From the World at War television series:

Down this road, on a summer day in 1944. . . The soldiers came. Nobody lives here now. They stayed only a few hours. When they had gone, the community which had lived for a thousand years. . . was dead. This is Oradour-sur-Glane, in France. The day the soldiers came, the people were gathered together. The men were taken to garages and barns, the women and children were led down this road . . . and they were driven. . . into this church. Here, they heard the firing as their men were shot. Then. . . they were killed too. A few weeks later, many of those who had done the killing were themselves dead, in battle. They never rebuilt Oradour. Its ruins are a memorial. Its martyrdom stands for thousands upon thousands of other martyrdoms in Poland, in Russia, in Burma, in China, in a World at War...

This place warrants any number of return visits under different conditions but this is a first attempt on a dull, gloomy day:

If you ever fancy a change of scenery there are some good locations around our way. We have a little holiday cottage.

Lifeforce, then Footplate but they're all good.

Maybe you could enlist the help of a photoshop expert here as that shot really could be something.

I used to live over there. If you find the gold in my old garden then think of me, Nice colours.

Not very much to be brutal about, lovely shots. I think I'd be tempted to crop out the bright sky in 2. The lion is great and I think the monkey in the rain is terrific so good light with the highlights.

Thanks for the comments and thanks once again pauly for taking the time to play with the photo,I like what you've done.

Gareth, smoke on the water. That's very catchy. I might try to do something with that idea, maybe write a song.

I really like that first pp'd shot. Great composition and it's very intriguing. For the same reasons I really like the last as well (maybe cropped a bit tighter to exclude the person to the right)- the contorted hand is a great touch.

They're very diverse so I've picked my top two to comment upon. I really like the look and feel of the first shot. I like the incoming top left but the half bird just below is I think less welcome.

I like the last one too. Lovely colours, whatever they are. There's something very in your face about it. My preference would be to crop square and lose the bird.

Apologies for going a bit nuts on the photos recently. I'm making the most of both the wonderful time of year and my last couple of weeks before the camera is returned. This is a small series of waterfalls in the area, unspectacular but a very pleasant setting. A bit like Swallow Falls but (even) smaller. I was disappointed with my efforts in summer but the autumn leaves add a lot and I'm quite pleased with these, but as always please feel free to suggest imprpovement: