{"id":1357,"date":"2012-07-06T21:40:55","date_gmt":"2012-07-07T04:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jett.in\/?p=1357"},"modified":"2012-07-06T21:40:55","modified_gmt":"2012-07-07T04:40:55","slug":"capturing-the-colour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/2012\/07\/capturing-the-colour\/","title":{"rendered":"Capturing the Colo(u)r"},"content":{"rendered":"

thanks to jen pollack bianco of my life’s a trip fame<\/a> for nominating me for this contest! what’s this all about? travelsupermarket.com<\/a> is holding a travel photo contest where they want you to submit pictures that exemplify the colors blue, green, yellow, white, and red. here goes:<\/p>\n

blue<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Pickup\"<\/a>

a slightly faded blue pickup, in front of the blue mediterranean, under a blue sky near the castello aragonese in ischia, italy. this was my last european escapade as a grad student in germany — a classmate and i went to naples and the surrounding area<\/a>. (july 2007)<\/p><\/div>\n

green<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Rice<\/a>

workers in a very lush green rice paddy near siem reap<\/a>, cambodia. taken during a backroads ATV tour that ended up being a private one since i was the only one that signed up for that time slot! i had no idea rice farming was such hard (and literally back-breaking) work. (august 2011)<\/p><\/div>\n

yellow<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"P5310730\"<\/a>

a very yellow sunset in oia, santorini, greece<\/a>. that island has beautiful sunsets for sure, but not blow-my-underpants-off amazing. *shrug* maybe we went at a bad time of year. (may 2012)<\/p><\/div>\n

white<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"P5280386<\/a>

chapel of st. george on lycabettus hill, athens, greece<\/a>. as you can tell, a storm was a-brewin’! despite the hike to the funicular, this hilltop is the best bet for sweeping views of athens. big thanks to brian gonzaga<\/a> for his retouching tips. (may 2012)<\/p><\/div>\n

red<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Taking<\/a>

a woman in a kimono takes a picture in front of the vermillion torii at the fushimi inari-taisha near kyoto, japan<\/a>. i saw her with her camera out, rushed to get out my<\/em> camera, and happened to snap this photo at the same moment she took one of hers. (november 2011)<\/p><\/div>\n

i’m supposed to nominate five more people for this contest, but to be honest, i’m pretty crummy socially-speaking in the travel blog arena. so, if you’re reading this and are inspired to enter, let me know and i’ll link to you!<\/p>\n

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nominations<\/strong><\/p>\n

i’m nominating some friends of mine who are amazing photographers (certainly better than i could ever be) and likely would have winning entries:<\/p>\n