POW - 7/26/09

[sketch_tbhotmail.com]

<p>Great shots everyone! Todd, looks like you and I are on the same wavelength this week.</p><div></div>

[morgan lee]

<p>A couple of birds for this week.<br>

This one is a closeup of a Publix sign. Shot with K10D and DA50-200<br>

<img src="http://www.realfloridaphoto.com/photos/594362342_uHv26-L.jpg" alt="" /><br>

<strong> 'B' is for Bird</strong><br>

This one I wish I had shot at a faster speed but I still really like the composition.<br>

Shot with K2 and Pentax M 80-200mm F4.5 With Fujicolor Pro 400H<br>

<img src="http://www.realfloridaphoto.com/photos/586065189_8UvFS-L.jpg" alt="" /><br>

<strong> And the Stork Slowly Walked Away</strong></p>

[leo_papandreou1]

<p>Been using non-Pentax film and P&S cameras exclusively lately, so 2 sunsets from spring I've just gotten around to for pp. K20D + 16-45, HDRevved. Linked to larger versions.</p>

[leo_papandreou1]

<p>Good old p.net.</p>

<p><a title="IMGP6174(wp) by manual crank, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/manualcrank/3758301805/" title="IMGP6174(wp) by manual crank, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3438/3758301805_f2836c1758.jpg" alt="IMGP6174(wp)" width="500" height="313" /> </a></p>

<p><a title="IMGP6179(wp) by manual crank, on Flickr" href=" title="IMGP6179(wp) by manual crank, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3423/3759097794_10ae056edf.jpg" alt="IMGP6179(wp)" width="500" height="313" /> </a></p>

[deaner66]

<p>I went to the Kansas City Zoo with my family this weekend. No earth-shattering shots, but some decent ones.</p><div></div>

[deaner66]

<p>Meerkat</p><div></div>

[deaner66]

<p>Cheetahs</p><div></div>

[c_wyatt]

<p>Here one that I attached to the end of last week's photos:<br>

<img src="http://www.pentaxforums.com/gallery/images/18762/large/4_Image00002.jpg" alt="" /><br>

<em>'Returning home at dusk, Wellington'</em><br>

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And here's another street style shot, these are both K10D, Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6.</p>

<p><img src="http://www.pentaxforums.com/gallery/images/18762/large/1_Image00016.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="400" /><br>

<em>'On the waterfront, Wellington'</em></p>

[trw]

<p><a href="http://trentwhaley.smugmug.com/gallery/5608070_kcZVH#602456444_ScVe3"><img src="http://trentwhaley.smugmug.com/photos/602456444_ScVe3-M.jpg" alt="" /></a><br>

I've been away from posting for a while due to time pressures. A while ago I went out in the yard and found these forget-me-nots. They're very hard to shoot as they're tiny and close to the ground & blow in the wind. Shot handheld (while lying on the ground) with K10D, Tamron Di 90/2.8 macro, SR on, 1/100, f5.6, 400iso.</p>

[duane_mills]

<p>Superb week so far folks. Here are a few that raelly jumped out for me....</p>

<p>Camus - "Returning home at dusk, Wellington". Terrific colours, stunning silouette, interesting lines.</p>

<p>Peter Zack - "the couple in the old car". Well framed BW with both clean lines and a gritty feel. Perfect exposure. Very nicely done.</p>

<p>Jeremiah - "The photo of your daughter behind the camera". I like it for the same reason I like Nick's shot. Great capture of a special moment.</p>

<p>Justin - "Caney looks far more human than most people" Outstanding capture.</p>

<p>Nick - "Your daughter fishing". What can I say, I'm a sucker for preserving those prescious moments. They grow so quickly. Great capture.</p>

<p>Leo - 2 great reflection shots but I like the second best. The angle draws the eye in more. The "blues" are amazing without being oversaturated.</p>

<p>Everything in the POW looks great this week. I'll try to comment on a few more when I have more time. Here are a few quick shots from last weekend....</p>

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[duane_mills]

<p>Here's another...</p><div></div>

[throughmyshutter]

<p>There are so many great shots this week, as usual. Several standouts for me are:</p>

<p>Nick's deer and "grandpa's boat"<br>

Jeremiah's daughter<br>

Michael's orange flower (I love those, as you will see)<br>

Camus's "Returning home..."</p>

<p>I couldn't decide on just one, or even two. One of these I took this morning and I was please with the way it turned out using my flash in the middle of the yard in the sun.</p>

[throughmyshutter]

<p>There are so many great shots this week, as usual. Several standouts for me are:</p>

<p>Nick's deer and "grandpa's boat"<br />Jeremiah's daughter<br />Michael's orange flower (I love those, as you will see)<br />Camus's "Returning home..."</p>

<p>I couldn't decide on just one, or even two. One of these I took this morning and I was please with the way it turned out using my flash in the middle of the yard in the sun.</p>

