The plants have more presence in this one and I like that, but for the overall lighting effect ...... the POD version wins for me.

ROFL - Truly, I had picked this one as my favourite from the thumbnails first, without seeing your comment. And yes, because it's darker, more night-like. Still laughing and give Hannah a prize

Like the POV here and light on the walkway

Talk about your leading lines! Great POV here, nicely done.

All the reflected light is a wonder here. I also like the date stamp in the walkway.

The colours here are lovely - the grey blue of the sky, the bright white of the door and the orange chair. Plus a great low down pov, up the path. Excellent rendering!

Really cool how you've got such a bright, welcome home image from just the porch light. And then there's all the smaller scale interactions like the reflection from path, the linear shadows on the cladding, and the light/shade in the ceiling structure and the balustrade.
Bonus mark for the orange seat!

Dramatic and detailed. Great depth and rich color.

I agree. This was for my own satisfaction, because it was with my 6-stop ND, that at least worked as expected, whereas both my 10 stop and 15 stop ND's were previously giving me image ruining reflections. It's quite a puzzling situation at the moment with those filters!

Thanks for appreciating them! And I did take note of the tree name for you; a Coast Live Oak, or California Live Oak, or Quercus agrifolia.