Launched last year by Travel Supermarket, the Capture the Color photo blogging challenge has generated tremendous buzz and many breathtaking photos by travel bloggers around the world. The idea is to publish five photos from your travels that “capture the color” in five color categories. The categories for 2013 are red, yellow, green, blue and white. Entries will be judged by travel and photography experts. Prizes will be awarded to winners in each color category, plus a nice, juicy travel fund for the grand prize-winner. Follow the Twitter hashtag #CTC13 to see entries as they are posted!
Without further adieu here are our Capture the Color entries!
Blue
The island of Moorea in French Polynesia was the perfect spot to capture the color blue. There were infinite shades! This dock, on the northwest corner of the island was in need of a fresh coat, but it provided the perfect place to sit and rest a bit from our bike ride.
Red
The Perfume River winds its way beside the historical complexes in the former Imperial City of Hue, Vietnam. The Citadel contained royal palaces, administrative buildings and shrines which we spent hours exploring. These beautifully restored red columns and doors lined a hallway in the innermost Forbidden Purple City, reserved exclusively for the use of the emperor.
Green
These dramatic, green terraces near Colca Canyon, Peru date back to pre-Incan times. They are still cultivated by descendants of the Cabanas and Collaguas people who created this agricultural masterpiece. We were amazed by the lushness of the fields and vegetation at such high altitudes.
Yellow
South Australia was blooming with canola during our visit. This photo was taken on a road trip between Adelaide and Robe.
White
Tagong is a small town in the Garze Autonomous Prefecture (aka the Eastern Tibetan Plateau), in Western Sichuan, China. Our hike into the surrounding grasslands led us to this isolated monastery not far from the Ani Gompa nunnery. The white lions, seemingly wanting to eat up the puffy, white clouds in the sky captured our attention immediately. Snow-covered Mt. Yala is the backdrop for this majestic monastery.
Our Nominees
The next step is to nominate five fellow bloggers to take part in the contest. We’ve taken so long struggling to decide on which photos to enter that many of our friends have already entered! We can’t wait to see what the following amazing bloggers come up with for their Capture the Color entries.
Wow guys. I simply love the blue color. The photo is so simply, but extremely powerful. Well done!!
Thank you! That one has always been one of my favorites!
I’m a fan of red and yellow here! good luck!
http://lespetitspasdejuls.wordpress.com/2013/09/15/capture-the-color/
Thanks so much. We really struggled to come up with something that really captured “red,”
… and finally picked up the greatest one!
I’ve nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award (http://lespetitspasdejuls.wordpress.com/2013/10/06/im-versatile-didnt-you-know/)!!
Have a great day!
Jul’
Beautiful shots! I love the blue the most, makes me feel very relaxed!
Good luck 🙂
Thanks, Kellie. That means a lot. Thanks for taking the time to comment. I just took a look at your amazing shots as well. Your “blue” is stunning!
The pier on the blue shot is perfect! I also like the red one, with the shrine looming in the distance! Funny, when I went to Colca Valley it was dry season, it looked completely different (brown instead of green)! Good luck in the contest!
http://aworldkaleidoscope.com/en/capture-the-colour-the-world-is-colourful/
Thanks for the kind words Stefanie. We nearly used a photo very similar to your “white” dunes in Brazil. The one we considered was from White Sands National Monument in New Mexico, USA. The dunes are made of gypsum, do you know what Lençóis Maranhenses are made from?
No, I thought it’s just normal tropical sand … I tried to google it but wasn’t able to find any information about it neither in English nor Portuguese, strange! 😉
I love the ‘white’ shot – the positioning & angle is really effective. We found ‘white’ to be our most difficult choice. A great set of entries 🙂
White was a really tough one for us as well! We almost used one from White Sands National Monument in New Mexico, a very unique place, but the photos we took really didn’t capture it. Thanks for stopping by!
Gorgeous shots! Good Luck in the contest!
Thanks Corinne, same to you. I love the contrast on the yellow shot. Nice capture.
Oooh i love all of them, but especially the red and green. beautiful!
Thank you, Samantha! Choosing shots for the Capture the Color contest was tough! Glad you enjoyed taking a look at our picks!