Camera was mounted on a Magic Arm, so I was using slow exposures with high f/stop (in Aperture priority mode), with the ISO in the 800 range, I believe. White balance was in one of the Incandescent pre-sets, so I didn't pay much attention to the White Balance. So I have not done much fine-tuing yet, but will try to learn more as I go along.

I have Elements, but use a program called ACDSee 9 for cropping, re-sizing, etc. This program has the equivalent of Levels (three sliders on a histogram), along with the usual HSL, brightness, RBG, etc.

The machinery (D300 / 60mm lens) is far more capable than the operator right now, but considering that these were within the first 20 or 30 shots with the camera / lens, I was fairly satisfied with the results; clearly this D300 / 60mm has far more capability than my trusty, beloved CoolPix 4500 (which has probably delivered at least 20,000 to 30,000 photos for the $200 purchase price, bought used on eBay) . . . but I am always enthusiastic about learning from the masters!!

Thanks for the recommendations.

Jeff

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