So how much better would this look if shot in RAW and post-processed (other than cropping) ?

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/max_911_fahrer/6450079281/" title="906 at Rennsport Monterey by Max_911S_fahrer, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7167/6450079281_c8c3e62382_b.jpg" width="1024" height="614" alt="906 at Rennsport Monterey"></a>

100x. It's flat, not sharp enough.

Would someone like me be able to notice? Whenever the Mulholland photographers tweak the photos I always end up thinking the original was better. The images always look processed. I don't like that artificial feeling.

Sharp is hard. It was foggy/misty at Laguna that day, and the cars were in motion. I was using a slowish shutter speed. So that is about the sharpest they got. I actually like the effect when viewed on screen. It seems a little vintage.

Quick and dirty.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1334210530.jpg

I think a touch over saturated on the red.

I like my Limux SZ3 pocket mega zoom. Got it when it first came out, it was the only pocket mega zoom 10 megapixel that the zoom worked while shooting hd video with it. Has Leica 24-380 lens.

interesting.

I am also a photoshop pro...

http://www.zipbang.com/Artwork/racecar1.jpg

That looks too artificial for me.

i think the stick was being facetious....i hope :)

me too

Another general tip in the DSLR world, is to set the white balance to "Cloudy" when shooting jpg and outdoors.

Looking back, I do see what Dave meant about the original.

I'll see if my camera has that setting.

It is one of these:
COOLPIX P100 from Nikon

While that one does look a little bright....

Richard is probably the best photoshop guy I know.... Hopefully he will post some of his own work....

Under the "P" menu.

There, I spent a few more minutes on that gray hazy shot.

That's more the quality of work you usually do. Looks good. :)

Post some of the chops of your car.

Here is what I was dealing with:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/max_911_fahrer/6251735854/" title="Porsche RennSport 4 Monterey_ 012 by Max_911S_fahrer, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6042/6251735854_08e11cf284_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="Porsche RennSport 4 Monterey_ 012"></a>