beach- thanks and your shots look good
... are you using circular polarizer expecially for the first and last shots?
looks like you had a good time.
looks like silver is a hard color to get the exposure correct for cheap LCD viewing as it appears the high exposure area gets washed when viewing in smaller shots...
hope i can get more shots in this weekend using the exposure compensation. i have a new circular polarizer coming to me this week along with a hood to compare as well.