A Gondola in Berlin

I live near the river Spree, which runs through Berlin the way the canals run through Venice. That is what gave me the idea of taking a Canaletto painting of a gondola (from the Gemäldegallerie in Berlin) and placing it in the river.

Gondola on the Spree

One of the challenges with this composition was to make the gondola appear to be in the water, and not merely to be floating artificially on top. To do that, I used the clone tool to have the water lap lightly over the bottom edge of the gondola, as the water would if the gondola were moving.

Note: The photo has been updated thanks a friend who noted that the sun on the gondolier was on the wrong side.