Ugly Beauty

I've taken this Cement works before. It's located in the pretty village of Ketton in Rutland and is a bit of a blot on the landscape and yet strangely engaging on evenings like today. Better on black if you have the time :)

[Corinne C]

I love the composition and how the smoky mushroom makes everything else look small. Great picture!

[summerfield]

fantastic shot. i like it.

[Judith Johnson]

I agree, especially with that atmospheric sky

[Babs]

Lovely industrial scene. The cement works is sending up smoke signals.

[George]

Good composition.

[Peter Dulis]

love it

[Mags]

It sure is a beautiful photo!

[Jane Pittenger]

Magical smoke cloud

[wendy frost]

Great capture but where is the Christmas tree on the roof top this year. I remember looking for it every year as we passed by on the A1 to my parents in Grantham Fav.

[Taffy]

There's something rather surreal about it.

[Graeme Stevens]

love this, easy fav

[Richard Brown]

@wendyfrost it's still there although I never new about it until today and it's apparently been there for at least 45 years!

[Richard Brown]

@corinnec thanks someone on Twitter said it looked like roadrunner from the cartoons!
@summerfield thank you
@busylady thanks it was a great sky with or without a cement works.
@onewing thanks yes never seen the air so still that it rises straight up.
@gaf005 thank you
@pdulis thanks!
@marlboromaam thank you very much
@jgpittenger yes must be quite a few hundred feet!.
@taffy thanks it is an unusual site. Wait till you see the Christmas tree!
@graemestevens thanks Graeme.

[vonski]

It is a cracking shot. There's beauty to be found in the most unlikely places

[Margo]

You are right Fav

[PhotoCrazy]

Wonderful pic!

[Lynda McG]

Love This!

[Caterina]

EOTB! beautiful colors and I like the dense quality of the smoke against the clear sky Fav

[ajisaac]

Awesome shot - great light. Fav.