Felix, good job! Have you sharpened the pictures? I found that some of your pics are very high in contrast. What 'picture style' are you using? For my D3X, I used standard picture style before but the portrait pics were very 'hard', not smooth. Later, I downloaded the 'portrait' picture style from Nikon website, problem was solved. I am not sure if you know this or not. Just for sharing, enjoyed shooting with you that night.