Anyone with photo editing skills?

[Paul M]

paul i think you did a great job removing the flare, but i feel the color is a bit muddy after the edit. (no offense of course)

bk4, i rather like the lighting in the original image...sans the flare.

Thanks SrBiscuit, I did 2 things on this picture without knowing what he was trying to accomplish at first. I took out the lens flare on the water, and I tried to tone down the brightness of the shot thinking the sun was blowing out the picture too much for my own taste. But if the original need was just the lens flare, then here it is:

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