You really only pointed out what I already know but fail to execute out of laziness. I did not bother with any reflectors which was my big first flaw. Then I couldn't get the proper depth of field at the low angle I was shooting from my tripod, why, because once again I was too lazy to get the book out to see how to change the friggin f-stop. I wish I had a really old-school camera, all manual, but with a true-to-result LCD display and a good digital image capture. I was always worried shooting full manual in the film days because I didn't want to miss the shot, but with an LCD, you could see what you're about to capture.

BTW, I really enjoyed your 3 watch picks, and the pics. And the tale behind each.
Mike