It's a great capture, but it is a pity there's so little 'space' in front of the bird - in the full shot he's too far to the right, and in the cropped version he's too central ('plonked' in the middle) for my taste.

10-12 are fantastic - love the old guy in no. 10. The noise looks very film grain like and attractive - shows that the K5 can still produce great shots at ridiculously high ISOs if you adjust your post processing style.

I also like No. 15 - the guy's hair looks a bot like Ken Dodds! But whereas I suspect Ken Dodd has his hair like that for comic effect, I think this guy's has 'just gone like that'....

Something's not quite right in the processing of shot 16, looks like it's 'solarised'.

Hi Les and welcome to the forum. Hope you'll stick around and post some of your image from your neck of the woods!

Thanks chaps. My aim was simply to record my 'derive' - nothing more nothing less! If any shots show potential i'm open to taking them further with PP.

Inspired by this website, I decided to use my visit to Tyseley Recycling Centre to dispose of an old hoover and a defunct printer as the starting point for a dérive.

I don't know the area at all so it was perfect for a completely unguided wander.

I walked through an industrial state, with crumbling warehouses.










I dropped down onto a canal towpath, which skirted a waste burning plant.










Seeing some steps leading off into woodland, I descended to a stony brook which flowed under the canal in a little tunnel. The tunnel had a ledge which allowed me to walk through it to the other side.







This led me into a very green natural area with overgrown vegetation. I disturbed a buzzard which was perched a few feet from the end of the tunnel. Following the stream, and disturbing the buzzard a second time, I came to another little tunnel under a railway embankment. However there was no ledge this time so I bore right up another embankment which took me to the canalside, on the opposite side to the towpath.




A path led along the canal via a tiny tunnel underneath a steel bridge, and joined a tarmac access to a car park, now overgrown with weeds and clearly disused. I walked through the car park and up through trees to the top of a hill. There I found myself at the top of a disused dry ski slope. (!!!)













I retraced my steps and continued along the access road, which skirted more industrial premises, with evidence of fly tipping and charred areas of the road where stolen cars had been burnt out at some point. A main road was joined, and I walked past more crumbling brick warehouses until I reached Small Heath Railway Station, near a roundabout called Poets Corner. (Which poet???) Nice view of the city skyline over the railway tracks.










I decided to catch the train back to Tyseley, a two minute journey that had taken a couple of hours on foot.

That's better! Beautiful shot. We used to have those visit our garden, but only very occasionally and briefly. Looks like yours plans to stay around!

You've done very well to freeze the wings. Only minor criticism, they are a little over exposed. It might be better to underexpose slightly and boost the levels slightly afterwards, taking care not to burn out the highlights.

I think the kr is probably better for landscape too Stefan, at least if you routinely lift shadows. The k-7 is better controls-wise and build-wise though, and the WR lends itself to outdoor landscapes. The k-5 has the best of both worlds, and then some!

Charlotte, did you not save the RAW files on your computer? Something has gone wrong at some point in the process you describe, somehow turning oranges blue! If you wanna email me the RAW file I can have a go - will.db AT gmail DOT com.

A 24mm f2 or an 18mm f3.5 would make more sense. Corresponding to 35mm and 28mm on film - useful fields of views. They must be small, and offer improved speed and/or sharpness wide open compared to a zoom.

Good job, TT.