[Mike McCarty]

If I might further confuse my point.

The following images were each taken with exactly the same camera settings. And these settings are not eclectic, but very close to out of the box.

With one exception -- in the case of the evening shot I had to raise the ISO to a point that would give sufficient shutter speed to allow me to stand and take this shot hand held. I have trained myself to understand the need for this, and how to make it happen. The adjustment took seconds.