I thought this would be a good example of an afternoon spent working on this RAW photo:
City Slicker - Raw by
JMG, on Flickr
I exposed for the highlights on this one. And I did NOT get multiple exposures like I should have, so the shadows are lacking detail, the lighting is a sick yellow/green color, the driver headlight is showing wear and there are flaws in the lower bumper.
Here's the result of a few hrs of work:
City Slicker by
JMG, on Flickr
I went for a cool blue tone, brightened up the car to highlight it a bit, and fixed the diver headlight by stealing the headlight components from the passenger side. A bunch of color grading and correction on the car to make it "pop" and some lighting effects on the background. What do you think?