When I was capturing those pictures on #1 pond I had to venture across the street to see what this area looked like. If you look carefully you can see some little white blobs in the water on the far left side. The bottoms of some Canadian geese. I got closer to the birds but nothing came out that good and mostly I got birds feeding. It was a smorgasbord I believe for birds. As you can see the color is leaving us. This is a 3 picture bracketed shot processed in Fusion for hdr.
So we both did tree reflections today... but how different can you get! You say that the fall colours are fading but this would be as intense as they get where we are. And I do believe that you've got hand-held HDR well and truly mastered... good work Joan.