POW Photo of the week 12/07/2008

<p>How does a Christmas tree look through floating water? Important questions like these are answered in the international Pentax Picture of the week gallery, enjoy  :-)</p><div></div>

<p>the "Christmas tree" photos are unmanipulated :-)</p><div></div>

<p>a post processed one  for the bathroom collection</p><div></div>

<p>Markus, I am not sure that last one is appropriate for a family friendly bathroom. Hee hee hee yes my brain is still 13.</p>

<p>Maybe you had too much "Tofurkey" Nick ;-), would love to have the receipt for my next vegi rendezvous...</p>

<p>Markus, I like the second image..Very unique and very nice...</p>

<p>Here is a snap shot I took out the window of my car...I could not help but laugh. I felt like I was 15 years old again...</p>

<p><img src="http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp128/jgredline/Snap%20shots/bras.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>Woah!  A new look to the posting area (o dear).</p>

<p>Markus:  The Xmas tree through water is way cool.  And I think I want this bathroom shot for ours, too (Nick's 13 year old brain notwithstanding.</p>

<p>Javi - Very colorful.  And I laughed my head off for a little while.  Cute.</p>

<p>Mine for right now.  We had a family sitting on Monday in their home.  Little guy was a hoot, but this was THE ornery face of the day - and boy is he full on ornery in this one.  My fav of the whole time.</p><div></div>

<p>Too much indoor work this week, so I had to take my shots where I could get them. It was pretty cold for Puget Sound, which meant a decent sunrise and sunset.<br>

<br /> Thursday morning brought a brisk ferry ride. I bobbed between the outside deck and the somewhat enclosed sundeck, blowing on my fingers which are exposed, naturally, by my fingerless gloves. This shot shows a lot.<br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.smugmug.com/photos/431667833_U9TDe-L.jpg" alt="Sunrise and more" width="700" height="465" /></p>

<p>On the ride home yesterday the sunset was just luscious. In the distant Cascade mountains, Mt. Rainier has two lenticular clouds to its left; two is pretty unusual.<br>

<img src="http://www.smugmug.com/photos/431667902_9VNiH-L.jpg" alt="Sunset east going home" width="700" height="465" /></p>

<p>It was so colorful when I got off the ferry, that I literally ran up the hill home, grabbed my tripod, and headed west down the block to where the sun was setting behind the Olympic mountains.<br>

<img src="http://www.smugmug.com/photos/431678497_vkwpJ-L.jpg" alt="Sunset west to the Olympics" width="700" height="465" /></p>

<p><strong>A tale of camera pr0n:</strong><br>

On that ferry ride home, also shooting on the outside deck was a photographer friend who I hadn’t seen in a while. John’s work is awesome truly. In high-end galleries he exhibits rich wall-sized mountain and coastal scenes from large negs with a DOF in which I could live for a week. I had heard rumors that he “went digital.” Well, the rumors were confirmed and I witnessed the most impressive example of camera pr0n I’ve ever seen--only it was real, with the words “Hasselblad” on the front. I even touched it. I still haven’t washed that hand :)<br>

http://www.adorama.com/HSCF39MSH2K.html</p>

<p>ME<br>

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<p>It's been a while since I posted anything in a PoW thread...a looong while.<br>

K100D Super + 31 Ltd. Taken at night (in case it's not quite clear). This is my favourite retired car.<br>

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<p>Same camera/lens combo as above, but taken during the day  :-)<br>

I enjoy abstracts, in case nobody ever noticed.</p>

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<p>Last entry for the week, another night shot. No prizes for guessing what equipment I used!<br>

It feels good to have something to post again...</p><div></div>

<p><a href="http://trentwhaley.smugmug.com/gallery/5701757_Rja7u#431721989_ngHGe"><img src="http://trentwhaley.smugmug.com/photos/431721989_ngHGe-M.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /><br /> From Neck Point Park, Nanaimo, BC</p>

<p>Back to working on my black and white "Trouble in The Forest" project after a summer long hiatus.</p>

<p>Sorry, wrong file type.</p><div></div>

<p>Some interesting shots this week for sure. Lots of different stuff.</p>

<p>Well for me, I was testing tethered shooting on the Aspire One. Pretty cool. I had to burn an ISO image of the Pentax  CD and put it on a portable HD so I could install it on the CD-less UMPC. I do have an extra CD-Rom but I happened to give my sister the extra external drive bay...so I have an excuse to buy a slim burner at some point.</p>

<p>I eventually gave up tethered because the animals were not being cooperative with being strobed.</p>

<p>This is a straight embedded RAW JPEG from the camera! It is a "snooted snout" with wireless Skyport trigger and a vivitar 285HV.</p>

