Rob,
It may be an old one, but it's a good one. Simple, well balanced, well lit and a subtle, appealing, use of colour. I like it a lot.
Funny thing about the tripod. I think, in about thirty years of taking photos (even when I was young with good eyes), I have shot hand-held no more than four or five frames. What some see as a hindrance, others see as routine. Horses for courses, I suppose.
Marv