GTR Articles Thread

Thank you again! AH! So good image of #24R at Le Mans 97! :runaround:

And yes! It seems like it's #06R Harrods GTR!!!:)

JJ,s "WINNING* Pic for Sami,


http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/3299/18962996.th.jpg (http://img24.imageshack.us/i/18962996.jpg/)

More, from where this come from tomorrow.

:thumbsup: :lol2:

I Can't wait!

McLaren related articles from the Autosport LeMans 96 preview mag.

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/3885/68992991.th.jpg (http://img684.imageshack.us/i/68992991.jpg/) http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/1637/18532259.th.jpg (http://img684.imageshack.us/i/18532259.jpg/) http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/3173/25276679.th.jpg (http://img685.imageshack.us/i/25276679.jpg/) http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/4601/81915695.th.jpg (http://img130.imageshack.us/i/81915695.jpg/) http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/4896/68972128.th.jpg (http://img685.imageshack.us/i/68972128.jpg/) http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/7426/97374438.th.jpg (http://img503.imageshack.us/i/97374438.jpg/) http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/2905/76045465.th.jpg (http://img130.imageshack.us/i/76045465.jpg/)

:lol2: :thumbsup:

Cool stuff once again! :cool:
Nice to have good shots #16R. :)

More,

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/9473/20107071.th.jpg (http://img243.imageshack.us/i/20107071.jpg/) http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/5687/22241946.th.jpg (http://img69.imageshack.us/i/22241946.jpg/)http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/5443/24873037.th.jpg (http://img96.imageshack.us/i/24873037.jpg/) http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/5995/88972836.th.jpg (http://img96.imageshack.us/i/88972836.jpg/)http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/4171/74764442.th.jpg (http://img253.imageshack.us/i/74764442.jpg/) http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/2007/56503940.th.jpg (http://img266.imageshack.us/i/56503940.jpg/)http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/1485/12991664.th.jpg (http://img135.imageshack.us/i/12991664.jpg/)

Nice!!

Oujeah!
The Gulf #33! #12R!
Thanks!!!! :runaround:

Last few pages,

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/2879/43210542.th.jpg (http://img441.imageshack.us/i/43210542.jpg/)http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/6845/27233689.th.jpg (http://img97.imageshack.us/i/27233689.jpg/) http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4554/46543777.th.jpg (http://img233.imageshack.us/i/46543777.jpg/) http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/3997/16228761.th.jpg (http://img233.imageshack.us/i/16228761.jpg/)http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/2646/41916499.th.jpg (http://img511.imageshack.us/i/41916499.jpg/) http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/3547/27882416.th.jpg (http://img521.imageshack.us/i/27882416.jpg/)

Not bad for a magazine supplement. Enjoy the read.

:thumbsup: Thank you!

#16R looks stunning!

More,

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/5687/22241946.th.jpg (http://img69.imageshack.us/i/22241946.jpg/)http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/5443/24873037.th.jpg (http://img96.imageshack.us/i/24873037.jpg/)

I thought I already had a stitched version of this pair that had been shared here before, but it was only this.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1/th_DSC01818.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1/DSC01818.jpg)

With your excellent scans now though, I'll be able to make one and share it. Thanks! :cool:

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ER

I thought I already had a stitched version of this pair that had been shared here before, but it was only this.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1/th_DSC01818.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1/DSC01818.jpg)

With your excellent scans now though, I'll be able to make one and share it. Thanks! :cool:

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ER

There not bad from a blind man!!

Would you prefer both pages as an overlap? as I cropped and sized these to tidy them up

No - I have already started on it and it should be fine as is. The gap down the middle is less than 10 pixels - lines up perfectly with a slight north/south adjustment, and I was able to rotate it first to set the horizon flat. It shouldn't be too difficult to stitch up - thanks though.

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ER

I think I have that poster somewhere.....

ETA not the poster, but the same picture in a magazine over 2 pages like Le Man.....

I think I have that poster somewhere.....

