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Capture the Colour 2013—Results!

By Vladimir Brezina

A month ago I submitted, at the last minute, my entry for Travel Supermarket’s 2013 Capture the Colour competition—five photos that best captured the colors red, blue, green, yellow and white.

The results are out, and my Yellow photo, although it did not win, did, quite unexpectedly, make it into the top three!

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That’s an improvement over the year before, when my Green photo only made it into the top eleven. So things are moving in the right direction. ;-)

Do take a look at the winners of this year’s competition—some of them are quite lovely!

Weekly Photo Challenge: Eerie

By Vladimir Brezina

This week’s Photo Challenge is Eerie.

I hope all of you had a lovely Halloween…

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Travel Theme: Delicate

By Vladimir Brezina

Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge this week is Delicate.

I wanted to come up with a Fall photo, but “Delicate” keeps suggesting Spring…

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… and we do have readers in the southern hemisphere :-)

Photography 101: Shooting in Black and White

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Travel Theme: Stones

By Vladimir Brezina

IMGP6389 cropped smallAilsa’s travel-themed photo challenge this week is Stone.

Kayaking along the glaciated shores of Long Island, Block Island, and Cape Cod, it’s hard to miss the many glacial erratic boulders that dot the shoreline. Some are cool green stones awash in the sea. Others, more exposed, are the favorite perches of cormorants and human fishermen…

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Horizon

By Vladimir Brezina

This week’s Photo Challenge is Horizon.

Sunrise over open water…

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Travel Theme: Brown

By Vladimir Brezina

DSC_0059%2520cropped%2520smallAilsa’s travel-themed photo challenge this week is Brown.

I do like bright colors. So I thought this challenge would be difficult. But not at all. It turns out that many of the animals I have photographed over the years have preferred brown…

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Weekly Photo Challenge: The Hue of You

By Vladimir Brezina

This week’s Photo Challenge is The Hue of You.

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The Jersey Shore, August 2012

Photography 101: A Primer on Color Photography, Part II

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Photography 101: A Primer on Color Photography, Part I

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