Winter walk

[SmartWombat]

I stopped on the way to work and tried a shot with the Panasonic DMC-LZ5

[Ronnoco]

In this one, you should have been the first over the fence, to get their faces. One thing I learned from shooting in the snow is that you have to be first in line for any activity to get good shots of people.

Ronnoco

[MarcusK]

Is there a Pied Piper leading the way??

Yeah i guess the faces would have been a great addition....

Marc

[Chunk]

It's impossible to walk in front of 3 enthusiastic kids heading for the fun of climbing over a stile. I think you captured the fun of the walk. I suppose you could direct the kids to wait because you want to take a pic of them crossing the fence, but then you would probably have the kids posing rather than this natural capture.

I think the shot's color balance is off, giving us some greenish snow.

[MB1]

Get rid of the green/blue cast to this image, print it big and you have a winner here.

[trog100]

yes nice capture but with colour cast problems..

trog

[molaselake]

Have you tried black and white on this? That would definitely get rid of any color issues you have

[J-Dogg Productions]

hope you don't mind

[SmartWombat]

hope you don't mind

Definitely better, did you adjust the white balance ?
Or did you use an adjustment layer?

I think the LZ5 isn't very good as its auto WB and it doesn't have any other option.
I'll have a go in lightroom before it expires...

[J-Dogg Productions]

I Used Photoshop cs3 I Did 3 Things. Image Adjustments 1. Auto Levels 2. Auto Contrast 3. Auto Color. I Do This Method On Almost Every Picture I Take Works Well.

Jay

[GB1]

Decent action shot, slightly ad hoc, but well composed considering. Ronnoco has an idea there but Chunk's comment is also valid -I think that sometimes you have to have a sixth-sense and just know what the kids will do and get there early (I sure don't have it). Btw not sure I like the color adjustment better than the original.. seems too violet to me. But that is in line with Valentine's Day I suppose.

GB

[SmartWombat]

Ah, I have PS CS3 beta as well.
I'll try the auto settings for myself.
I found PS CS2 wasn't so good.

[J-Dogg Productions]

yea cs2 was ok there are some cool new tools in cs3 the quick selection tool works great im still experimenting with cs3 to figure out all the new stuff but i like the new look to it.

Jay