Picture 1:


Picture 2:


Picture 1 was done in PSCS3. The process was lengthy but I am a beginner.
Picture 2 was done in PSE6. Only adjusted contrast, brightness and saturation.

I can't decide which I like more...

 

that's it? white balance looks different, unless you only dropped blue saturation in the 2nd pic.
I'm not a big fan of bluish pictures, unless it's a winter pic.

- Frank

 

Looks like he added a blur effect to the background on #1

Sorry if that's

 

Yeah the 1st picture has a slight motion blur to the background. I tried to make it more white but I failed

 

I think the blur would work better if the shot was actually a panning shot, just taken with too fast a shutter speed to actually show the blur. It just seems wrong on a static lineup of cars... Rather, use a larger aperture to narrow the DOF when taking the shot.

 

The blur is a cool effect, but the WB just kind of makes it

The second looks much better IMO.

 

^ OK I'll work on it

Thanks for the input

 

It should look roughly the same, however. The cars would get even more blurry the further back you go, but I doubt most people would notice that.
I personally like the DOF tightness, gives the car more 'pop'.

- Frank

 

Can you actually adjust the blur in CS3? If that's the case i'm def going to have to try the program out. Right now i'm pretty happy with PSE 6 but it would be nice to have some more features