Pablo,

I like your little dio. I think why you aren't satisfied with the water is because it needs many little ripples and stirred up mud/dirt in the waterespecially around the horses legs and the carts wheels, just like your reference photo shows. Unfortunately, I cannot give suggestions of how to achieve this.

Otherwise it looks quite good.

Hi Pablo

Clearly the horse in your real photo has not heard that he should not enter the water !!!!! Ha ha !!!!!!! I really think that you have captured that real scene to perfection even though I see what you mean about the ripples.

Have you access to clear silocon mastic, the type you use for sealing bathroom fittings to make tiling around them watertight.

Maybe small amounts of this applied with a toothpick in the paterns you wish and then apply some klear polish over it once set.

I really love the dio and I am sure if you wait till a nice winters day you could pose it against a back drop of real snow and you would not know the difference from the real pic.

Nige

Hi Pablo. Id give 10/10 for the idea alone. Good catch. You captured it well ... no doubts ... but some ripples in the water would add a lot.
Woodlands scenics have two products .... realistic water which would be similar to the EZ Water you used in some ways, but they also have another product called water effects, which is white and thicker. Great for making ripples and splashes, and it turns clear when cured. So its easy to work with, cleans up with water and would be perfect here!