Well, everyone can have a poster now. :naughty:

Here's my completed effort - in addition to simply stitching the pages together as was the original plan, I also spent quite a bit of time removing some of the printing artifacts which were all over the pages, and I cleaned up some of the areas where the ink had been slightly worn away from the pages rubbing together. I consider it 'photo sanitization'.

In the end, well, I think it looks fantastic!! :1:

Click on this pic for a 1630x985 version.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20I/F1_M3_100HP_small.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20I/F1_M3_100HP_large.jpg)

Don't fret about that 'large' size though, because my working copy was ultra-high resolution just like Le Man's original scans. Final version is 2x the size of what is offered above, at 3260x1970. :eek: :cool: At 72dpi if you printed it, you'd have something 45"x27" - or double the dpi and it still prints at 22.5"x13.5". :)

I didn't want my Photobucket account getting dinged everytime someone grabs the 'original', so you have to get it here (http://www.mediafire.com/?jdmazyzzqnj). :cool:

Enjoy!

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ER

Well, everyone can have a poster now. :naughty:

Here's my completed effort - in addition to simply stitching the pages together as was the original plan, I also spent quite a bit of time removing some of the printing artifacts which were all over the pages, and I cleaned up some of the areas where the ink had been slightly worn away from the pages rubbing together. I consider it 'photo sanitization'.

In the end, well, I think it looks fantastic!! :1:

Click on this pic for a 1630x985 version.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20I/F1_M3_100HP_small.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20I/F1_M3_100HP_large.jpg)

Don't fret about that 'large' size though, because my working copy was ultra-high resolution just like Le Man's original scans. Final version is 2x the size of what is offered above, at 3260x1970. :eek: :cool: At 72dpi if you printed it, you'd have something 45"x27" - or double the dpi and it still prints at 22.5"x13.5". :)

I didn't want my Photobucket account getting dinged everytime someone grabs the 'original', so you have to get it here (http://www.mediafire.com/?jdmazyzzqnj). :cool:

Enjoy!

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ER

Very nice :smokin:

I have several two page articles/adds that you may like to stich together and clean up :p. But for now, if you have time I would really appreciate your magic on this poster size pic of #08R :)

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/3756/08rpres1.th.jpg (http://img200.imageshack.us/i/08rpres1.jpg/)

I may have enlarged this pic a little too much :screwy:, it needs a lot of cleaning up. As the pic was only small, in the book that I scanned it from. BMW Classic have this similar poster for sale on their site, but I,m not too keen on the angle.(although I will probably still buy this image as well :))

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/9730/00046137m.th.jpg (http://img407.imageshack.us/i/00046137m.jpg/)

Many thanks in advance.

The first image is what I call 'over-scanned' and will not be workable. You're actually seeing the pixelation from the magazine's printer. I think most magazines are printed at under 150dpi, so if you scan it any higher than that those will be your results.

You'd actually get a better source scanning it at a lower resolution, and then trying to blow it up and do some sharpening of that image if you want a larger size.

Another thing I've done with decent results in the past is photograph the image on the page with a digital camera in macro mode. Depending on the resolution your camera shoots at, you can still end up getting the printer pixelation as a result though.

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ER

The first image is what I call 'over-scanned' and will not be workable. You're actually seeing the pixelation from the magazine's printer. I think most magazines are printed at under 150dpi, so if you scan it any higher than that those will be your results.

You'd actually get a better source scanning it at a lower resolution, and then trying to blow it up and do some sharpening of that image if you want a larger size.

Another thing I've done with decent results in the past is photograph the image on the page with a digital camera in macro mode. Depending on the resolution your camera shoots at, you can still end up getting the printer pixelation as a result though.

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ER

Many thanks for the advice, I will give it a try. :)

Couldn't think of a better place to stick this photo. Curious who will be the first to tell us exactly which date the image was taken on?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20I/th_P1DE96.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20I/P1DE96.jpg)

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LeMans qualifying? Mulsanne Straight?