<p><a title="Shooting A Snout With A Snoot" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65793193@N00/3088204123/" title="Shooting A Snout With A Snoot"> <img src="http://static.flickr.com/3066/3088204123_382253e094_d.jpg" border="0" alt="" /> </a></p>

<p>This shot is from August 2008 in the Great Gulf Wilderness. Caney's last visit here in 2000 was not exactly a great weekend. He almost drowned 2 separate times in severe flooding, once I had to jump in and unsnag him from a "strainer" which is a tree in the current that snags you and keeps you from escaping.</p>

<p>He is clearly remembering these events as the conditions are similar to 2000, with severe wet weather and extreme flooding. He is thinking, "gee, last time we were here it rained 24 hours straight and he clearly tried to kill me, I wonder if we've returned to finish the job?"<br>

<a title="Wonder Dog Having Flashbacks To His Near Death Experiences In The Great Gulf" href=" title="Wonder Dog Having Flashbacks To His Near Death Experiences In The Great Gulf"> <img src="http://static.flickr.com/3151/3072631873_cf2110910d_d.jpg" border="0" alt="" /> </a> <a title="Wonder Dog Having Flashbacks To His Near Death Experiences In The Great Gulf" href=" title="Wonder Dog Having Flashbacks To His Near Death Experiences In The Great Gulf"> </a></p>

<p>Javier likes the rain, so I'm thinking he should move out here. Most people think the Pac Northwest is the rainiest place in the US. But unfortunately in the Northeast, while we don't have natural disasters like California, we do have the worst weather in the US. We rank among tops in rain, snow, cloudy days, lowest temps, and we often get stretches of 90F weather with 100% humidity which rivals the worst of the hot weather in the US. The Great Gulf Wilderness is situated 4000ft below the summit of Mt Washington which has the most rain days of any permanent weather station in the US! Add in the fact that 100+ days a year the summit of Mount Washington is hit with hurricane force winds (70mph) and you have a recipe for fun! If you like seasons, and extremes there is no place like the Northeast US! While some of you might not appreciate sealing, you might be able to tell by how wet my wife is, and the flowof the water, that shooting in the rain is often part of the fun out this way!<br>

<a title="Aim Crossing West Branch Peabody River - New Hampshire" href=" title="Aim Crossing West Branch Peabody River - New Hampshire"> <img src="http://static.flickr.com/3138/3072631007_887b20252b_d.jpg" border="0" alt="" /> </a> <a title="Aim Crossing West Branch Peabody River - New Hampshire" href=" title="Aim Crossing West Branch Peabody River - New Hampshire"> </a></p>

<p>Just so you don't think I'm making this stuff up...</p>

<p>http://www.eldoradocountyweather.com/current/climate/climate100cities.html</p>

<p>I guess we might as well use this toolbar :-).. As usual, the photos from this group are never disappointing.</p>

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<li>Markus, I prefer the second xmas tree shot.. and I am not sure I would want to brush my teeth in that bathroom after somone's comment! </li>

<li>Javier, you manage to find the most unusual things!  That's pretty funny tho :-)</li>

<li>Maria, your little guy is cute.. and if that's as ornery as he gets...</li>

<li>Michael, I like all three shots actually.. first one is especially neat..</li>

<li>Mis, it's about time you got back here.. you've been out wandering around too long :-) I kinda like that brick wall more than the other two..</li>

<li>Trent, that looks like a very carefull positioned tree.. Nice shot</li>

<li>Scot.. the landing is pretty neat b/w. I like the light in the different areas</li>

<li>Justin, that's a really cool shot of Caney, and so's the second one..</li>

<li>As for me.. a couple of shots from Boston where I enjoyed a cool-down.. I left Phoenix at 89 F and arrived in Boston to be greeted with 14 F..  And 2 shots from the Dale Chihuly "the nature of glass' exhibit at the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix</li>

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<p>Another cold sunset in Boston</p><div></div>

<p>Chihuly Glass</p><div></div>

<p>Fascinating what shapes he creates with molten sand..</p><div></div>

As always, a lot of great stuff. Markus, the second christmas tree is really nice. Maria, great shot of the little guy. Michael, the colorful

sunsets are very nice and I can certainly identify with your haste to get the shot, as I guess we all can. Mis., nice to see your stuff back

on the pow. Haig, the River shot is my fav, very nice composition. I didn't do much this past week but here are three from the week before.<div></div>

<p>and another from Connecticut</p><div></div>

<p>and one from Philly, where the Wissahickon mets the Schuylkill.</p><div></div>

I took a trip to Vermont, Land of Maple Syrup<div></div>

<p>Maple Syrup is REAL BIG in Vermont</p><div></div>