Boy that brings back memories, when as a child my folks used to bring me and my brother on the occasional
Sunday to the Abbey.
I think that the second image is probably stronger than the first mainly because the overhanging branches
aren’t covering as much of the scene as in the first. I like the amount of ‘smoothness’ in the water, not too much.
i too prefer the second. what draws me to this one is the branches overhanging and framing the water which draws my eye right to the water. in the first there are too many other things to look at, the weeping willow branches going into the water, the pathway, etc.. love the post processing.
beth
Nice photos. I prefer the second, too – mainly because it doesn’t show any of the dull sky and if I hadn’t seen the first I would have assumed that the sky / light was great! I also agree that it has a clearer theme. Well captured.
Tom.