Playing with Filters (and that)

Today I was playing with the  1.2  hard graduated filter down on the fen with Mrs W.
 
Guess who photo bombed one of my shots .  .  .
 
(Actually there were better shots but I just couldn’t resist).
 
I initially did a lot of PS to sort out the influence of the filter on the brickwork, but the noise was so bad this is as good as SoTC.
 
(Ok – I know I’m in trouble .  .  . )