Yes it looks like it's the decor that is slightly off-colour, not the WB

Thanks chaps. The canyon is called 'Barranco del Infierno' - it was more spectacular looking the other direction, but shooting against the light didn't do my pictures any favours.

Love no. 1 too. Excellent light play. The buildings in the courtyard shot seem to be leaning outwards... perhaps a bit over-corrected?

Will your Samsung program not work with DNG files then?

I'm sure the Pentax software will be similar as it's Silkypix based and bears little resemblance to the early software package I got with my first *istD-era camera. And there are many other free options out there which will work with DNG. I do wonder why we keep paying through the nose for Adobe products when there's so much quality freeware available!

There was a free version of Lightroom available at one time: I wonder if anyone still has the setup file (and whether it still works?) Otherwise, there are other ways of getting the software for free which I could not possibly condone.

Nice room, very retro-futuristic. The absolutely symmtrical comp works well, I might just be tempted to tweak the WB. I am tempted by that lens, seems good value...

Composition-wise, no. 1 is by far my favourite. Lovely shot, and the set as a whole is very atmospheric.

Yes, WR is often just the difference between tucking the camera into your anorak, or not bothering

Did you shoot RAW? Did you attempt to edit the shots in your RAW converter? The second new shot is underexposed and yellowish to my eyes. And we all know that yellow snow = not good

You could have a play with the WB settings in your RAW converter and 'save' the shot - this is a good reason to use RAW: white balance can be changed after the shot.

There is plenty of scope to improve exposure and contrast in your RAW converter too.

The first from today is better. I suspect the key difference between it and the shot you took yesterday is that the foreground is not in shadow, so you haven't got that large area of snow reflecting the blue sky.

I really like no.2 Andrew. Bleak and drab perhaps but this works really well as a context for the 'peace' graffiti.

I never got the impression from this forum that the Pentax supplied programme is especially bad. I used it a few times but found it a bit crashy on my old laptop, so reverted to using PSE which I had already.

I can definitely endorse Lightroom. It seems to streamline all aspects of organising, viewing, sorting, and editing (non-destructively) your images.

I'm glad I'm still not in my narrowboat, with no heating except a woodburning stove.... getting up half an hour early to light it before scuttling back to bed was not much fun, especially on work days

But then again sitting by the fire on a frosty Sunday afternoon, looking across the frozen canal, was a nice little compensation