Hey guys! thanks so much for the contributions.

Speed-that is absolutely my problem. I might have actually bought the wrong lens, but every time I get frustrated with the focus I think of Frog My eyes are young so I should use them while I got them. The review and zoom feature on my camera has been a blessing. I was finding I would use Ron's trick of zooming past, then adjusting some to find the middle ground. Once I'd get them on the computer though, they wouldn't be perfectly crisp. So, it's been a love/hate relationship! I've been trying to use Jetriem's trick with checking the viewfinder as I'm looking through it to see if my green light is on. I'm just glad I found out which eye was my dominant eye or this could be very exhausting! (This is the one I ended up buying btw: http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-50mm-Nik.../dp/B00005LEN4)

I was pretty pleased with the picture on the tracks. I've been spending a lot of time in Photoshop, even if I don't do much editing. The track picture came out pretty clear. I added a Sepia filter slightly over the original, but there was so much empty background. The sky was blue and clear, so I through in this beautiful texture I found in Flickr. It took me literally 5 minutes. It was like they were made for each other. I'm at work but I'll post the original if I still have it on my computer. That entire day was actually a really great learning expierence. Thank goodness for friends who love me taking pictures of them, eh Chris?? ;)