Progress Competition

My main photo gallery is on http://dreami.deviantart.com and it's almost 4 years since I'm a member.
And now a member nicknamed Morbidthegrim is having a Progress Competition: http://news.deviantart.com/article/60820/
It's about prooving that your skills (in any art medium) improved. I decided to enter this contest.
One of my first deviations ever submitted to dA was the #1 above. Few weeks ago I went to the very same place at the same time of year and took my new version of this photo (#2). And I think I DID make a progress during these 4 years... :)