye, f/7.1, ISO 100</p>

<p><a title="Still by Fnawzm, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7458/9316635327_cc0f9bea5a_z.jpg" alt="Still" width="640" height="426" /></a><br>

<em><strong>Still</strong></em></p>

<p>Pentax K-5, 1/320s, f/8.0, ISO 100</p>

<p><a title="Day's End by Fnawzm, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3753/9333091986_9c2abd10aa_z.jpg" alt="Day's End" width="640" height="424" /></a><br>

<em><strong>Day's End</strong></em></p>

<h5 data-ft="{"type":1,"tn":"K"}">Peppers out of the oven with a filling of mushrooms, sun dried tomatoes, silken tofu, parsley and spices</h5><div></div>

<p>My new DA 21mm as a portrait lens :-)</p><div></div>

<p>evening guest</p><div></div>

<p>In my case, all pictures from the previous week were record shots of groups of people. Hence I have to go back to March 2013 from a visit to Cork in Southern Ireland. The building was used as an asylum for the mentally handicapped but many who were not ill were reportedly confined there in less enlightened times.<br>

Chhayanat</p><div></div>

<p>my wife</p><div></div>

<p>Reading Market, Philly</p><div></div>

<p>Monk's Café, Philly. Good beer. Sort of 3 images in one: Liked the sign, the street scene reflection, and people in thru the window.</p><div></div>

<p>Everybody wants their picture taken with Rocky Balboa, fictional resident of Philly.</p><div></div>

<p>Rose of Sharon</p><div></div>

<p>Nice Pics everyone. Yuri, I like your shots a lot, especially the middle too. You get a lot of mileage out of that 50mm lens!</p>

<p>Here's one I like for the crazy bokeh. This is with an old Sears/Sekor M42 lens 55mm wide open at 1.4. I had to sand off part of the aperture ring to get it to mount, and messed up the stop-down mechanism converting it to manual aperture. Plus it has some etching from old fungus on the rear element. Otherwise a great lens! :-)</p><div></div>

<p>And one from the Celtic Fair at Fort William yesterday.<br>

Pentax K-5, smc PENTAX-DA*200mmF2.8ED[iF]SDM, 1/125s, f/8, ISO 200<br>

<a title="I See You by Fnawzm, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7391/9340835410_b289dc488f_z.jpg" alt="I See You" width="426" height="640" /></a><br>

<em><strong>Eye See You</strong></em></p>

 

<p>not fair! Jordan<br /><br />lol</p>

<p>Sorry Christopher, :-)</p>

 

<p>I've been shooting a lot lately. Just had an adventure-filled weekend that produced some images I'm pretty happy with.<br>

<br />I hiked in American Basin with my family on Saturday<br>

K-5 & da15 - 6 vertical images stitched in Photoshop<br>

<a title="IMGP0499-Edit by MattB.net, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2880/9330051673_af5e9daf91_z.jpg" alt="IMGP0499-Edit" width="640" height="284" /></a><br>

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A bold marmot<br>

K-5 & DA 18-135<br>

<a title="IMGP0612 by MattB.net, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3818/9330052433_fd272e4062_z.jpg" alt="IMGP0612" width="640" height="424" /></a><br>

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From yesterday's big mountain bike adventure. Can you spot the riders?<br>

K-5 & DA 18-135<br>

<a title="IMGP0786-Edit by MattB.net, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3748/9338602509_55e0d1b1ee_z.jpg" alt="IMGP0786-Edit" width="640" height="424" /></a></p>

<p><strong>Picnic Shelter</strong><br>

<img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3735/9343905081_f409e69157_z.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="360" /></p>

<p><strong>Wood Grain</strong><br>

<strong><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5481/9334254641_18114ccdb8_z.jpg" alt="" width="425" height="640" /></strong></p>

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