Ray,

Spot on.

And the prize goes to "RAY"

I will go and get a shot hopefully the Freelander is still in the driveway, she does leave early to work. But if its out then I will wait till its back so I can get a proper shot with it on the same position. And I will focus that detail so things are pretty clear. Only the snow will be missing now as its all melted ha

Amin

Spider

Ok ok, I give you that one then. You guessed it.

The bleeming dark image is the spare wheel of the Freelander covered with snow, which continues down from the edges of the tree closer to the lens giving the impression that its cutting across the snow covered plants from the left.
Oh dear, I think I have made a mess explaining what it is Helpppp again please, anyone who got the idea and can express it better than I do

Thanks

Amin

Spider,

you are close, very close hehehhe, what else would look like a wheelie bin but its not a wheelie bin? ha, same colour but is part of the rear end of the Freelander?

Would be too high for a wheelie bin anyway

Check second image, where the Freelander was parked, but between me taking the first and the second shot she had driven away, so the second image was making it tricky as it gives the impression that there was no car at all in the first image too, but the fact is the Freelander was parked there in the first image and she was walking to it

Tel

Nope, not paranoid at all. Actually I for one am pretty sure that its nothing to do with the camera or lens. Its just to do with the angle and the curiosity about how that image came up looking like that under the circumstances rather than thinking it was something wrong with the lens or camera.

At first I thought it was refraction due to water droplet on the lens, and then after reading one of the comments about a wall I went out and checked (mainly because I knew there is no wall there) so I wanted to know what obscured that part of the image.

And I have just found out what originated that image . If the weather wasn't the way it was it would have been pretty clear but the snow just added to the mystery, and the colours of the two trees, the closer one being greener than the other one and positioning of both in relation to where I was standing taking the shot just made the image look the way it is.

Anyone wants to throw in a guess what could it be?

HINT: My neighbour has a Freelander and she parks it front end straight into the driveway

That's an idea , I am off to open an account on flickr, its about time, some of my friends been bugging me to upload some shots there, this seems the right time.

Gimme a few mins and will have one up and running ha.

But I think I have cracked the mystery, hehehehhe, still not 100% sure but just called my neighbour to have a look at it now .

Amin

Right, I am going out there and check this mystery. Its making my head now. Been staring at this pic on that spot and now reading what Ray has commented the word (snow capped pillar if thats what it is) is just making my head spin and now I am starting to have doubts again that the image is how it should be.

Going to put on my boots and go out of the front door and check this out. If there is a pillar there then I see why the picture seems like that with that vertical axis appearence, probably added by the fact of the closer tree being brighter than the further one.

Back in a few minutes and let's get this one sorted ha.

Amin

Ray

That's fascinating how you managed to explain in so much detail, and here I was struggling to try to make sense expressing what I wanted to s how. .

Well, called my wife and showed her the pic. She instantly pointed to the right of the image and put her finger on the screen and said: "what is that?" .

So Don, if you have had a couple too many tonight you still are sharp as a fiddle with the eye . But please do not drive home in case you feel tempted ha .

Now who has had one too many tonight? huh Prieni?

Amin

The lady in red is my neighbour , and I was outside taking some shots. I know there is nothing covering partially that yello/green shrub. It should be complete. The shrub looks flat when it shouldn't be and the one covered with snow which the right side in the image intesercts with the lady's red court from the right hand side should have been also rounder on the left edges.

Don, you could see it, give me a hand here help me explain, hhehehe feeling like I am sending all these helpful people in a wild goose chase.

Its night here otherwise I would go out and try to take exactly the same shot from that spot. Would be quite tricky though to simulate exactly the same circumstances due to my limited knowledge of photography but am quite tempted in doing so. See if my flash would be enough to light it up.

Wife might start thinking I am going nuts going out taking a shot of the road when after taking so many yesterday ha .

But its no big deal, its more like curiosity here on why it happened. I have gone through all the pics yesterday and no other came out like that. With my limited knowledge still I feel it must be refraction from a tiny droplet of water on the lens.

Amin

That sounds more like it, "refraction", it was really snowing heavily and I was quite inclined in believing that its a tiny droplet which caused that refraction yup .

I recall coming indoors with the inner tube of the lens having quite a few droplets from the melted ice fallen on top of it.

Just wanted your input on that one being more experienced , that certainly leaves much more relieved. I haven't found any other image where it splits like that though , for the peace of my sanity

Thanks

Amin

first image, do you see the lady in red? on the right hand side? Just a few milimeters in front of her there is a slight overlay of image, you can see from the shrubs on the ground, the slightly yellow/green one gets cut off abruptly and the one totally covered with snow starts from that point flat straight in a vertical axis, and even that plant covered with snow starts abruptly as if the image got cut out from its left