These are all magnificent. I too thought they were slightly dim but that's been addressed in the 2nd set.
I particularly liked the rich purple holyhock trying to emerge from its bud

From what I have seen, there can be any number of (positive) comments but next to no 'likes'. One would have thought it would be the other way around - see Nigel's comment above - as it is far easier to look, like and move on. Something odd going on here?

Perhaps others might add similar scenes of their own towns and cities? They all have their various qualities and the photographer can bring a very personal perspective to bear. Use this one? start a fresh thread? The results could be fascinating.

To answer Walkeja: Perhaps the best thing to have come out of Coventry is a sheer determination to succeed, time after time; century after century.

And, No. I don't know how the elephant's bum got dented.

I should have mentioned that all except the view through the pylon were taken with an A series 50mm macro lens on a K5. The remaining one was an ancient Asahi preset 135mm on the K5

There is a wonderful, clean, bright, modern car park in Coventry called the Belgrade Plaza. It is 7 floors tall and sits against the ring road from where you have an excellent view. I was struck by the sheer contrast of scenes outside the ring road with those inside it ............

First off, a seedy view from beneath the pillars that support the road

Down below



and up above, where the contrast with the refuse and dilapidation could not be more stark



and outwards, looking at housing that spans four centuries and a lot of trees



contrasting with inwards, where even the Almighty is not immune from inner city wit



Zooming inwards, modernity sits uneasily with mediaeval masonry



Zooming 6 miles outwards, with exactly the same view, Coventry is seen in a rural setting that is slowly being eroded by yet more housing, only being stopped, for the time being, by a golf course



Going back to where we started, on the roof of the car park, the pylon framing the previous view can just be picked out in the very middle of the horizon

I'm glad my EXIFs are not the only aberrant blighters round here.
The verbal description sets your mental expectations to something awful. Then you are presented with these fascinating, clean images with fantastic colour contrasts between the various components. This is a set to be proud of.

I don't normally like IR but there are some beauties here. I keep returning to 9 - windswept and desolate.

You seem to have nailed that one Maria.
I've read what the others like but I still go back to the first one. It's like pastel crayons.

The ladybirds are excellent. The flowers the bees were on didn't offer you so much compositional potential

Well - they're a bit soft and lacking contrast -
but what would you expect from a 3 element Cooke style triplet?
Look on the bright side. Some of those early SLRs had Ludwig Meritars on them.

On the other hand, they are nice photographs - so it can't be that bad. My first camera was an Exa IIb with a Domiplan lens. I rather liked it. Then a burglar nicked it, together with my Exakta RTL1000