<p><a href="photo?photo_id=9545362&size=lg"><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/9545362-md.jpg" border="0" alt="Untitled" width="679" height="455" /></a><br>

<a href="photo?photo_id=9545364&size=lg"><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/9545364-md.jpg" border="0" alt="Untitled" width="680" height="544" /></a></p>

<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/9545363-lg.jpg" border="0" alt="Untitled" width="600" height="750" /></p>

[abe_hollander]

<p>Was lucky enough to score some good seats for the Chelsea v. A.C. Milan friendly in Baltimore over the weekend, and caught one of the scoring kicks, right before impact.</p>

<p>Thought the Sigma 70-300 APO would be too dark, but only needed a touch of PP.</p>

<p>Drogba really cocked the hammer in the 7th minute...</p><div></div>

[bob-c]

<p>Nice shooting, Abe. That man can flat out play the game. </p>

[trevor_peterson2]

<p>I went blueberry picking last weekend with some friends. It was a wonderful day, lots of berries to pick, and some photogenic youngsters running around.</p>

<p>Lots of good pictures, and I love, love, love "returning home..."</p><div></div>

[wtlwdwgn]

<p>Great shooting everyone. Bob M I like really the hahbah shot from Bah Hahbah. I didn't get out this weekend so here are a couple of flowers from the Yellowstone area taken in June with a K20D and DA*300 f/4.<br>

<img src="http://wtlwdwgn.smugmug.com/photos/582791946_h5tkv-O.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="720" /></p>

<p><img src="http://wtlwdwgn.smugmug.com/photos/582791904_RbSR3-O.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="720" /></p>

[rose_duclos]

<p>Ok, here are mine... </p><div></div>

[rose_duclos]

<p>another view ...</p><div></div>

[rose_duclos]

<p>my roses came back!</p><div></div>

[rose_duclos]

<p>All my pics were taken with the k10d and the DA 21mm. </p>

[bmichel]

<p>As always an interesting collection. My favorites:<br>

Bob Marz: Cadillac Mountain with the people in there for scale along with a red sky background<br>

Nick: Grandpa's boat brings back Wisconsin lake memories<br>

Jerimiah: nice candids of a beautiful family<br>

Markus: how do you find all of those interesting places in Zurich? "Land and Freedom" is interesting -- disaffection <em>auf englisch</em><br>

Robert: Comcast Center neatly reflects the clouds and the other building<br>

Sigmar: nice exposure on the sparklers<br>

Dorus: "Religion ?" is thought-provoking<br>

Morgan: "Stork" is interesting composition; the foreground out of focus keeps it from being a distraction<br>

Duane: "Emily" is a nice candid; she looks very determined<br>

Angela: Orange flower composition; great perspective on the whale<br>

Steve: Purple flowers nicely composed<br>

Rose: nice angle on a perfect rose</p>

[mcmanamey]

<p>Ok, so I've FINALLY pulled the camera out and I feel like less of a bad mommy. 19 days old, and I actually took pictures on a <strong>real</strong> camera (as opposed to only using my <strong>phone</strong> >:-( ). This little guy is one of the biggest reasons I haven't been doing much at all. Before birth, it was just too hard to move (land-whale effect, you know), and for the last 3 weeks it's been stumbling around, trying to figure out having 3 kids, a business, and a home.</p>

<p>He had enough of an awake time, I discovered the changing table isn't a half-bad baby prop. Need to pull out the flash next time - since our bedroom light is a single 60w equivalent CFL bulb. White balance was needed badly, I'm really wishing the FA 50mm was a macro, and I want the shutter speed a lot higher. </p>

<p>K10D, FA 50mm, ISO 800, I think f2.8 </p><div></div>

[mcmanamey]

<p>Finally got him to look my way. You'd think Mommy would be more fascinating than the wall, but NOOOOOooo...</p><div></div>

[mcmanamey]

<p>Ok, this week's standouts:<br>

Nick - yup, another vote for Grandpa's boat (the clouds, man. Wow).<br>

Jeremiah - i LOVE the daughter shot. That is the kind of thing we see around here, too. Just too cute. Love it.<br>

Peter - those 2 shots are great. Really. Really love em - and I hope they have the same reaction. Totally unique, and a great great look. Good job!!!<br>

Robert - your first two. Coolness.<br>

OShiva - "religion?" I don't agree about making it B&W, but it might be interesting to see color & B&W side by side. But to stir the mind... you're right.<br>

Camus - Returning home is really cool. I'm curious if that was a set-up portrait, or if it just happened to happen in front of you. Oddly (to me), the wires don't ruin the photo. I typically hate wires in portraits/landscapes, but somehow, these wires really help to make it.<br>

Rose - I think I like your 2nd fishy photo more. I also think the Buddah head there gives it just a funny dreamy quality, which makes me like the fishies fotos.</p>