Capture the Colour – Five Images Across the Spectrum
Travel is colorful.
Markets filled with strange and unusual foods, brightly hued buildings, or exotic wildlife can all provide a splash of color when traveling. I love seeking out these places of color and can’t resist capturing them on my camera.
Capture the Colour is the latest online travel meme sponsored by TravelSuperMarket.com. Big thanks to Megan at Suitcase and Stillettos for tagging me in her entry. I love visual posts and am always looking for excuses to share photos from past trips, so I was ecstatic to see this come across. The rules for it are simple: there are five color categories and bloggers must choose one photo that best represents each category. The full details can be found here: http://www.travelsupermarket.com/c/holidays/capture-the-colour/.
There’s no sense in waiting, so let’s get started…
Blue
Green
I have yet to experience a destination with more abundant wildlife than Costa Rica, and it’s not just the monkeys, sloths, crocodiles, and other big-ticket animals that drew my attention in this peaceful Central American country. The insect life in the rainforest is fascinating – blue morpho butterflies, tarantula spiders, and these armies of leaf-cutter ants were all just as fascinating. These ants displayed their swatches of green proudly as they brought them back to provide food for the colony.
Yellow
Granada is a Spanish Colonial city in Nicaragua and is said to be the oldest European city on the American continent. The entire town is bursting with colors (some of which I displayed in my 11 Colorful Doors of Nicaragua photo essay). But its most famous building is the impressive cathedral with its pastel hues and immense dome overlooking the city. Foregoing the muted colors of its European predecessors, this cathedral oozes Latin American charm and flavor with its bold pallete.
Red
Japan is known as the land of the rising sun, an image emblazoned on their flag with a bright red circle. Flashes of red abound in Tokyo, from the familiar lantern of an Izakaya to the sizzling meats on a Yakitori grill. I spied these red fans adorning a residential doorway in the Asakusa neighborhood of Tokyo, ready to welcome the resident home each evening.
White
Perhaps no country embodies the colors white and blue more than Greece. Most of the sun-bleached towns I visited in the Greek Islands consisted almost entirely of white buildings against the back drop of the blue sky and azure waters of the Aegean. This church, Panagia Paraportiani, is a popular destination on the Cycladic island of Mykonos and provides a spectacular foreground for some of Greece’s most intense sunsets. Built in the 15th century, it set the tone for the island and is said to be the reason why ALL of the buildings on Mykonos are white.
What do you think? Let me know which picture is your favorite in the comments.
My Five Nominees
The last component of this post involves ‘tagging’ five other travel bloggers to participate. I’m interested in seeing what the following bloggers can come up with:
Quirky Travel Guy
Two4Travel
Bucket List Journey
Mrs. O. Around The World
Tend to Travel
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Great photos as usual! I especially love the green one. A spectacular view into nature.
Amanda @ Farsickness recently posted..Capture the Colour
Thanks Amanda! I thought the leaf cutter ants were so cool – I could have watched them all day.
wow! im so amazed at them all but i especially love the yellow one! the angle is spectacular. and i cant believe you were able to catch the ants so well! my camera (well and the photographer behind it) is terrible….i need to take some tips from you!
Love you blue entry, havent seen another entry like that yet. Nice work!
Neil recently posted..Things to see and do in Zadar
Thanks Neil! There are so many photogenic rooms, corners, and corridors in the compound that it made it all too easy on me.
I would like to add more colors to this meme just so I can see more of your gorgeous photos! I especially love the stunning blue one.
Thanks for the nomination!
Annette | Bucket List Journey recently posted..Bucket List of 23 Edible Bugs Around the World
I agree…orange, pink, purple, black…chartreuse? The more the better!
Love the Blue and Yellow ones most – great photos!!
Thank you Caroline!
Hey John, your photos are amazing as always. Thanks for tagging me!
Amer recently posted..Hey World, Welcome to London!
Thanks Amer, can’t wait to see what you put together!
Ahh, as always I love your photos. You chose some great colorful shots to share! Thanks so much for tagging Laura and I! We can’t wait to take part in this fun travel meme!
Claire recently posted..A Californian Adventure
Thanks Claire! Looking forward to your entry.
Wow. I’ve seen some others try to come up with some photos for each color, but yours are really something special! Beautiful! PS – love how you captured the ants with the leaves!
Diana recently posted..Hola, From Argentina (With Some Travel Tips, Too)!
Thanks Diana. The leaf cutter ants might be my favorite picture.
I like white the best, great composition! And both the blue and white in the photo are so vivid.
Amanda recently posted..Cooking in Chiang Mai
Everything in Greece seems to be blue and white, and it’s all so vivid. Being in Greece is like cheating at photography
Excellent photos! I think my favorite is the one for the Blue catergory. It’s such an interesting angle, well done.
Elle recently posted..5 of My Favorite Travel Photos
Thank you!
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They are all great but white is my favourite.
Ayngelina recently posted..Torn between two worlds
Beautiful photos (as usual), especially the white and blue ones!
These are all terrific! Green is superb…how did you get those shots of the ants? Brilliant.
Charu recently posted..Capture the Colour Photo Contest: Jordan in Red, White, Blue, Green & Yellow
Thank you! I used a telephoto lens from maybe 5 or 6 feet away. I squatted down to be at the same level of the ants and then just fired away until I had 6 or 7 shots. I liked the composition of this one the best.