Coventry out and about

More from me. Happy Returns Pix. Another good picture, I wonder how many have taken a trip up those steps!

Finally processed all my photos from our walk around town last week - they can be viewed here I hope you enjoy them PS The "bad news" is, I returned yesterday for another go

Hi all, Hi MR, That isn't bad news! You certainly know how to pick the weather-nice days. Brill, brill & brill.

Thank you, Philip Here are the photos from last week's visit to Coventry Enjoy!

Wow! You certainly get about. And your pictures actually zing. My favourite is the first one with the colour contrast between the building and the blue sky. Fantastic! Whoever said that modern buildings are just drab concrete!

Enjoy, I did MR both links

I managed the trip into town after a couple of weeks of not getting out at all. Although my main purpose was to take pictures of the backs of the buildings on the east of the Burges, this scene became very striking.

As you say Pix, very striking, but did they run out of bricks?

What has happened to the elephant - is it so old it's going grey?

Just to let you know I've added more pics to my Flickr account - but here's one I like that hasn't gone up yet Location, of course, is Greyfriars Green

Good morning MR, Sorry no one got back to you about the 'grey' elephant. I had golden hair once - now I call it platinum There's a job for you, have you a spare tin of gold paint, I am sure there is someone who would give you a leg up!

Sorry, I'm clean out of gold paint

The Elephant My photograph was taken in warm autumn sunshine on 6th October 2016 at around 10.30am. An exposure made a few minutes prior to the elephant shows the warm glow too. For my elephant image it is also the angle of the light - I was using my little Panasonic compact at an equivalent of 550mm and, as my friend Steve knows, I will reverse my mobility scooter by 3-inches if I think it will allow me a better picture. I have tried the same angle that MR used and I get the same colours as he did. In this past week I have re-learned another lesson. On Monday morning I battled trying to get a decent picture of the statue at the bottom of Hertford Street. It was then in the shade of trees. At around 4.45 on Friday afternoon it was a very easy shot. I took several pictures of it from different angles so I don't have to return to take pictures of it again.

Four of the six cygnets at the Swanswell. This is the first set of cygnets at the Swanswell that I'm aware of. Peter.