By the way, Eric, the second picture is a good example of why I want to get a DSLR. My Coolpix doesn't give me much creative control over the exposure, and why I still use my manual film Nikons occasionally. The sand pictures would look better overexposed by 1/2 stop or so. The Coolpix does a "great" job of making everything a "perfect" 50% grayscale. I could Photochop it, but as they say, you can't reproduce what's not in the original image.