Afternoon at the Farm!

Yesterday we took Avery to Kelsey Creek Park. It was AWESOME! I highly recommend going if you have little ones! There is a playground catered to little ones, a working farm, beautiful gardens and many trails! We had such a wonderful time. Avery loved it! Although, I have to tell you all that my daughter has a HUGE fascination with rocks right now and the gravel on the ground at the farm was far more interesting to her! Here are some photos from yesterday...

Avery and Daddy looking at sheep together

What I am trying to work on in my photos lately is boosting the colors using Photoshop Elements 5. I'm definitely getting brighter bolder colors, but sometimes it does it to skin too and makes the skin look too red. I'm also trying to get sharper black and whites. Here's one from yesterday. I figured out how to whiten the whites of the eyes... but I also really want a sparkle in the eyes too... working on that one; any suggestions would be extremely helpful.

Here's another one... I just like it because you can really see how much she was having playing at the playground... and I got in nice and close to her face and didn't even faze her!

And last, we were heading back to the car to go home. Avery LOVES riding on her daddy's shoulders. She was smiling and I didn't catch it. I wish I had used continuous shooting and a zoom lens, but you get the idea:If anyone knows about color boosting on Photoshop Elements 5, I'd really appreciate a few suggestions. And any suggestions on black and white shots would be helpful too! I won't get a chance to post again cause we're heading out of town so have a wonderful week everyone!!