©2006 Laurence Chen, All rights reserved. Exposing for the snow and sky really leaves the trees and foreground flat and dull and lifeless. Easily fixed in post but why should you have to--this isn't THAT challenging a scene, is it? Dammit Jim, I'm a photographer, not an engineer! Anyway, this extra attention to expsoure doesn't exist on most other digicams I've owned or tried. Still, the S3 is a fun camera and a pleasure to use in the field.