Some trees are being removed from Woodbridge Meadows in Guildford; rather than chop them down altogether the council commissioned some chainsaw sculptures. More about Tree Pirates here.
No, not a freak of nature, nor a Photoshop job. A snail seems to have decided that the discarded skin of an emerged dragonfly is a good place to have a sleep. Maybe it thinks that if it stays there long enough it will turn into a beautiful dragonfly.