At the statue park. Criticism Appreciated

[guadalcanal]

I did my best at the park, although the lake was greenish and the sky was white from smog. Thanks for looking!

Thanks for looking!

 

[Stradawhovious]

The sky and the water in the first one can be replaced, or at the very least recolored....

I'd love to see the second one framed just a little differently... possibly wtih the posts at the 6:00 11:00 and 1:00 position, and then try to clone out the foliage. I know that isn't so much CC as it is me thinking out loud, but I do that sometimes.

 

[guadalcanal]

Thank you for your response! I would love to replace the sky on the first photo, but I'm not sure how to go about that. I know you can do it with Photoshop but I'm not in a position to buy it right now :S. Are there any free/cheap programs that I can use to replace the sky? Needless to say I'm disappointed with how the colors turned out as well...

 

[PropilotBW]

Second picture has some really nice symmetry.