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Capture the Color Contest!

August 30, 2013 by Rika 12 Comments

The lovely Alex at Ifs Ands & Butts tagged me in the super-popular Capture the Color Competition!


The short version is bloggers post a photo in each of the five categories (Blue, Green, White, Yellow, Red), tag 5 more bloggers, and tweet Capture the Color to let them know you’ve entered.


I am by no means a pro photographer like some bloggers I know – most of these were taken years ago with my old Canon point and shoot. All photos are completely 100% unretouched because I’m ghetto and I don’t know how to do it. But it’s a fun idea for a contest and I basically do everything I get tagged in (Liebster, anyone?)


So here are my entries for the 2013 Capture the Color Competition:


1. RED

This pagoda is in the Japanese Gardens in San Francisco. I love all things Japanese, and actually squealed in excitement when I rounded a corner and came upon this.

2. BLUE

This is a glacial lake in Peru called Laguna 69. It took a 6 hour, head splitting hike up to nearly 14,000ft to get there, but the view was worth it. I love that the sky and the lake are the same color.


3. GREEN

This is the only photo with my new fancy camera. I found this tree on a hike in Lynn Canyon in North Vancouver. The forest was so, so green after I spent a year straight on the beach. It smelled so fresh!

4. WHITE

I wish the quality of this photo was better, but I love how the church is lit up. This was in the Plaza de Armas in Chiclayo, Peru.





5. YELLOW

This eccentric house-turned-shop is a perfect example of the crazy vibe in Toronto’s Kensington neighborhood – I love it!

I’m tagging the following five bloggers: Adrienne Ford, Ashley Abroad, Colleen Brynn Travels, Getting Stamped and Audrey Bergner!






Guys, make sure to follow me on Facebook and Twitter … there’s lots of extras posted on those that don’t make it onto the blog. Plus it makes rainbows happen. So there’s that.


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  1. Agness Walewinder says

    September 6, 2013 at 2:44 am

    Beautiful selection of photos Rika, I really like them. My favourite one is definitely the red one. I am also in love with everything Japanese, especially pagodas. Great snapshot!

    Reply
    • CubicleThrowdown says

      September 6, 2013 at 2:51 am

      Thanks Agness! I secretly like the red one the best too.

      Reply
  2. ifs ands Butts says

    August 31, 2013 at 1:51 pm

    The red and blue are SO awesome! I'm so glad you participated and I'm REAL impressed that they are not retouched and without a fancy cam 🙂

    Reply
    • CubicleThrowdown says

      September 1, 2013 at 5:30 pm

      Thanks Alex! Yeah, they may not be the best ones out there but they're certainly authentic 🙂

      Reply
  3. Andi of My Beautiful Adventures says

    August 31, 2013 at 1:10 am

    I can't believe the shout out you gave me, thank you darling! I loooove your photos!!!!

    Reply
    • CubicleThrowdown says

      August 31, 2013 at 5:09 am

      Well it's totally true!!! You are so talented and I love your photos! xo

      Reply
  4. Amanda says

    August 30, 2013 at 10:44 pm

    Wow that lake in Peru is stunning!! I have major South America wanderlust right now.

    Reply
    • CubicleThrowdown says

      August 31, 2013 at 5:04 am

      It was worth the hike, but at the time I thought I was going to die haha!

      Reply
  5. Colleen Brynn says

    August 30, 2013 at 7:16 pm

    Woo, thanks for the nom! I love that pagoda too! I'll start cracking on this asap! x

    Reply
    • CubicleThrowdown says

      August 30, 2013 at 8:44 pm

      Yeah!!! I bet you've got some gems, I love your photography!! xoxo

      Reply
  6. Jacquie @ MFW says

    August 30, 2013 at 6:08 pm

    Love the last shot! Almost positive I've been to that shop 🙂 x
    http://mustforwanderlust.blogspot.ca

    Reply
    • CubicleThrowdown says

      August 30, 2013 at 8:41 pm

      Everything there is so quirky! I love it!

      Reply

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