14-24mm f/2.8G

Thanks, David.  I bought the lens on the Fred Miranda board and paid 70% of the new price for a mint lens.  I did not see this lens for 50% of new, but I am happy with what I got for what I paid.  I also don't expect to use this lens as much as, say, the 200mm f/4 micro or the 50mm f/1.8G, but there are a few occasions where nothing else will give the same results.  Specifically I have a swamp in mind that is near where I live.  As soon as I find the time, I'll go there and see what can be done with the ultra-wide perspective.

The -1.3EV were dialed in as exposure compensation on the camera body.  I took several pictures at different values and that looked the best to me.

Getting the tripod in was easy.  It is a fully extended RRS ground tripod and the lake is quite shallow (maybe half a foot  deep) at the water's edge. The bigger problem was not to get the remote release cord wet (I almost dropped it into the lake twice) and I removed the shoulder strap for this setup so that it wouldn't get wet.  My feet did get wet but only a little bit.