Ups on the Downs

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Lester walked from Dunstable to Wilstone today. I took him to the outskirts of Dunstable and then went to the Downs. I had a hot chocolate (extremely good and very chocolatey - yumm!) and sat and watched adults and children walking, cycling, and flying kites and playing with bubbles.

[Jean Tookey]

A lovely composition. The downs are a great place to visit. Always something going on. Have you got a sledge for the winter shots?

[Corri Palmer]

What a carefree photo! I love the pops of color in the kids' clothing against the more muted background.

[Claire Fisher]

That is such a lovely scene! Did you pay those people to do such lovelyactivities ;) It's a perfect summer picture.

[Jennifer C]

beautiful! Love the look of Dunstable Downs

[CHARLES MALLIA]

nice place for kids to play

[Tammie]

Looks like everyone was having a terrific time. Great view too.

[Cindy Muir]

Wow! Fun shot with a beautiful view!

[Barb Vance]

What a great effect! Lovely!

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

Thank you :-)

[Anita Hoyle]

You've captured the view so well! It's difficult to get this without flattening it. Great shot of happy children.

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

Thank you :-)

[Mhel]

They are very lucky to have a beautiful place to play. Great motion shot!

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

Thank you :-)

[Susan Bell]

Did you enhance the colour of the children?

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

@bigsusan55 I de-saturated the background and dropped the contrast and added just a tiny bit of extra colour to the figures and the bubbles. I also altered the colour of the clothes of the girl in the background, 3rd from left. Her tracksuit was a very invasive bright jade. I added a bit more orange to the bubble wand to balance the red in the kite which was in danger of stealing the show.

[Susan Bell]

Thought you must have done something as the children popped out very well. Don't know how to desaturate the background in Serif photoplus.

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

@bigsusan55 Can you saturate? In the basic stuff on Picasa, our photo storage, there's a Saturate slide. If you move the button to the right it adds colour, if you move it to the left, it drains the colour out.