<?php
$path = image_style_url('home_rotator', $node->field_slideshow_image[LANGUAGE_NONE][0]['uri']);
?>

<?php
// build query to get latest 10 article node ids
$query = db_select('node', 'n');
$query->condition('n.type', 'article');
$query->condition('n.status', 1);
$query->orderBy('n.created');
$query->range(0, 10);
$nids = $query->execute()->fetchCol(0);
 
// load the nodes
$nodes = node_load_multiple($nids);
 
// at this point, if you went to display an imagefield associated with this
// article, it would not render.
 
// call this to prepare your nodes and it will set the default image if an image doesn't exist
field_attach_prepare_view('node', $nodes, 'full');
 
// and now you can use the image paths as mentioned in the first code snippet.
?>