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COTM - April - Abandoned Places

Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 10:10 am
by Jim320i
Competition Of The Month.

Abandoned Places

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It's competition time again and this month we would like you to show off those photographic skills


The brief:


This month were looking for derelict building, abandon places and just generally empty, run down spaces!
As usual, the best picture will win!

The rules:

It must be your own art work and not plagiarised from the net.

You must have taken the photo yourself, so a picture of you driving your car will not be entered when the voting thread is created, unless the rules state differently
There will be plenty of time to get your art work complete and voting will take place via a poll once everyone has submitted their designs.

No asking on other forums for people to vote either!


Entries close on the 23rd
Voting will start on either the 23rd or the 24th

Votes close on the 30th/31st of each month and the winner will be annouced after that

Prize

Prizes WILL be with us soon, Verde is working on getting some sponsors back involved, we'll advertise them on here as the sponsor in return for small prizes to the winner each month.

If you have something to offer as a prize and would like the advertisement/endorsement, get in contact with Verde via PM below

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... st&u=45764

Or email verde@e30zone.net

Re: COTM - April - Abandoned Places

Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 1:02 pm
by FinalD
Oooooohhhh interesting topic....I have some ideas. :D

Re: COTM - April - Abandoned Places

Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 1:18 pm
by Jim320i
Its a hard one too, which is always a nice change :D Means you'll have to get out and find something

Re: COTM - April - Abandoned Places

Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 1:20 pm
by FinalD
Yup, and I already have one location I could use in mind...will scout/search for more. 8)

Re: COTM - April - Abandoned Places

Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 1:26 pm
by Kedge
Wish I had an E30 on the road for this one!

Re: COTM - April - Abandoned Places

Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 2:10 pm
by bab-91
Sames :( could have went to the Maze Prison or H&W Dockyards.

Re: COTM - April - Abandoned Places

Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 2:12 pm
by bmwsport
I'll go and park mine in our town centre, there's plenty of abandoned places there!

Re: COTM - April - Abandoned Places

Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 3:31 pm
by Staty
Right up my street! I've been urban exploring for a few years now! :D

Re: COTM - April - Abandoned Places

Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 6:09 pm
by gooner1

Re: COTM - April - Abandoned Places

Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 6:14 pm
by gooner1
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Re: COTM - April - Abandoned Places

Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 11:18 pm
by spook
Image :D

Re: COTM - April - Abandoned Places

Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2013 2:51 am
by gooner1
spook wrote:Image :D
:)

Re: COTM - April - Abandoned Places

Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 12:22 am
by oomz1975
This should be good.

Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 6:13 pm
by taylorstattoo
davidstow raf airfield, was a good place to have some fun years ago but it is i pot hole mine field now.

[img][img]http://i1148.photobucket.com/albums/o57 ... 772f71.jpg[/img][/img]

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Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 6:44 pm
by oomz1975
^^winner^^

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Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:43 pm
by Mo13
oomz1975 wrote:^^winner^^
:thumb:

Agree!

Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 10:15 pm
by beemerbird
taylorstattoo wrote:davidstow raf airfield, was a good place to have some fun years ago but it is i pot hole mine field now.

[img][img]http://i1148.photobucket.com/albums/o57 ... 772f71.jpg[/img][/img]
Great pic, but Photoshop surely?

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Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 12:38 pm
by FinalD
HDR type processing on that only by the looks of it, so no different really to some of the other entries from previous comps. :)

Hopefully my car will work this weekend and I'll get out for some shots as I have a few ideas, just a matter of getting the locations right really.

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Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 1:11 pm
by Chris_B86
Will a pic of my E30 'abandoned' in bits on the drive do? haha

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Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 1:23 pm
by verde
FinalD wrote:HDR type processing on that only by the looks of it, so no different really to some of the other entries from previous comps. :)

Hopefully my car will work this weekend and I'll get out for some shots as I have a few ideas, just a matter of getting the locations right really.
Most DSLRs have an HDR mode now so thats completely allowed. I dont like it...but i have to allow it

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Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 1:23 pm
by Green
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An old one but my E30 won't be leaving the driveway for a while most likely!

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Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 1:24 pm
by FinalD
verde wrote:Most DSLRs have an HDR mode now so thats completely allowed. I dont like it...but i have to allow it
Personally I think HDR looks rubbish, but that is just my opinion. :)
Oh and you allowed my colour processed pic in the last comp, so HDR should be allowed anyway too. :P

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Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 2:48 pm
by billgatese30
HDR is good when done well, but you should be struggling to tell its done at all IMO. If everything has halo's around it and looks like the only thing its missing is a pink Unicorn pasting in then its overdone :o

The above is fine by my eye, maybe a touch strong, but it works there. :thumb:

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Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2013 9:28 am
by snooka
pic from a while ago at an abanded factory

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or with the old frontbumper


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Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2013 5:52 pm
by taylorstattoo
To the above.... looking nice, very nice ride indeed,

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Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 5:02 pm
by TPS
The standard is high this month!

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Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 5:27 pm
by Jim320i
Certainly is :cool: Doubt there will be floods of entries either... I need to go for a drive at some point and find something empty :D

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Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 5:35 pm
by FinalD
Jim320i wrote:Certainly is :cool: Doubt there will be floods of entries either... I need to go for a drive at some point and find something empty :D
This is the issue I'm having (plus needing to do various work on the car), having googled around there doesn't appear to be much in the way of the sort of location I want. :(
Might go to one location an evening during the week although I'm not sure if I can take pics safely where I've spotted.

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Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 3:25 pm
by NIX
Sorry for the repost as I used this in last month's COTM entry but if it's allowed I think this matches the theme quite nicely;

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Cheers,

Nick

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Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 9:30 pm
by E30BeemerLad
My old turd, random poor quality mobile pic, check out the bird shit on the bonnet :)

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Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 8:11 pm
by Jim320i
Only 7 entries so far!

Closing date is this Wednesday... 24th...

Make sure you make the most of this good weather and your E30 out for a picture :cool:

The missus has been using mine but I should have it back Tuesday so gonna go for a drive and find somewhere abandoned with any luck

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Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 8:29 pm
by verde
I have one of the 21 next to ruins but...thats a 21

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Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 8:33 pm
by Jim320i
Get it entered! We make the rules up as we go :D

Anyone who has a issue, please mention it now so we can ban you from next months comp winkeye

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Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 8:32 am
by Minimayhem81
Took this yesterday but I'm not sure if this counts as abandoned but this plane hasn't moved since 2009....

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Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 11:18 am
by verde
The voting thread shall be uploaded tonight gents!!