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A very effective salute to the occasion. It's fascinating to me that the interruptions and intrusions in the shadow-image actually add to my enjoyment. On the other hand, the edge of the car's rear door on the left side of the image bothers me a bit. It's a fun bonus that the shape of the house in the background echoes the shape of the automobile.
 

Would that be a Toyota Prius? If so, a fitting car for Tree Day.
 

I was so caught up with the shadow that I failed to notice it on the filler cover. What a bonus and of couse that backgound echoing the shape of the car, and the shadowy tree in the upper right edge.
 

Neatly put together as others have commented. Nonetheless, the car is predominant and so one has to treat this as allegory: nature will grow out of, and over, anything man-made. So, Prius or not, trees will bury the petrol-powered car sooner rather than later! But you must get enough sun to run photo-voltaically-charged electric cars, no?
 

yes this is a Prius, somewhat more economical than the 3.6L V6 I used to drive.
The car is an intersting one for me to have, I worked on the www.permo-drive.com for 2 years designing CAN based sensors and actuators, my business revolved around portable power (batteries) when I started 10 years ago and I have always had a keen interest in solar/wind power.
I have a few plans for the car marrying up my battery management and vehicle electronics knowledge but enough of that for now.
Anita - the car door did bother me as well but cropping it also did not work so I'll have to live with it.
John - unfortunately the rate at which we chop trees down I don't think we will have either. Plenty of sun here and huge government rebates for fitting solar to grid arrays on your house but the cost is still out of reach of most people. A car would have to be charged from a large home installation but is quite do-able.
 

I think this shot would keep the advertisers busy thinking up some quirky captions. Not sure that the background along the right adds much to this so I'd be wondering what tighter framing would add (or detract) from this.
 

An interesting shadow for sure. I like John's idea where the tree is overgrowing the car.

I find myself more drawn into the reflections in the taillight area once I'm over the obvious.