From what I see, all 3 shots were quite well balanced.
I think u should b the one adding some magenta to your monitor's color balance 

  ifer come over here means starting to think between LX3 n D-Lux4 oredi now.       
I think he's using a calibrated monitor.

I'm amazed with how near this camera can go with macro

i got lx3..altho is king of kings..i dun claim tat lx3 is best digicam out there

G10 still give lx3 a good fight tho.

Just for a period of time I suppose ... until the next successor or a competitor is released

It really doesnt matter that the LX3 costs as much as an entry level SLR. In fact there r entry SLRs that cost less than LX3. Coz LX3 was aimed at SLR users so they can have a nice advanced compact as back up. There is a huge market for superb, top quality compacts n they can even price it at rm3-4k n that target market will still snap it up provided the cam is good. Just look at the DP1 n D-Lux4, these 2 r so expensive n cost more than even mid range semi pro SLRs yet ppl still buy them.

You know ... these cameras have their depreciation rate as well.
If you buy now ... 3 months later it's going to worth 1200 ...
But what have you done over the 3 months (or the extra RM 300 you spent)

1. You've learned how to take shots
2. You've enjoyed the camera ...
3. And etc
Worth the 300 bucks I think ...

Leaving that aside ... what you're more worried of is after 3 months you bought the LX3 at 1200 bucks. What happens is, a month later after you bought your camera, some better cameras popped up ...

THat's the last thing I want to happen to me