2016 The Best Colour Photographs.

It is that time of the year again! The best colour photos of the past year (by me).

The concept is easy: I have run this competition for the past seven years. Should you want to check out the previous editions:This year, it was really hard to narrow it down to the final 20.

Just write in the comments which of the photos you like (refer to name). 

Vote for as many as you like and feel free to say what you think about them.

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The original selection for colour was over 50 photos - from the huge volume of approximately 2,000 I have taken during the year, but sometimes you have to make hard decisions. If you have friends you want to share this with, just give them the link. There is a black & white photo section as well, and don't forget a random voter will be selected for a prize as well.

Earthy Addition. Riposo, Sicily.

Old Doors Say So Much. Sant Alfio, Sicily.

The Ear. Syracuse, Sicily.

Harbouring Doubts. Syracuse, Sicily.

Modica Gold. Modica, Sicily.

Posters in Spring. Warsaw, Poland.

Wild Greens. Sokółka, Poland.

Dreamy Greeny Path. Sokółka, Poland.

A Fuzzy Friend. Warsaw, Poland.

Domestic Toms. Warsaw, Poland.

Brown Books, The Series. Brescia Public Library, Italy.

Simple Australian Windows. Brescia, Italy.

The Man and His Wood. Brescia Museum, Italy.

Early Morning Couple. Iseo, Italy.

Floating Piers and Dusk. Lake Iseo, Italy.

Death With a View. Valca Monica, Italy.

Giving Me Daggers. Malbork, Poland.

The Drugs Don't Work. Gdansk, Poland.

Baltic Bits. Sopot, Poland.

Holy Red Erection. Gdansk, Poland.

2015 The Best Colour Photographs of the Year.

It is that time of the year again! The best photos of the past year (by me).

The concept is easy:
Just write in the comments which of the photos you like (refer to number or name). 
Vote for as many as you like and feel free to say what you think about them.

I have run this competition for the past six years. Should you want to check out the previous editions:
2014 
2013 
2012 
2011 
2010 
2009

This year, it was really hard to narrow it down to the final 25. 
The original selection for colour was 67 photos - from the huge volume of approximately 3,000 I have taken during the year, but sometimes you have to make hard decisions. If you have friends you want to share this with, just give them the link. There is a black & white photo section as well, and don't forget a random voter will be selected for a prize as well.

1. Winter Flights.  Śródmieście, Warsaw.

2. Ghost Crossing. Śródmieście, Warsaw. 

3. Travel Trails. Cadiz, Spain.

4. Round the Light. Faro De Chipiona, Spain.

5. The Rock. Gibraltar, Spain.

6. Nature and Danger. Medina, Spain.

7. Tower of Smoke. Ronda, Spain. 

8. Wild Hill of Flowers. Sentinel, Spain.

9. Wet Wonder. Sokółka, Podlasie.

10. Pralnia of Powiśle. Powiśle, Warsaw.

11. Red Night Snakes. Powiśle, Warsaw.

12. Runny Love. Śródmieście, Warsaw.

13. Colourful Strutting. Śródmieście, Warsaw.

14. Field of Royal Flowers. Łazienki, Warsaw.

15. Zissou Sleeps. Wisła, Warsaw.

16. Homegrown Love. Powiśle, Warsaw.

17. Reflections on the Week. Powiśle, Warsaw.

18. Depth of Bridge. Budapest, Hungary.

19. Metro Blue. Budapest, Hungary.

20. Budapest Beauty. Buda Castle, Budapest, Hungary. 

21. Deco Curves. Budapest, Hungary.

22. Trails from Statues. Budapest, Hungary

23. Lampdalier. National Hungarian Opera House. Budapest, Hungary.

24. Merely a Kat. Warsaw Zoo, Praga, Warsaw.

25. Thumbnail and PKiN. Śródmieście, Warsaw.

Photo Competition Winners

Thank you to the 150 people who voted on the photo competition, here and on the blog. You are great people, and I appreciated you taking the time to vote.

The winners are in, in all ways. It is a funny occurence that the two winning photos were taken 3 days apart in fresh springy Sokółka in Eastern Poland.

The three winners of the grand prizes (being a calendar made of photos from the competition) are......... Aly S, Ewa W and Kerry C. We also decided to draw a special bonus prize and that went to Aleksandra P (who recieves a print of her choice from the competition).
All winners were selected by the random number generator at random.org
Top 5 in order are:
Colour -

#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

 Black and White -

#1

#2

#3

#4

#5