Hello njeneb, Kadri and Reck,
Thank you very much for the feedback.
Re the lake, after I pin-pointed (or mouse-pointed) the area I wanted to designate for the lake, I copied and pasted the coordinates..and also reduced the radius, since I wanted more of a pond effect. I welcome suggestions for improvement on this and on any aspect of the render you think could be improved.
Thanks again, Linda aka fractalinda
ps.. Thanks PG! Was just notified of your comment.