POTW 5/6/2012

[stemked]

<p>Looks like I'm the first one up. A few images from a hike this Thursday. First, a beautiful salamander from Brown County State Park, Indiana (Long Tailed Salamander)<img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/15659392-lg.jpg" alt="" width="496" height="330" /><br>

Pentax K7, 100mm DA macro at f16<br>

Next a baby Eastern Box Turtle less than 2 inches (5 cm) in size. This little guy was quite brave and refused to duck into its shell.<br>

<img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/15660392-lg.jpg" alt="" width="496" height="330" /><br>

Finally on the same hike a very striking moth, Mournful Thyris. It's a lot more beautiful as long as you don't realize its sitting on dog poop.<br>

<img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/15659432-lg.jpg" alt="" width="466" height="349" /></p>

 

[duane_mills]

<p>Great kick off Doug. The turtle is my fav of the 3. Here are a few colder shots from the North Atlantic...The first is with the K100DS, DA 50-200 @ 63mm, Aperture Priority, F11, 1/250, ISO 200</p><div></div>

[duane_mills]

<p>Here's a second...K100DS, DA 50-200 @ 200, Manual Exposure, F11, 1/1500, ISO 200.</p><div></div>

[duane_mills]

<p>Finally a 3rd. K100DS, DA 18-55 @ 38mm, Aperture Priority, F11, 1/350, ISO 200.</p><div></div>

[htarragon]

<p>Doug, Interesting shots. Duane, how far north are you? Looks like one of the ancestors of those bergs took out the Titanic although I recently heard that the rivets on the liner were under specifications (iron, not steel) so they opened like a zipper when struck. Steel rivets would have held and would have allowed only a small hole and allowed the ship to stay afloat.<br>

All of my shots this week were taken with the 55-300 on the K-5. This is the lens that I seem to fall back on most and usually at the longer end. Here's three examples:<br>

one</p><div></div>

[htarragon]

<p>two</p><div></div>

[htarragon]

<p>three - the large moon from last night. It was quite large until about 11:30pm. This is a cropped shot.</p><div></div>

[htarragon]

<p>By the way, the MLU option on the K-5 is sooo easy, it's right there on the shooting options choices using the four-way controller with a choice of using a remote or not.</p>

[snik75]

<p>Trying to stretch myself with a "Single in May" challenge at PF; here are a few with the DA70 on the *ist DS:</p>

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[snik75]

<p>Another:</p><div></div>

[snik75]

<p>Last:</p><div></div>

[markus maurer]

<p>I do a series of jewelry close-ups for a friend and the Pentax-FA 50mm macro F2.8 shines again :-)</p><div></div>

[markus maurer]

<p>another even smaller one</p><div></div>

[ukhov]

<p>Youth soccer from saturday , a bit overkill with prime I care .Field size shrink to half and none of chance to catch single player with the ball, all what happens group photo chasing ball.Unless practice and going to the game,there three pics from my offer .</p><div></div>

[markus maurer]

<p>may beetles</p><div></div>

[ukhov]

<p><img src="../Users/yourname/Desktop/IMGP4063.jpg" alt="" />a lot of harts one</p>

[ukhov]

<p>....</p><div></div>

[ukhov]

<p>like this little girl play</p><div></div>

[jemal.yarbrough]

<p>Nothing from me this week, but I really like Nick S.'s Evening Rain. </p>

[patrickwells]

<p>Douglas I was raised just north of Brown co.. We spen our honeymoon and second honeymoon at the Brown county Inn. <br>

I was invited to a grand opening for a local distributors new warehouse this week. I also got a chance to watch my grand daughters ball game.</p>

[patrickwells]

<p>tin man</p><div></div>

[patrickwells]

<p>Wrong end</p><div></div>

[patrickwells]

<p>gotta look good</p><div></div>

[shots worth sharing]

<p>There's a spot near Clara's school I like to visit when I get the chance. I've posted a fair number of shots from there. It's got birds and a varied landscape--including a protected soggy stream floodplain. I was there last week but didn't have the time or energy for a serious birding expedition so just wandered a bit with the 100-300/4 Sigma I had with me for the 4pm lacrosse game (but I did put the 1.4x in my pocket.) <br>

Cattails<br>

<img src="http://dadipentak.smugmug.com/Places/RHE-LOCAL-LANDSCAPE/i-ND9bk7Q/0/XL/IMGP1362c2usm-XL.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>Skunk Cabbage<br>

<img src="http://dadipentak.smugmug.com/Places/RHE-LOCAL-LANDSCAPE/i-cjdzz8Q/0/XL/IMGP1379ucsm-XL.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>I needed the TC for this one. They may have been at one time (not sure) but Orioles aren't that common in the region so I was pretty happy to get this--it was a very brief opportunity. </p>

<p><img src="http://dadipentak.smugmug.com/Nature/Fauna/i-38MvFPw/0/XL/IMGP1418cusm-XL.jpg" alt="" /></p>

[snik75]

<p>Thanks Jemal! I really like Duane's shot with the iceberg and kids. Wish the ice wasn't blown out, but that is tough exposure. Also, Markus' beetles are very nice.</p>