We’re often inspired to travel to off-the-beaten path destinations simply because we’ve seen a picture that has captured our imagination of what that destination holds. A picture is worth a thousand words, as they say!
So when we were nominated TWICE by our friends at Santa Fe Travelers and our friend Ele at Kootvela to enter Travel Supermarket’s Capture the Colour contest, we were excited to showcase our favorite photos that capture the colors red, yellow, white, blue, and green.
The contest is open to travel bloggers and a winner will be selected for each of the five color categories to receive a new third generation iPad. One photo will also be selected to win the grand prize of £2,000 ($3,100) to travel!!! Isn’t that INCREDIBLE? Maybe the Maldives…or we really miss traveling to St. Maarten…or who knows?
Our submissions that best exemplify the colors blue, red, yellow, green, and white are:
RED:
The village of Oia on Santorini was exactly what we pictured Greece to look like. Blue domes, whitewashed buildings, and windmills set against the azure sea. What you don’t typically see in photos are the occasional red doors like the set on this church, which really struck our eye.
WHITE:
When you think of Iceland, you might think of snow and cold and all the other things a name like Iceland implies. We found some of the lushest green landscapes dotted by white wildflowers in bloom like these ones. In fact, this was Tim’s favorite lighthouse in Iceland and the very first spot he took me to when I came to visit while he was working there.
YELLOW:
Lighting can completely change a picture. The Sun Voyager or Sólfar (in Icelandic) sculpture in Reykjavik is one of the most photographed spots in the city and its artist, Jón Gunnar Árnason, meant for it to be an ode to the sun symbolizing light and hope. We happened to be there just as the sun was glinting off the stainless steel and we couldn’t have captured its symbolic meaning any better.
BLUE:
“I Will Not Do The Dirty Bird” is painted graffiti-style on the DOX Gallery building in Prague and is indicative of all the contemporary treasures you’ll find in this gallery. It’s almost shocking to find in a city like Prague, having only been free of the Soviet reign for a little more than 20 years now.
GREEN:
I can’t think of anything that showcases the color green better than the Aurora Borealis. It only took me three trips above 65°North during the “Aurora season” but the lights finally made an appearance for me on the eve of my birthday in Tromsø, Norway. Though their appearance was short on a rainy, cloud covered night, it’s something I won’t ever forget and Tromsø proved why it is the Northern Lights capital of the world.
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And now for our nominations of other amazing travel bloggers we’d like to see showcase their best photos emulsifying the colors blue, red, white, yellow and green:
Angie of Angie Away
We met Angie at TBU Umbria and I had the chance to hang out with her again in London a few weeks later. She’s a former travel publicist and shark lover. She left her job in 2010 to globe trot looking for adventures (of course cage diving with great white sharks is amongst her list!). Angie’s blog always keeps us laughing and she always has great photos of her adventures.
Laurel of Monkeys and Mountains
Laurel is always on the go. One minute she’s gladiator training in Rome and the next she’s off to capture crocodiles (in photos) in the Northern Territory of Australia. Laurel will sacrifice it all for a great shot, including getting electrocuted in the name of a photo!
Dalene and Pete of Hecktic Travels
We also met Dalene at TBU Umbria and can’t wait to hang out with her and Pete again at Bled Days in Slovenia. Their story of why they left it all to travel the world is inspiring and we can’t think of better spokespeople for why NOW is the time to travel.
Ali and Andy of Ctrl-Alt-Travel
Ali and Andy met online over a love of travel and that quickly blossomed into a love story all their own. Now married, they continue to share a love of travel as they discover the world together. Check out their Calendar Picture a Day on their blog where they share beautiful photo after beautiful photo of their travels to all 7 continents.
Jeff Titelius of EuroTravelogue
Jeff has a love of all things European and shares his travels to some of the most beautiful castles, hilltop towns, and off-the-beaten path towns. We love his photos and he even helped to inspire our recent trip to Provence with his own posts about the beautiful region.
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With that, I will say that putting together our submission for the Capture the Colour contest was much harder than I anticipated. I changed my mind several times on which photos to use and spent hours looking through literally thousands of photos we’ve taken over the last 3 years that we’ve been traveling. Hello, nostalgia!
We’d love to know which of our red, white, yellow, blue, and green submissions was your favorite?
