Exactly. See, you'll be a wiz at all of this in no time!

I never really know what to say about your photos, they're always great!
The table with the curtains and flowers looks relaxing, and makes me want to take a seat.
The silver jewelry is a great shot, draws my eyes upward.
Not yet, but I was reading something about it today in a magazine.
The way I understand it, is that it can be done in some DSLR's by bracketing shots and then merging them together.
D5000 and I think it only bracket 3 shots.
Now,,,, all this just is for overlaying one shot on top of another? Not as a way to stitch a panoramic together right?
Hard for me not to give my all to something I love.Maybe if you threw out a crappy one from time to time we could say "whew" - Helene that was a crappy one!!! just for something different to say :-D
Soooo, for tomorrow's shot, would you prefer horse crap or dog poop?
Holy crap! The pressure is on!No matter which one is chosen it will only reinforce the statement you can take a "Crappy" photo and make it look good.
Holy crap! The pressure is on!
Handheld, no tripod, and yes, from the balcony. Thanks for the comment, Ken.Was it a handheld shot?
More than the D2X, it was the 24 mm lens at f/1.4 that really cut back on the noise. The lens and camera combination affects noise as well as the camera settings. This is just incredible glass, and yes, I rented it while my other lens is getting repaired.The D2X with an ISO of 1600 can do marvelous things. Can take an otherwise crappy photo op and turn it into a thing of beauty!!!
Thanks, Chris, and it wasn't intended to be crappy, however, TODAY's is.Nice job Helene (and no, this was not a crappy post!)


