It’s been a fun week looking through photos, posting three a day focused on a single color, and receiving notes and feedback from readers who took the time to help us decide. And now, we’re down to the last color (red!) for the Capture the Colour 2013 Photo Challenge. After being nominated by Terri and James Vance of Gallivance (Click here to see their entry.), we’ve been posting pics in the hopes that you, our readers, would narrow the field of photos to our top five. And you have.
Just take a look at the pictures and select your favorite by posting a comment below or on Facebook. We’re in the home stretch and will be making our final selections this weekend.
Here are three photographs for the red category.
Today’s Vote: RED
1. Welcome to Nepal
Upon our arrival in Nepal to build two mud and stone houses for Habitat for Humanity International, we were greeted by ladies dressed in red bearing strings of marigolds to lay around our necks. Surprisingly, they also brought a red gloppy concoction which they scooped up and smudged onto our foreheads. Namaste, they said. And then we knew. We weren’t family, of course, but we were as welcome as any Americans could be.
2. Simply Elegant Tapestry
It was difficult to find something understated in the Hermitage (St. Petersburg, Russia), but this simple, yet exquisite, red tapestry was as classy a piece as any we saw. Simply elegant. Simply divine.
3. Dancers in Breaux Bridge
Standing still next to a guy wearing a red Peace, Love & Cajuns shirt and a lady brushing by in a crimson swingy, swirling skirt was no easy task for a neophyte photographer. In fact, just about everyone at the Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival (Breaux Bridge, Louisiana) was movin’ and groovin’ — unless they were busy racing mudbugs and “suckin’ dem heads!”
Please take a minute to vote in the Comments section below.
If you missed any of the previous entries, here are the links to those posts. There’s still time to help us decide!
Help us decide: Capture the Colour 2013 — GREEN
Help us decide: Capture the Colour 2013 — WHITE
Help us decide: Capture the Colour 2013 — YELLOW
Help us decide: Capture the Colour 2013 — BLUE
Many thanks for your support and ideas!
Rusha and Bert Sams
Kevin Brent
#1 🙂
Rusha Sams
Thanks for reading my blog!! You’ve picked our fave among the reds — and a lot of people agree with you! Appreciate the vote!
Angie
#1 for me 😀
Rusha Sams
Thanks for viewing the photos and for voting! I think that’s the winner, for sure!
Nancy Merritt
#1
Rusha Sams
Thanks so much for voting!!! Means a lot!
Pride in Photos Photography
Oh the joy that comes through with the dancing…loved this. Happy Friday!
Rusha Sams
You can’t help but be happy watching couples dancing away to that toe-tapping music!!
Tvor
Definitely number 1. It really tells a story and is so vibrant!
Rusha Sams
Thanks so much! It was a memorable day, for sure!
gallivance.net
Looks Like I’m going with the crowd on this one Rusha. #1 is my vote as well. It also helps to know that you were being welcomed by these two ladies, and they have on their Sunday best. Well done. ~James
Rusha Sams
Thanks again for voting each day even though you’re traveling. The two of you have inspired us!
NW Frame of Mind
Number 3 for me. 😉
Rusha Sams
Thanks so much! It was a lot of fun being on the “dance floor” as an observer, but I really wanted to swing!!!
Trisha Clark
Red— my vote is # 1!!!! I love this picture-absolutely beautiful!!!
It screams RED!! I like to look for the color throughout the photo. I see 2 very small red flowers up on the hill on the right side of the photo.
Rusha Sams
You have good eyes! And a willing heart to help us decide what to submit! Thanks for voting!
Sharon Frankenberg
Number 1. Absolutely.
Rusha Sams
Do you remember these ladies?