>I would appreciate some advice on how to photograph plants with a >recently purchased small camera, a Nikon Coolpix S9700. I got it so I >wouldn't have to carry my heavy digital SLR on casual outings, but >attempts so far have resulted only in horribly overexposed images. Use any of the settings except autofocus. If the P setting is similar to that on a Nikon DSLR, which is probably is, you can adjust the exposure to make it darker. If the result is too dark, you can fiddle with that when you process the images. Bob Nold _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…