Lovely snowscape to start with Jim.
All we have had is rain and frost, frost and rain for god knows how many days!
What a great view, and very nicely photographed. I'm very envious that this is your nearby! Great start to your 52!
It's like a reverse landscape with the grim grey sky and the bright land. Very moody.
I do like it sat on the hessian - my only comment is that the hessian looks very green near the camera,
Was it lit this way? is it picking it up from the pear? Or is it (possibly) my monitor?
The colour trust the hessian has picked up from the good reflector is unusual, but didn't distract me as the pear looks very pear-like (which just be a good thing!) I like the lighting and the rustic nature of the background!
The real question is at what stage the pear was at - I hope you didn't photography it in the five minutes between it being a cricket ball and a wet sponge..?