Martin, it has been very dry for a couple of weeks now. I agree the colours are not as good as previous years, due to the wet summer, but there has been plenty of fine weather for photography. The fungi are magnificent this year, if you like that sort of thing.
That said I like your angle of view on the photo. I would perhaps have missed out the trunk and gone for more of the leaves against that glorious blue sky.

A small part of my favourite place in the world....

Fever trees in the Serengeti.

Tamron do a 2.8 70-200. It costs €675 in Holland. Sigma do a 4 100-300 but that is over €800, and their 2.8 120-300 is €2550 , but they don't do that in a Pentax fitting I think, they also have a 2.8 50-150, (€579) but again no Pentax fit .

More wonderful photos. The second one and the last one are my favourites.

Chirpy, I know what you mean. I have given up on a couple of forums because of that attitude, and also the Canon is best attitude you find on many.
I can quite understand the frustration of those waiting for the new lenses, and why some give up and move to another system - simply because lenses and accessories are readily available.
I get frustrated owning Pentax, because of the problems in getting accessories for them here. I don't regret choosing the Pentax route, I like being a bit indivualistic in my choice, rather than following the herd, but the frustration gets to me at times.
All the promises of exciting news from Pentax that we keep hearing, especially from Benjikan, which never actually turns into genuine exciting news, just add to my frustration!

Still could be worse - I could have gone for Konica Minolta

I do have to say the new Sony Alpha looks pretty impressive though

Vic at the top of the page under the PU logo you will find various tags - FAQ, search etc. Second row down, first one, is profile - you can change you profile by clicking on it. Next to that you will see you have new messages or you have no new messages. Click on that to read your messages, or to send them.

Congratulations Richard. I'm still waiting for my copy but I look forward to seeing you in print when (if ever) it arrives.

It doesn't exist on the Ds either and I have done something very similar Vic. It is annoying, but I have learned (the hard way) to put the card back as soon as I have downoaded the photos.

Don't slink away - get out there with the camera and add a photo! (She says not having entered yet )

In the gallery, under competitions.