This competition and its themes invite photographers to showcase their creative skills, using colour as a vibrant medium to capture dynamic, outstanding, stunning, thoughtful and thought-provoking images.
It is an opportunity to explore areas that may stretch your comfort zones, pushing to the boundaries of your creativity.
To keep the focus on the dynamic world of colour, we kindly request that submissions be limited to colour images only. Black & white, monochrome and infrared images are excluded from this competition.
Themes: Submitted image MUST fall within one of the following themes:
Man-Made Environments – Images that highlight the contrast of color within human-constructed spaces: vibrant, tight, and/or sprawling urban centers, rural structures with rich palettes of colour and the working landscapes of farming communities.
Seasonal Transitions – Images which capture nature’s shifting color palette as it transforms landscapes, flora, and atmospheric conditions throughout the year’s natural cycles.
Action & Motion – Images in this theme should convey excitement, speed, and movement through colour. Images can be a result of panning effects, slow shutter speeds or freezing fast action. The sources of inspiration are boundless – whether it’s animals, birds, dance, sports, traffic, vehicles, or any other dynamic subject in motion.
Cultural Events – Using colour, movement and celebration, these images will capture the vibrant traditions, festivities, and ceremonies that showcase the rich tapestry of human existence and expression.
Close-up – Showcasing an intimate exploration of form and detail, these images will reveal the extraordinary world of color, pattern, and texture hidden within everyday subjects.
Editing Criteria:
Permitted Editing Techniques:
All In-Camera Techniques: Any adjustments made directly within the camera during image capture.
On-Camera Techniques: Utilizing on-camera features and settings for image enhancements.
Post-Processing Techniques: Editing the image using post-processing software.
Sky Replacement: Sky replacement is permitted, but the replacement sky must have been captured by the same photographer submitting the image into the competition.
Triptychs (an image of three (3) separated images contained in a single image) are permitted in this competition.
Editing Techniques Not Permitted:
Images without Photographic Origin: Images that are entirely generated electronically with no photographic origin.
Frames, Borders, Pin-lines, and Mats: Photograph must not contain any decorative elements like frames, borders, pin-lines, or mats. This includes the edges and markings of scanned film. When the frame is integral to the captured image, for instance a window frame or door frame that has been captured by the camera, these elements are permitted.
Artificial Intelligence Renderings: Images created or modified using Generative AI (GEN-AI) technology are not permitted in this competition. Any submitted Generative AI image (in whole or in part) will be disqualified.
Entrants are reminded that all parts of the image have to be photographed by the author who is holding the copyright of all works submitted.
These GEN-AI restrictions apply whether or not text prompts are used in the AI generation process.
Accepted Image Types:
Colour images