A Cold Sunday in The Lakes

Windermere 1, originally uploaded by Bay Photographic.

Taken on probably the coldest, most miserable and dullest day I have ever been out with my camera. Having hardly taken a single frame since Christmas however, I was determined, despite the weather, to capture something so I could enjoy a little bit of CS2 time this evening. I suppose the whole concept of 'enjoying a little bit of CS2 time' is one that will only have a limited appeal to a few people but when the only other choices are Ski Sunday or doing some lesson prep. I'll take Photoshop every time.
Actually, I was so stuck for worthwhile activity that I processed this from the RAW file in three different ways, using CS2, Photomatix and the Finepix convertor that came with my S2. This is the CS2 version, which had more depth and range of tone and had a better 'surface finish'.
Its a pretty ordinary photograph really, and I make no pretence that it is special in any way other than that I suffered for it.
I might not have lived in a rat infested garret and cut off my ears to keep warm, but my hands got jolly cold and I had to turn up the heater in the car all the way home.