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thirsty_monk

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This week's theme are complimentary colors: Blue and Orange. I think they are quite popular combination, it shouldn't be too difficult to find something in your archives. Looking forward to see them.

As always, standard rules apply:

  • The photographs must be your own work. No AI generated images.
  • You may only submit one photo per contest.
  • No commenting or liking photos until after the judging has taken place.
  • This contest runs for about a week, starting now.
  • At the end of the competition, the judge (last week's winner) will choose a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place photo, providing as much feedback as possible.
  • The 1st place winner will start a new thread here with the topic/theme of their choice, and act as the judge for that contest. (Winner has 48 hours to create new theme, after that it defers to 2nd place).
  • Be sure to update the Contest Master List as soon as you post a new theme.
  • Contest will end October 5th, 2025 at 23:59 UTC.
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You didn’t make it easy for me this time. Great entries from all, thanks guys.

@bunty07 Very solid first entry, love the colours, textures and different lines across the image. I would probably edit out the lens flare, but that is a personal choice. One thing I would recommend also for future images - straighten the horizon line, easy fix and it makes a big difference.

@C0ncreteBl0nde well, I wouldn't expect bricks to be blue, but here we come ;) simple subject, but colours make it interesting. Like it.

@kendallm what I really like about this image is that it tells story. I love the flames bursting out of the torch and creating little patterns. Great image.

@goldmac2006 A bit darker shade of blue in this one, but it looks very nice with different shades of orange. The white-ish wall in the foreground is a bit distracting for me, but on the other side, the moon makes nice addition to the image.

@oblomow Green green grass, blue blue sky ... and little bit of orange between. Like the simplicity of this image, colours and mood it creates.

@Snowlover Not the typical sunset/sunrise picture, but midday orange in this one nicely compliments intense blue of sky. Like it.

@dwrufus53 A bit heavy processed to my liking, but colours popped out beautifully. That blue-grey lock and intense rusty-orange is great.

@iPhone-Guy This is sort of image I like, with that contrasty foreground (see my entry in the previous contest). I would probably crop it out a bit to intensify contrast of dark part and include less of the sky which would make orange clouds pop out more. There is also a moon which is not visible at first, which would be visible a bit better.

@mtbdudex I've seen this image before and it's awesome, the processing is spot on in my opinion and the colours are beautiful. Great image and the subject too.

@arkitect Lovely contrast between orange and blue, very strong colors working nicely together, I like the angle which includes building to lead the eye to the subject.

@_timo_redux_ Awesome picture! Colors are great and you can find so many things in this picture. I find the contrail a bit distracting but overall it is a great image.

Thank you for your entries, it was good fun as always. And the winners are:

3rd place: @arkitect
2nd place: @kendallm, @mtbdudex
1st place: @bunty07 not technically the best image but I really like the textures, colors, birds… the whole image as is
 
A bit darker shade of blue in this one, but it looks very nice with different shades of orange. The white-ish wall in the foreground is a bit distracting for me, but on the other side, the moon makes nice addition to the image.
Thanks! It’s a photo I took at my work trip as I was stargazing 🔭 through real telescopes during a nasa internship.

I was also thinking about this one instead, but this would be misinterpreted as brown and yellow even though the leaves 🍁 are a little orange.
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Still a great shot though! Thanks again for hosting this amazing contest.
 
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