Richmond Park, Surrey, UK

Jay925

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jack-fitzsimons/4037986460/&quot; title="Lake At Richmond Park by Jack Fitzsimons Photography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3532/4037986460_a39b7c0723_b.jpg&quot; width="1024" height="768" alt="Lake At Richmond Park" /></a>

Took this with an old Olympus P&S, still needs a bit of PP work. Annoyingly I know there's a D3000 somewhere around the house that my parents have told me not to open till Christmas, which is absolutely killing me, So is the fact that my dad also bought the D90 he wanted and let me test it out before I went out to the Park with a friend. So for now I have to make do with my trusty old P&S till Christmas- unless I find their hiding places and manage to be very delicate with packaging, which seems somewhat unlikely. xD

Anyway, enough of my ramblings, C & C appreciated and welcomed,

Jay.

AndMan

Jay

I personally quite like this but as you say there is still some pp to do.
A few nits / suggestions if you don't mind.

The horizon appears to be slightly tilted up L-R
I would crop out the lake shore in the foreground, it adds nothing imo and attracts attention from the main lake scene.
I would heal/clone out the 3 bright spots near the shore on the rhs - they keep dragging my eye.
Some of the pp on the clouds has created some artificially harsh lines that really draw my eye and spoil the overall effect imo. Believe me I know how hard pp on blown clouds is - i've nearly lost a number of shots because I couldn't recover the clouds without the same effect.
You may also want to look at lightening the trees in the lake.

No doubt others will chime in with their comments & these are just my opinion.

Thanks for sharing.

redleash

Jay--Excellent P&S shot, and a most worthy subject to return to when you find that D3000! I agree with all of the above suggestions, and especially with cropping the lower shore--I find the image much more appealing without it.

I look forward to seeing more of your work soon!

Lauren

Jay925

Thank you
Thanks for the comments/ criticism guys, much appreciated