Thanks for all your kind words, my friend. You have been capturing some nice fall photos as well. If you would like to contact me by private email, I would be glad to hear your suggestion. I think the problem is 2 fold. My camera does some processing before saving in certain conditions and is not as good in low light situations as other cameras (small lens, multi-purpose means compromise). Secondly, I have no idea what I'm doing with image editing software. ;^)
Pretty fall scene, Todd. I really like your composition with the grass in the foreground and the tree on the left. Very nicely done.
I notice noise in the clouds. Do you have a program to deal with it? There is a free one out there that works very well. It can fix that for you. Let me know if you're interested and I'll give you the details.