Dates usually have numbers in them. ;)

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April 28th 1996

Yay!!! :sunglasse

The red car leading is GTR #10R for those unaware, and 1996 LeMans Pre-Qualifying was the only time it ever took to the track in any kind of competitive nature. There are three other shots of it at LeMans, or perhaps four if you count the one of it coming off the transporter, so seeing a pic of it at speed like that one above is pretty cool, I think. :)

And as a reward for your brilliance Chris, here's the remainder of the pics that I found in a similar location. These weren't taken the same date though, but about 10 months earlier of course.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20I/th_img213.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20I/img213.jpg) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20I/th_img214.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20I/img214.jpg) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20I/th_img215.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20I/img215.jpg) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20I/th_img217.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20I/img217.jpg)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20I/th_091014013704598944637644.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20I/091014013704598944637644.jpg)

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ER

Couldn't think of a better place to stick this photo. Curious who will be the first to tell us exactly which date the image was taken on?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20I/th_P1DE96.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20I/P1DE96.jpg)

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ER

Not often seen #10R on the action! :runaround:
And Thank you very much #01R and J.J images!
Just one wierd thing, I can' save these, HTML document.:crying:
Any trick to save them at JPEG?

Sounds like an issue on your end Sami - I've hosted them via Photobucket exactly the same way I share all my other images, and I am able to right-click and save as .JPG just fine on my end.

Maybe try rebooting your PC?

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ER

Sounds like an issue on your end Sami - I've hosted them via Photobucket exactly the same way I share all my other images, and I am able to right-click and save as .JPG just fine on my end.

Maybe try rebooting your PC?

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ER

OK, maybe that would help.
Strange! Well thanks for tip! :smile:
Got them working now. :)

Not really an article but I thought I,d put these in here.

Check these links for some ace pics from the Modena track days.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/photos-automobiles/sets/72157622645131720/with/3829872040/

http://www.cm-arte.com/en/galerie (Go to Modena trackdays 2009)

http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/5599/3829872040873b34bce4o.th.jpg (http://img686.imageshack.us/i/3829872040873b34bce4o.jpg/) :smokin: Enjoy!!

:thumbsup:

GULF is #12R but what is number #10, #21R or...?

#21R sir.

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#21R sir.

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:)

By the way, they have added a passenger (http://cm-arte.com/gallery/galleries/gt-pictures/automobile/evenements_2009/Modena_trackDays_Nurburgring_2009/IMG_4039.jpg) seat on #21R....:uhoh:

As I've said before elsewhere, after me you're first ;)

http://thumbnails17.imagebam.com/6399/541bac63983168.gif (http://www.imagebam.com/image/541bac63983168)

http://thumbnails11.imagebam.com/6399/9b4ca063983173.gif (http://www.imagebam.com/image/9b4ca063983173)

Just startet to look the image..."wtf...:iceslolan"....

Anyway, thanks detail images of the seats and interior!
Saved to #21R folder, there was also "hot stuff" image of #12R and #21R (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2424/3829065231_103695a81b.jpg) together. Two of J.J's cars same picture, 2009!!!! :runaround:

As I've said before elsewhere, after me you're first ;)

You're both a little late to this tea party. Over 2 years late, in fact... :p

A'hem... (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=5002385&postcount=24)

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ER

Was this front end on the car just prior to the Le Mans crash in 95? I'm a little confused?

http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/2034/a2lf4.jpg

No, Gulf cars 02R (#24) and 08R (#25) had already the modified front for the Le Mans '95 as you can see in the images (click to see them enlarged). The front was almost similar to the winner 01R Ueno #59, but they didn't use the extra lights on the front during the night like the #59.

http://thumbnails25.imagebam.com/6404/52cd6464031777.gif (http://www.imagebam.com/image/52cd6464031777) http://thumbnails18.imagebam.com/6404/6d275464032595.gif (http://www.imagebam.com/image/6d275464032595)

No, Gulf cars 02R (#24) and 08R (#25) had already the modified front for the Le Mans '95 as you can see in the images (click to see them enlarged). The front was almost similar to the winner 01R Ueno #59, but they didn't use the extra lights on the front during the night like the #59.

http://thumbnails25.imagebam.com/6404/52cd6464031777.gif (http://www.imagebam.com/image/52cd6464031777) http://thumbnails18.imagebam.com/6404/6d275464032595.gif (http://www.imagebam.com/image/6d275464032595)

Thanks.
Do you know what race the car was in the pic I reposted above, also is it 02R or 08R?


