smilin kiddies of the lake ( Laguna de Bay)

[nimitzbenedicto]

iphone
18Jul2011

[Shadowman]

Cute shot, very hot colors. Did you have the camera set to vivid?

[Manfred M]

Outch - everything looks like a bad postcard. It looks like your saturation is turned up high and your contrast is too. John's comment on the Vivid setting makes sense. You can sometimes get away with some of those funky settings, but not where there are people in the shot.

[Mike Buckley]

Let's not forget the really great composition including the overall positioning of the children and each of their poses. Really great!

In addition to the comments already mentioned, the image seems to have a strong magenta color cast. My guess is that that's a result of your post-processing rather than your camera settings, but I could be wrong. The horizon also seems to be quite tilted.

[truonda]

Victor, I personally think you did a great job capturing the girls' innocence in this picture. We can't always have our fancy camera with us every where we go

[Mike Buckley]

We can't always have our fancy camera with us every where we go

True. However, CiC is a "learning community for photographers." It's in that context that though I recognize the photo was taken on a cell phone, the lesson to be learned here is that it can still be dramatically improved with post-processing.