Lucky to get this one. Using manual focus at 14mm, and accidentally set the focus at 1.5 feet; meant to set it at about 7-8 feet. The wide angle saved me. I wanted the cat tail & foliage in focus and at 1.5 feet, I certainly got that - even the tiny water droplets on the edges of some leaves. However, the distant trees aren't as sharp as they could have been. The sun-"burst" is straight from the camera - no funny filters. Spent 30 minutes here from beginning to end. By the time this particular opportunity presented itself I had the exposure, composition and framing nailed - the camera was sitting of the tripod about 3 feet off the ground and I just clicked the remote once or twice a minute to get a wide range of options.
I regularly use a graduated ND filter for this type of scene; this one is a new 3-stop to augment the 2-stop I had earlier. Strong enough that no negative exposure compensation was needed to avoid blown highlights.