Thanks again.

Do you know what race the car was in the pic I reposted above, also is it 02R or 08R?

Can't tell which track that might be, but wearing race number 1, it has to be #02R.

#04R and #08R shared race number 16, with #04R only participating in two the Jerez and Paul Ricard rounds of the 1995 series before L. Owen Jones rolled it in practice at the following event at Monza. Neither car appeared at the Jarama race which followed, and then #08R took over for the remainder of the season, starting at Round 5 at the Nurburgring

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ER

Cool thanks.
I know its not 07r but that nose reminds me of it a bit.

I believe they all started out life with those vents in the nosepiece.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1/gtr_12_lg.jpg

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ER

04R raced the opening rounds at Jerez and Paul Ricard as #3. Then LOJ took it couple of times off the track too hard at Monza and damaged it badly and so they had to replace it with the chassis 08R at Nurburgring, with the new racing number, #16, which it wore to the end of the season. 08R wasn't ready before Nurburgring, as 06R and 07R took the delivery at Jarama. 08R was first supposed to be the Ueno Clinic entry at Le Mans but as what happened forced McLaren to use the 01R for that with the known results. :)

From the image DMFerrari provided it is quite hard to tell where it has been taken. The tight cropping does it even harder. From the modification of the front and the decals hints that it has been taken between the Jarama and Nurburgring races, maybe in the tests. 02R wore the black "McLaren GTR" wind screen banner till the Jarama race (on the front cover of GT Endurance 1995), and was replaced to the white one as on the image before Nurburgring, but had in the race some sort of proto of the roof scoop that came later to the GTR'96 cars at LM'96. The card that features the five GTRs is taken at Donington race weekend, the race after Nurburgring, and then they had a special curved winglets on the sides of the nose. Again some sort of proto to what came common in the later part of the BPR'96 season on the GTC (12R & 15R), DPR (upgraded 03R & 06R) and GRT (11R) cars starting from Suzuka/Pokka 1000km 1996 race.

Sorry I haven't scanned much of those books and so can't upload the images to show all these details. Maybe some day.

04R #3 & 02R #1 at Paul Ricard BPR'95 (clickable)
http://thumbnails28.imagebam.com/6409/f75ed364084598.gif (http://www.imagebam.com/image/f75ed364084598)

Just came in to my mind;
I visited today Motor Sport Show of Helsinki, which was organized first time this year.
Suprisingly there wasn't any GTR McLarens, but AUTO GLYM poster had this same #10R which I photografed last years Classic Motor Show. Same image, same advertising.
Here can be seen that roof scoop and other details, which have been on the table couple of days here now.

#10R by Auto GLYM advertising poster.
http://kuvablogi.com/nayta/prev/img1889982.jpg

Doc; again fantastic information of history these specific chassis! :runaround:
I don't know am I here the only one who reads these more than interested, but anyway thanks again! :smokin:

04R raced the opening rounds at Jerez and Paul Ricard as #3.

Great to have that correction - thank you! :)

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May I correct you guys, Lyndsey Owen Jones rolled and wrote off #04R in practice for the Jarama round of the BPR series in 95.

The pic DM Ferrari posted is of #02R testing at Pembrey in Wales.

May I correct you guys, Lyndsey Owen Jones rolled and wrote off #04R in practice for the Jarama round of the BPR series in 95.


