By Vladimir Brezina
Ailsa of Where’s my backpack? has nominated us to take part in Travel Supermarket’s Capture the Colour competition. Ailsa herself has entered some great photos—do check them out!!
The rules are simple: “publish a blog post showcasing five of your favourite travel photographs which best capture the colour of our five categories: red, blue, green, yellow and white.”
We did enter the Capture the Colour competition last year, and in fact our Green photo was included among the top 11 Green entries!
Choosing the photos is always a lot of fun. So, here are this year’s:
Red
This year’s Fourth of July fireworks, New York City. (More photos are here.)
White
The day after a winter snowstorm buried New York City’s Central Park in January 2011, as the sun finally came out… (More photos are here.)
Yellow
Dawn over the East River, New York City. (More photos are here and here.)
Green
Crab in a shell, Belize, March 2010. (More photos are here.)
Blue
Musician at this year’s Coney Island Mermaid Parade, New York City. (Story and more photos are here.)
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The rules ask us to nominate other photo-bloggers to participate in the competition. However, it seems that pretty much everyone we know who is inclined to enter has already done so. Apart from which, there are barely hours left to enter the competition, which closes today, October 9th, presumably when midnight strikes in the UK. So we won’t nominate anyone specifically—but if you do wish to enter, consider yourself nominated, and hurry!! :-)
Vladimir Brezina (RIP) 
Johna Till Johnson
Wind Against Current 
Colorful, indeed and beautiful!
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Thanks!!
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Great picture selections guys!
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Took longer than I expected to decide on some of the colors… :-) Thanks!!
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Thanks for sharing the albums. Belize shots are gorgeous and NYC in the snow is a rare opportunity. So glad you captured both for posterity.
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I am glad I did too, as I can now mine the photos for these kinds of challenges ;-)
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Hurray, you made it just in time! Lovely photos as usual – that snowstorm is my particular favourite, it looks like a fairy wonderland! xxx Ailsa
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Thanks, Ailsa! I was going to skip it this year—there are so many photo challenges, and some of them come every week! ;-)—but since you led the way…
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I always enjoy your photographs but the red photo above is simply WOW! Fantastic entry, I hope you do well again this year.
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Thanks so much, Georgia. At the very least it’s a good opportunity to look through some of the old photos again… :-)
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Great shots, Vladi.
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Thanks so much!!
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Sounds fun! Wish I had more than a couple hours to join in. :)
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But a couple of hours might do it—and you might still have those, if they will accept posts by midnight local time… and I believe you are out West, so you have an advantage? ;-)
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No could do. But some other fun thing will come up. :)
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It always does! :-)
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Yep!
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The capture of the fireworks is ace. Looks like two big, giant, red dandelions on the sky.
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According to some, I also captured the Eye of Sauron… :-)
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What a great collection, and that snow storm is such an incredible shot….there’s something so magical about the twisted snow covered trees set against the oh so familiar skyscrapers. Good luck!
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That was a proper snowstorm! I hope this winter brings us some more like that—otherwise what’s a winter for? :-)
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All great photos! The red is incredible.
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Thanks!!
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I hope you win. All your pictures are great!
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Thanks so much! :-)
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Spectacular RED !
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:-)
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Excellent!!
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Thank you!!
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I’ll enter if someone invites me :-)
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:-) I would have! But it’s too late for this year—the competition closed yesterday…
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Stunning images!
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Thanks!!
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The photos are all so beautiful, I am glad that I do not have to judge…but…if I did – my favorite is yellow. I really love the green, but I really don’t like spiders (although I do like that they eat other bugs).
Thanks for visiting my blog :) Please visit again.
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And thank you for visiting here, Rob—so glad you like the photos!! :-)
P.S. It’s not a spider, but rather a little crab. So you can like it :-)
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Great pictures with lovely flowers! I just returned home from a trip to Eastern Europe and New York. Can’t wait to return to my blogging life, and read all your beautiful posts!
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I think probably quite a few have accumulated since your last visit—enjoy, and thanks!!
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Great selection Vladi !
Good Luck !
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Thanks!! :-)
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Very colorful! My favorite is the photo of the spider! That says a lot because I’m scared of spiders! Lol
Also, I noticed in your bio you’re a neuroscientist?! My son (age 13) is studying Neurology for middle schoolers for his homeschool studies!! So cool!
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It’s not a spider, but a little crab—so liking it is OK! :-)
Neuroscientists—there are quite a few of us…
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Oh, I’m sorry, I misinterpreted the photo. :)
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Now you can come closer without fear… :-)
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Beautiful pictures!
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Thank you! :-)
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Interesting collection! I thought of nominating you, then thought you must already have been nominated :) Anyway glad you made it, made us see some of your great collection! If you like, have a look at my collection, would love to hear feedback, I guess one of the aims of these competitions is to learn to present and become more critical
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Thanks, Hanel, and thank you for thinking of us… :-)
I’ve taken a look at your selection—the green lizard is especially striking! Good luck to you!!
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Thank you! Good luck to you too! BTw have you been nominated for the travel (How you travel) competition as yet? If not, I will nominate you and send you the information- drop me a line
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No, we haven’t—I’d like to find out more! Thanks!!
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Check this links and as I said, I will nominate you. The deadline is at the end of the month: http://www.rhinocarhire.com/Car-Hire/Travel-Your-Way.aspx
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Looks like fun! Yes, please do nominate us, and thanks!!
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the white photo is a postcard shot! but then again, all pictures are wow! :)
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Thank you so much!!
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Dawn over the East River is exquisite.
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Thanks, Carissa! (That’s the view of the window here. Most days it’s nothing special—or we don’t get up in time—but on some days… :-) )
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That snow photo is beautiful!
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Thanks!!
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Great Colors!
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Thank you! :-)
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You are most welcome :)
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It may be a little crab and not really a spider —
But that doesn’t make it okay for the arachnid-challenged among us.
Ex that, I love all the other photos.
(Numbers one and two, the red and the white, seem more like paintings, wonderful paintings, to me.)
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Photographs as paintings: I often seem to go in that direction, sometimes intentionally, sometimes not… :-)
So glad you like these—thanks!! :-)
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Great photos. Love, love, love the white one :-)
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:-) Thanks so much! I just saw yours, too—lovely!!
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