That day I shot raw images, about 5-6 mB each. I don't often shoot raw. The images posted were not cropped, they were simply saved as jpegs at around 1200x800, about 175 kb each. I did not adjust colours or contrast individually on each shot, I just used a standard setting for all of them, and applied those settings to all shots. I used Nikon View software (now updated to View NX) for all of them.

For a couple of shots I did spend more time on them, but none of those were posted, they were for screen savers and such.

The pictures lose quite a bit coming down from 5 mB files to 175 kb files, but such are the limits of posting on forums.

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2007 X3 3.0si, 6 MT, Premium, White

Retired:
2008 535i, 6 MT, M Sport, Premium, Space Grey
2003 X5 3.0 Steptronic, Premium, Titanium Silver
2002 325xi 5 MT, Steel Grey
2004 Z4 3.0 Premium, Sport, SMG, Maldives Blue

I see. They indeed look more dynamic than the ones the OP posted. (no offence to the OP, your shots were interesting pics to look at as well) I can see the difference. Pictures are worth a thousand words.