Long weekend in the U.P.

I don't travel nearly enough, but I do get out from time to time. Setting for these shots: Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It's remote, everything smells like pine trees, and it's quiet. Spent a long weekend fishing and driving around. It was nothing short of intensely restful.

Some additional info about the shots.. I'm currently equipped with a Cannon PowerShot s95, which is an awesome point and shoot camera. It allows for full manual control and the ability to shoot in RAW while still fitting in my pocket. It preforms the best when lighting is ideal, the flash is adequate but is far from ideal. The sky and rain shots were taken using the camera's manual mode with the following settings:

Exposure 1/1000 | Aperture f/6.3 | ISO Speed 80

For most other shots I will shoot in the camera's "Auto" mode, which in my opinion does a great job. I'm not proficient enough or confident enough to shoot in full manual all the time. I would rather make sure I get the shot I want using "Auto" and clean up in post than miss it and have nothing but a soon to fade memory. [all shots had contrast and sharpness boosted in post using Photoshop]