A shame you didn't get the focus on his face.

Strange... it doesn't look like he's made of wood

He looks cold

The reflection in the eye looks a little wierd.... is, is... is that a ZOMBIE DUCK?!

This photo has real potential, try bumping up the contrast a bit.

A beautiful spot, but the image is a little flat, try duplicating the layer and set the new layer to multiply.

I've never done that, so I wouldn't know how to go about it. I use Picasa too.

In that case I would just try Autocontrast in Picasa.

Author, I use Picasa as well. Use the shadow adjustment, its the same as contrast.