Time to break away from the usual posts for a bit of competition fun…
As I submit five of my favourite colour themed photos for Travel Supermarket’s “Capture the Colour 2013” photo contest!
A massive thanks goes out to Hari at alternative.reality for the shout out to get involved with this. And with some great prizes on offer, including an iPad, a FujiFilm camera and £3,000 in spending money it’s always worth a punt.
There’s five simple themes involved – Red, Yellow, Green, Blue and White, so here’s my entries. There’s a couple you may have seen before, but there’s also some new ones too…
Red
Red flowers – Devon, England
This summer has been the best one we’ve had in England for seven years! Not that it’s had a lot of competition in that time mind… But still, it’s been nice to actually see some sunny days in my home land, and the flowers have been out in bloom big time as this close-up shows.
Yellow
Yellow buildings in Vielle Ville – Nice, France
The gorgeous old streets of Nice’s Vielle Ville (old town) are decorated with buildings soaked in warm colours, and this shot sprung straight to my mind when it came to the yellow category.
Green
Green rental bikes – Amsterdam, Netherlands
These neon green bikes immediately caught my attention in Amsterdam, and I figured they would make a striking selective colour shot. Keeping the green as the only colour turned out to be a successful experiment.
White
Asakusa Lanterns – Tokyo, Japan
White was the trickiest subject to find a suitable image for, but I eventually remembered this close up shot of some striking Japanese lanterns decorated with beautiful kanji calligraphy near Senso-ji temple in Asakusa, Tokyo.
Blue
Stunning springtime at CA&C – Valencia, Spain
The stunning City of Arts & Sciences in Valencia completely “blue” me away the first time I visited, as I was lucky enough to stop by on an amazing spring day that lit up both the sky and surroundings.
So here’s hoping you’ve enjoyed my photos, now it’s time to (hopefully) pass the torch on to some other travel sharp-shooters:
Good luck all!
All photos are copyright of Carl Forbes 2012, 2013.
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Awesome work mate! Definitly tough competition! 🙂
Thanks bud! Always fun to get involved 🙂
Gorgeous shots all of them ^^
Thanks muchly 🙂
Great shots. I haven’t played around much with selctive colour but I might have to have a go at this technique.
And well done coming up with something other than snow for the white theme 🙂
Thank you. Yeah I really enjoy selective colour, you can make some really striking shots with them. I think I’m actually gonna get some of mine printed on canvas at some point.
And thankfully I didn’t even have that option available to me when it came to the white one haha!
Beautiful shots! I especially love the red flowers ^^
Thanks muchly 🙂
Good luck for the challenge and i fall for red, yellow, and white 😀
Thanks Yuna. I’m just happy to get involved and see all the great photos out there!
Nice to hear that everything can make u happy friend 😀
Beautiful entries, all of them are great,but my favorite is the white, I love the graphic elements to the image
I’m inviting you to join us for Travel Photo Mondays, the link runs all week so I hope you can join us for the next installment?
Thanks very much Noel! Yeah I was glad I remembered that one for the white image.
Cheers for the invite. I’ll have a look, and hopefully I’ll have time to join in.
Absolutely stunning entries Carl. I love the old building in Nice bathed in that golden glow. Beautiful! Wishing you all the best, Terri
Thanks muchly Terri! Yeah Nice was gorgeous. Both me and my girlfriend absolutely loved it 🙂
Stunning pictures around here! Congratulations!
Hey thanks so much! Glad you liked them 🙂
Great photos! I especially like your entry for ‘yellow’. 🙂
Thanks muchly Jayme! Loving your Balinese themed selections (and the turtle!) too 🙂