Thanks for correcting! :thumbsup:

I only remembered the photo in the GT Endurance 1995 from Monza as LOJ had had the off's and 04R had the scratches and was missing the left rear tire. But the better explanation of 04R's destiny is there written in the section for Jarama:


There should have been six McLarens on the grid, with the addition of the GRT Jacadi's new F1 GTR for Fabien Giroix and Moody Fayed's Mach 1 Racing GTR for Justin Bell and Andy Wallace. One was lost, though, as Lindsay Owen-Jones had a major crash on the downhill section, losing control at over 150 km/h then hitting barrier and rolling the car over.


Does anyone have any aftermath photos?

The pic DM Ferrari posted is of #02R testing at Pembrey in Wales.

I kind of new that it had to be from tests as it doesn't match any race photos. Thanks for confirmation!

You can always offer a correction - that's how we learn things. :thumbsup:

Looking back at more detailed records, I do see that #04R completed 64 laps at Monza before retiring due to "accident". It's also on the "Did not start" list for the Jarama race, with no recorded time in Practice. Perhaps the accident occurred very early on, maybe due to cold tires?

I seem to recall you stating that the current whereabouts of #04R would be revealed in time. I have to ask - is it time yet? :icon16:

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I,m allways here to help out :)

Lyndsey,s accident was in free practice on the Thursday before the race.

04R,s Engine and gearbox was put in the rear of 08R, As 08R was built as a spare rolling chassis just before Lyndsey purchased it. Erik you have something that will confirm this :smile:.

There are no crash pics about, not that I know of.

As for your last question Erik, I shall answer that in a PM soon.

Perhaps John Brooks has photos of #04Rs damage from Jarama?

I know two people who could ask him - one that posts here in fact.

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Thanks for all the info everyone. This video is what sparked my question about the front end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6pFz3W2vX4

Erik, Le Man, Doc:

The case #04R/08R got some new things to me. I have asked couple of times this earlier. Fantastic to get some new very detailed information of that case.
Why #04R was written off, why 08R replaced it, what happended after all. What parts #08R got from the #04R and so on.
Now this is much much much more clear to me. :worshippy

I promised these to Sami, but thought they me be interesting for others on here to view.:wink: Only one problem, they are not complete articles, some pages are missing :screwy:. Sorry.

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/1509/jj1m.th.jpg (http://img85.imageshack.us/i/jj1m.jpg/)http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/1353/jj2d.th.jpg (http://img705.imageshack.us/i/jj2d.jpg/) http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/7503/jj3s.th.jpg (http://img99.imageshack.us/i/jj3s.jpg/).......http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/2527/jj4s.th.jpg (http://img696.imageshack.us/i/jj4s.jpg/)......http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/9207/jj5a.th.jpg (http://img407.imageshack.us/i/jj5a.jpg/)

Having spent some time trying to improve the quality of my scans, hopefully I have made some more improvement? The first two pages I,ve left as scanned, if anybody has time and they are willing to stich the pic together and improve its quality, please do.:wink: Many thanks in advance.

The first two pages I,ve left as scanned, if anybody has time and they are willing to stich the pic together and improve its quality, please do.:wink: Many thanks in advance.

I might know a guy who could put some time into that. ;)

I've got them lined up next to each other in Photoshop now, but the really difficult part is going to be the Michelin Man logo down on the nose and that little winglet thing. I'll see what I can do with it - perhaps borrowing a section from an unrelated photo to make it all work. :naughty:

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:lol2: Le Man; thanks!

Very interesting interwiev of J.J!
There allmoust were said how he get Paul Lazante's team, but still no. :grinno:
It seemed like it, just the first laps he liked the GTR. And it really showed. :sunglasse

:lol2: Le Man; thanks!

Very interesting interwiev of J.J!
There allmoust were said how he get Paul Lazante's team, but still no. :grinno:
It seemed like it, just the first laps he liked the GTR. And it really showed. :sunglasse

My pleasure Sami. :smile:

Look forward too the pic Erik :thumbsup:

I have been trying to learn how to improve the quality of my scans in photoshop. Compare this pic, to the one I posted many moons ago!!
I think, I,m making some sort of progress.