Jennifer Dombrowski
Jennifer Dombrowski is a location independent globe trotter and bases herself in Prata di Pordenone, Italy. She works as a social media and innovation strategist in higher education and is a regular contributor on johnnyjet.com. Her website, jdombstravels.com, is the 2012 Destinology Travel Bloggy Best Newcomer award winner. Google+
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We’re Jennifer and Tim and We love adventure and we love wine, so we often try to combine the two! By day, you’ll find us out on some crazy adventure like snorkeling in Iceland in winter, but by night, we’re creatures of comfort. We both work full time, so we bring you practical tips for how anyone can fit travel into their busy lives – just like us! So far, we've visited 43 countries, lived in the United States and Italy, and Tim has lived in Korea. And we do it all while both holding down full time jobs. 
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Laurel
July 16, 2012 at 12:14 pm (UTC 2) Link to this comment
Amazing photos and thanks so much for the nomination and kind words! I especially love your green photo of the Aurora Borealis. I would love to see these.
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Jennifer Dombrowski Reply:
July 16th, 2012 at 4:26 pm
You’re welcome, Laurel! We love your blog and your photos! Maybe that very cute goat picture will make it into your own submission if you decide to enter.
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santafetraveler
July 16, 2012 at 6:05 pm (UTC 2) Link to this comment
Great photos. Hope you enjoyed doing this.
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Jennifer Dombrowski Reply:
July 16th, 2012 at 6:19 pm
Thank you and thank you for nominating us! It was a lot harder to pick the photos than we thought it would be.
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Christine
July 17, 2012 at 8:48 pm (UTC 2) Link to this comment
Beautiful photos! I especially like the one of the lighthouse.
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Brock - Backpack With Brock
July 17, 2012 at 10:42 pm (UTC 2) Link to this comment
Awesome selection! Love all the colours
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Jennifer Dombrowski Reply:
July 18th, 2012 at 11:09 pm
Thanks, Brock! It was really hard to decide which pictures we wanted to use.
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Cathy Sweeney
July 18, 2012 at 12:06 am (UTC 2) Link to this comment
Great shots, especially the Aurora Borealis – those types of pics are so hard to get. You’ve nominated a few of my favorite bloggers. Can’t wait to see their photos, too.
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Jennifer Dombrowski Reply:
July 19th, 2012 at 8:31 am
Thank you, Cathy! The Aurora shots were particularly hard because we only saw them once in 10 days in Norway and it was very cloudy.
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Ali
July 18, 2012 at 12:52 pm (UTC 2) Link to this comment
I soooo want to see the northern lights! Your photos are great, but that one especially makes me want to go somewhere where I can see the northern lights.
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Jennifer Dombrowski Reply:
July 19th, 2012 at 8:34 am
Ali, we really want to see more of the Northern Lights too! We’re headed back to Iceland in December and hope to capture them there again.
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Ali
July 18, 2012 at 1:06 pm (UTC 2) Link to this comment
And thanks for tagging us for Ctrl-Alt-Travel!
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Jennifer Dombrowski Reply:
July 19th, 2012 at 8:34 am
Can’t wait to see your submissions!
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Andrew
July 18, 2012 at 3:05 pm (UTC 2) Link to this comment
Very cool set of pictures. The aurora are particularly beautiful. I thought they were all the time, seems annoying to have to have made 6 trips, but looks like a great shot. I like the graffiti too. One of my guilty travel photo pleasures is really cool graffiti.
Thanks for the nomination. Ctrl-Alt-Travel will have its entry up next week.
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Jennifer Dombrowski Reply:
July 19th, 2012 at 8:37 am
Thanks, Andy! Tim has been lucky and has seen the Aurora a bunch of times. He spent 6 weeks in Iceland last fall and saw them several nights in a row there. The weather just wasn’t cooperating when we were in Finland and Norway.
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Red Hunt
July 19, 2012 at 5:22 pm (UTC 2) Link to this comment
Fun photos here! And wow…northern lights…lucky you, something that is still on my bucket list!
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Jennifer Dombrowski Reply:
July 19th, 2012 at 10:34 pm
They say this is the year for the Northern Lights! Book that trip!
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Ele Pranaityte
July 20, 2012 at 8:52 am (UTC 2) Link to this comment
I have always thought of Santorini as blue, I'm amazed. WOW. The white entry is great, too. I'm glad I nominated you
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Jennifer Dombrowski Reply:
July 20th, 2012 at 4:29 pm
Thanks, Ele! It’s almost shocking to come across the occasional red and green door in Santorini. And thank you for nominating us!
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Michel
August 30, 2012 at 9:08 pm (UTC 2) Link to this comment
Looking through the colourful images has made this competition so much fun.
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