Dark & Moody, another stab at it - for C & C

[Lazy Photographer]

Here are two photos I took on Saturday. I've obviously done some editing. It was actually a beautiful day here in Toronto, although you'd never know it by the photos. Anyway, any thoughts?

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And here's one to give you an idea of what the weather was like when I took the above shots:

 

[dak1b]

i like #2 and #3...good composition

 

[Markw]

I love the second one. The sign could have used some more rust, but theres nothing you can really do about that. Can I ask what lens you used to shoot the last one?

Mark

 

[Markw]

Id love to see the color version of the second one too.

Mark

 

[Lazy Photographer]

All photos came from my Panasonic DMC-LZ2, a 5 mg/6x zoom point & shoot. The wide angle of the last photo was achieve by what I call the poor man's wide-angle lens, i.e. cropping in ACDSee photo editor.

Here's the original:

 

[Mark Saint]

greens overexposed (
otherwise - awesome pictures

 

[Lazy Photographer]

TOPIC CHANGE: I've been really struggling with what camera to buy next. I'd like a nice dSLR, but am leaning towards the outstanding Panasonic LX3. It's a high-end point & shoot. I just like idea of having something small I can carry around. But on the other hand, there's going to be low-light issues, for sure. Anyway, I came across this flikr photo some guy posted of fireworks, shot with the LX3. It's pretty amazing, considering it came from a p & s. Check it out, if you're up to it:

Flickr Photo Download: Red White and BooM Fireworks

Any thoughts on the LX3 vs. a dSLR? (Beyond the obvious)