The Equipment:
Body: Nikon D200
Lenses: Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR, Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S DX, Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D AF Micro, Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM, Nikon TC 17e II Telekonverter
Filter: B+W KSM MRC slim circular polarizer
Storage: Sandisk Extreme III 4 GB cards

The Shooting:
Best light conditions in early morning (just before and during sunrise) and late afternoon (the hour before and after sunset).
Weather conditions were pretty good and supportive to our intent:
Misty mornings and dusks and clear sunny skies all days, only slightly overcast - except one day with a storm front coming up, producing a fantastatic warm light below a pretty dark sky.
All shots in NEF format (Nikons RAW format) and JPEG Basic (in order to quickly select the good shots from the bad ones).
All shots handheld (but have ordered a tripod for the next trip).

Camera settings:
Exposure mode set to aperture priority, I tried to keep ISO values as low as possible (at 100 most of the time), exposure bias value is - as my personal default - always set to -1/3.
White balance set to flash on most of the images in order to get more warmer tones.

For D200 users who may be interested in...
Shooting Menu / Image Optimization settings with following values:
"Custom": +1 Image Sharpening, + Tone Compensation, III Color Mode, + Saturation, +6 Hue Adjustment