Congratulations to budding_photographer for her winning photo, “The misty Ironbridge,” in last week’s cool colors photo contest at Digital Photography Blogs. This photo embodies cold and winter – the gray walls and fog, the blue bridge, the white houses and treetops. This scene makes me want to wrap up in a warm blanket in front of a fire and just stare at it for a long time. I love the longing and sadness here. The bridge leading off somewhere in the distance. Great job, budding_photographer!

There was definitely a bridge theme going on this week. We also want to congratulate our runner-up, Ian McKenzie, for his photo, “Low Level Bridge.” We love the bold, snappy colors in this shot, while it still stays well within our theme. Way to go, Ian!

Thanks again to all who participated this week. We could tell by the overflow of submissions that you guys were itching to get out in the cold winter weather and shoot some cool colors. It was fun to look through them all from the warm glow of our computers.