How I was feeling on the photo front when a 'remnant' shot threw itself in my path this morning. Remnant of car amongst remnants of winter wheat. Thanks for the lovely comments on my conker shot - I'll know not to call them that in the US next time I visit! I knew that 'conker trees' had been introduced to Britain by John Tradescant in the early 17th century but I didn't know where from so I turned to trusy Google. It turns out that they originate from Turkey and South East Europe. According to a very interesting article in The Independent the trees are used for all sorts of products from shampoo to sunscreen and extracts from conkers have been used to make cordite: 'In the autumn of 1917, schoolchildren from Britain collected 30,000 tons of conkers, managing to replace the supplies of corn (previously used in cordite manufacture) from Canada which had been cut off by the German submarine blockade, thus rescuing the British war effort.'
Three good things:
1. Coming across unexpected photo ops.
2. Coming across fascinating facts as a result of doing 365.
3. Having to get up early on a Saturday and, thereby enjoying a gorgeous blue sky which didn't last.
I sympathise Judith, I love 365 but sometimes the relentless thing of producing a photo that is 'ok' (let alone good) is quite stressful! Nice autumnal feel to this, hopefully the weekend will recharge our batteries!
Oh nice find and great colours. Although I'm sure the farmers not too pleased. I too took a photo this morning that I called burnt out! Will save it for tomorrow now... There must be a lot of hooligans about.
It makes you wonder what drives anyone to do this! I know how you feel about trying to find a fab photo every day. I've just driven over to Ellington and back but didn't find anything. It may have to be another post from yesterday.
Very interesting facts. I also like that you add 3 good things, it makes me stop to think of your good things and then my mind moves to good things of my own. You are a good influence. This photo is a lucky score for you... not so lucky for farmer and car owner. But makes a very striking photo.
Thank you for the interesting facts on 'conker' trees something we would not have necessarily known but for 365! Some silly boy has been driving too fast, all mothers worries when our newly qualified driver thinks they know it all ! Great connection to the burnt out theme you have created here.
Interesting conker facts - thank you for that Judith! At first I thought I might have recognised this shot as there was a very similar situation last year our side of Sturmer - but I think the burnt-out vehicle was a van in our case. Noted the comment 'very un-Cambridge-y' but I think it is in fact quite a common occurence around these parts - expecially our way where there are plenty of Essex boy-racers!!
judith i don't know what to make of this.....don't take this the wrong way...but the post processing you have applied makes it look as if the car has been cut and pasted into the scene from another photo !!!! Perhaps you did cut and paste it ....or maybe the extra glass of rioja i had :)
@phil_howcroft Actually it looked a bit that way without any processing - very weird effect of the burnt paint or something. And I trekked across a field for this - a lot quicker than my cutting and pasting abilities:0)
great shot - sure the farmer isn't too impressed with his field's new addition!! Makes me laugh every time we post conker shots to the confusion it causes our friends across the pond!!
Photographically, it's a great find! Fantastic contrast & colour.
I don't like seeing these though - we get them dumped in the forest and it always makes me shudder to think they could have set the whole thing on fire. (Not at the moment I guess - too damp!).
@humphreyhippo I'm very confused about why we didn't end up with a massive stubble fire because the heat coming off must have been massive. It's almost as if it was burnt somewhere else but I'm sure that's not the case!!
@judithg I think it depends how quickly it burns. We only see lots of burn around them when they are still smouldering, as if the others sort of just go 'whoosh' and burn themselves out.
The council here offers to come and take cars away for free (or they used to), to try stop people abandoning them in the forest at night.
I don't like seeing these though - we get them dumped in the forest and it always makes me shudder to think they could have set the whole thing on fire. (Not at the moment I guess - too damp!).
The council here offers to come and take cars away for free (or they used to), to try stop people abandoning them in the forest at night.