When I woke up this morning and saw those big, white, puffy clouds filling the brilliant blue sky, I knew I had to see if they were reflecting off of Lake Ontelaunee which is just down the road from my home. Sure enough, they were reflecting nicely. I walked half way across the bridge that goes over the dam and setup the tripod and took a series of bracketed shots with the intention of HDR and tone mapping them when I got home.
Lake Ontelaunee is a 1,082 acre reservoir that provides much of the drinking water for the city of Reading Pennsylvania. It’s a favorite fishing spot year round and is surrounded by state game lands and farms. The lake is formed behind the Ontelaunee Dam and was created in 1926.
For more information on Lake Ontelaunee, visit this page.
I shot this as seven bracketed RAW frames and then combined them into an HDR with Photomatix Pro and finally, tone mapped that image to create the final product.
