The Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden is one of the highlights at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and was the only one that kept a lot of it's appeal after the harsh Winter that swept through NY in early 2015. This is actually one of the oldest and most visited Japanese-inspired gardens outside of Japan. It is a blend of the ancient hill-and-pond style and the more recent stroll-garden style, in which various landscape features are gradually revealed along winding paths.

The red torii is the ideal focal point of the photo, with the frozen lake and wood viewing pavilion balance the panorama, helping the eye navigate from the left to the right side. The cloudy sky actually helped with taming the contrast, and allowed me to create this ethereal light in post-processing.

-- Gear
Fujifilm X-T1
Fujifilm XF18-135mmF3.5-5.6R LM OIS WR
-- Post
Lightroom : HDR and Panorama photo-merge,initial toning and final crop
Photoshop: Sharpening and clean up
NikCollection Color Efex Pro 4: Toning and Detail extraction