From every direction, this lake at River Park North in Greenville, NC was an irresistible HDR photo opportunity.

Processing: Nine images were loaded into Nik HDR Efex Pro where I worked with strategically located Control Points to make sure that every area was balanced in a realistic way. I worked each area, sky, foreground, middle ground and water to bring out the depth of the scene. I added Structure where needed especially in the water and sky.

I then saved the image to Adobe Photoshop and used Hue/Saturation to get realistic colors. Then I added a layer for Vibrance and gave the whole scene more dynamic. The imaged was topped of with High Pass filter for sharpening.

Equipment used: Nikon D700 with 20-35mm f/3.5-4.5 lens set at 20mm, f/11, ISO 400.Manfrotto 190XPROB with 486RC2 ball head.