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/8575/ju02r1b.th.jpg (http://img19.imageshack.us/i/ju02r1b.jpg/) New...........http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/1171/p2160066.th.jpg (http://img716.imageshack.us/i/p2160066.jpg/) Old

Something to look forward too soon, The articles where all my Ulrich #02R pics come from.:smile:

I have been trying to learn how to improve the quality of my scans in photoshop. Compare this pic, to the one I posted many moons ago!!
I think, I,m making some sort of progress.

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/8575/ju02r1b.th.jpg (http://img19.imageshack.us/i/ju02r1b.jpg/) New...........http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/1171/p2160066.th.jpg (http://img716.imageshack.us/i/p2160066.jpg/) Old

To be honest, as I typically am, while the new scan has more clarity in the details, the process used for the older one somehow produced richer and more saturated colors. This isn't entirely true based on just looking at each of those images that you shared, but I took the "OLD" and in Photoshop I increased it's dimensions using the Image Size function to match those of your "NEW" one. Then I used Photoshop's "Auto Contrast" feature, which magically removes a lot of the grey haze from the original scan. To make it a fair fight, I also did the "Auto Contrast" to the "NEW" scan as well. Then I cropped the "NEW" one to match the height of the "OLD" and placed them together in the same image ("OLD" on top) which you can see here.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20I/th_ju02r1b_edit.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20I/ju02r1b_edit.jpg)

Frankly while the details of the "NEW" one are a little crisper like the outline of the individual sponsor decals (perhaps even over-sharpened), I find the "OLD" one to be the more appealing image after my minor contrast change. It just 'pops' on the screen so much better. If you can bring the two together at the same time - better clarity and vibrant colors - then you'll truly have a winner.

I know you aren't working from the greatest of sources there, but hopefully you'll consider my comments to be productive ones. :)

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ER

Many thanks Erik, your comments are most appreciated.

In my "NEW" image I used Auto levels, then Sharpened, plus Sharpen edges. This was OK, but the sponsors logo,s did not look right, so in Noise I used despeckle, then Dust/Scratches. Which made the clarity of the logo,s in my eye, much better.

I,m with you on the colour view point, Its a case of getting the cars body colour and the grass to look natural, but also to "pop" of the screen better. I was probably being lazy, by just using Auto levels.

Perhaps we should have a photoshop thread on here :cool:

I've always felt that Photoshop's plain "Sharpen" option is too harsh on most images, and never use it. "Unsharp Mask is a favorite, and you have to adjust the sliders just right for the desired effect. My usual settings are in the 400-450% range, then just 0.2 or 0.3 on the radius, and then a slight compensation of 1-5 on the threshold to get the intended results.

I don't like "Auto Levels" on some images as it can really skew the hue of certain colors. Intially, I always go with "Auto Contrast" first, then will give "Auto Levels" a try if I think it will help. If not, then I'll just play with the R-G-B levels manually, using Image -> Adjust -> Levels (or Ctrl-L). You can do quite a bit with an image using those sliders individually. Then another favorite is "Hue/Saturation" for those pics that need just a bit more tweaking.

>8^)
ER

Yep, Photoshoping is sometimes prity hard work. Every image is different.
It depends so much the an orginal image, how good it its when you start fixing it.

I have shoted aircrafts many years and couple of years ago started to shot cars also. Allways same format:
- add some exprosure
- Add some shadow/light about 10-15%
- Curves up
- Contrast and lighting up
- Color balance
- Sharpen
- Undersharp mask with 0,2 radius first time 500 full size image
- then resize the image exp.1024 size and then again undersharp mask 120
- that's it quite often.

But every image is different and to get best result, sometimes you have to spent really much time to working it out a good way.

I don't know if anyone else has seen this yet, but I just found this new picture off the Iding Power website, showing F1 GTR #01R outside its' pit garage at the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans, probably being final-prepped before its' history-making race.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20I/th_1995ruman_Mclaren_LG.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20I/1995ruman_Mclaren_LG.jpg)

I hope you enjoy.

PS - Ignore the User Name and the Location, it's a bad joke; if only I could change it to XP1LM......