Shooting into the light

I woke up to hoar frost on the trees. Blazing sunshine turned the trees and hills in the distance into a mystical haze. What a glorious morning for breaking some photography rules - dazzling blown highlights!

Today's extra is an example of finding beauty in unlikely places: the binmen didn't collect the recycling this week. We left it outside, because there had been rain and the boxes were all wet - then we had a very cold night, and the booze recycling (as it's known in our house) underwent this wonderful transformation.