This is the foruth installment of the monthly photo contest on NAM. We're trying to encourage members to go out and shoot *new* photos for the contest.


Follow this link for the: Rules & Submission instructions. Only photos submitted to the contest gallery will be entered into the contest. Do not post your photos to this thread.


Interpret that how you will, keeping in mind that the photos must be MINI related and that only one photo per member per month may be submitted.

Alta MINI Performance will be donating a MINI Cooper Die Cast Model to the winner of the April photo contest.

 

Ooohhh it's so tempting to post something I shot about a week ago but I'm going to see if I can't shoot a new one (trying to play by the rules ) not to mention it has (ever so slightly ) been photoshopped and after last months big ole discussion on the topic I wouldn't want to be left out because of it...even though it's a damn good photo and I think has high potential for a win ...I will refrain, unless of course I fail miserably at the new photo, then you're all doomed. Muwah ha ha ha!

Looking forward to another good competition!

 

Next thing you know people are going to not allow us to enter cause of where we live...saying we have an unfair advantage due to the great sunsets we have here...LOL

 

lol tuls...try living here in april ! its april showers and clouds everywhere :(
i may try a pic in this contest

 

Then you can enter your mini in a wet bonnett contest!

the rain could make for some very cool photos...say a nice night shot with the car under the light of a lamp post so you can capture the rain coming down. If I had rain I would most deffinately take adventage of it...and yas you should enter a shot

PS
I am trying very hard not to make any "perky headlights" comments

 

hahah sunsets....my favorite background for mini photoshoots I will make my debut into the photo contest :smile:

 

Why did I have to make a stink about Photoshop? Why, why, why!!!!??????

 

oh it's your fault is it? we will beat you with a stick! muwah ha ha ha

 

But. Is it an EVIL stick?

 

If it's like the "Mallet of Understanding", the you really should keep your distance

 

Can anyone tell the difference between sunset,and sunrise.Oh I guess I can make it a prairie shot not a lake shotWell unless I motor over to the other side of the lake,about 100 miles,or go to the next lake over,60 miles west of here:smile:
Mind you the fields are covered in water right now,hmmm.

 

You start drinking at one and stop at the other. Which one is which is your choice.

 

Hey, can I use a sunrise instead of a sunset?

I have a great idea for a location, but I don't think it gets decent light during a sunset, however I think the sunrises there would be great... Course then there's the issue of getting up that early to get there...

 

Topic modified. Sunrise or Sunset is ok.

 

Did i miss something? Are we not allowed to use photoshop?

 

...it doesnt say u cant in the rules! unless i have missed something 2 ?

 

I think the discussion was along the lines of using photoshop to edit pictures vs. using photoshop to create pictures. For example. If the theme was landscapes, photoshopping your car onto the moon probably shouldn't count.

 

The clarification is that photoshop is acceptable for image adjustment, but that your photo submission still needs to look like a photo captured on camera.

 

ohhhhh that makes sense

 

but of course it's evil...if I plan on taking over the Earth it would have to be evil!


I will be stealth with my mad photoshop skills....woooooosh!...see how stealthy I am? didn't even notice I'm like a ninja on roller blades!

 

Great,thanks

 

The timing of this contest was perfect, I KNEW exactly when and where I would take the photo that would WIN this month!

Heck, I even managed to haul my butt out of bed at o'dark thirty (well ok o'dark fourty five) to drive all the way downtown to take THE WINNING PHOTO!

Just imagine it... MINI, cherry blossoms, pristine monuments sunrise and crystal clear morning, the contest should have been OVER!

Trouble was, about 15 THOUSAND other people had the same idea... 6:30 in the morning and Potomac Park is PACKED! Not a photo worthy parking space within a mile of any worthwhile views...

I did happen to drive past a BRG/W in THE PERFECT spot, but by the time I had parked and trekked all the way back to where the MINI was... it was gone...

So, you all lucked out this month.

 

is it me...or is the dead line on the 25th? get out there and take this winning photo my friend...let's see it....and see if it's all it's cracked up to be...

 

Trouble is, the blossoms are in peak now, they'll be gone by next weekend.

Plus, it looks like the only way I'll be able to stake out a usable spot is to get there around 3 AM. I don't want to win THAT much!

Then there's the fact that I'd have to get into the city on a weekday and get home in time for my wife to leave for work so I can take care of our son.

I did however manage to get some fantastic photos, just none with the MINI in them.

If you haven't been to Washington DC to see the cherry blossoms in bloom you're missing one of the more spectacular scenes that nature and man puts on. I was pretty sceptical myself until I went down there for the first time.

 

You ought to see the cherry blossoms in Japan with Mt Fujii as the backdrop, then!