Sunset Paddler

We opted for a very simple decoration on our traditional Xmas cake this year (what with all the extra goodies I produced, we thought this brandied fruit cake would not only last, but improve with time, so we've only recently got to the stage of frosting it) as an homage to my favorite lake activity.

After another long, dreary rainstorm, the sun came out just long enough for me to get some sunset shots of our HO scale paddler in his canoe on our cake frosting in the foreground. 

I tried to get the perspective just right to make the subject look like a natural part of the background, but it didn't really work because our model canoe looks as if it's stuck in snow, and yet there's water in the background, where the paddler should be!

But I had a lot of fun (and frustration) trying to achieve my goal, and ended up happy with a few shots.