Welcome to the next Critique the Community Photo Contest! The theme for this contest is "Color", and for the entire month of November, we want to see your best images showcasing vivid and vibrant hues and colors.
Rules All images must be submitted from now until November 30th at 10:00 PM Eastern Time. Every image submitted must include a short story on how you took the photo, what were the challenges, how you used natural or artificial lighting, what gear you used, and any other interesting insight on the image itself. Since this critique is focused on color, please include any post processing tricks you used to achieve the color palate in your final image. Photos that do not include some backstory on how it was taken will not be picked to be featured in the Critique the Community episode. Each image must be, obviously, a color image. Prizes
First Place: Tamron 25 -200 f/2.8 - 5.6 Di III VXD G2 Lens
One lucky winner will receive the newest all-in-one 8x zoom from Tamron. This lens features a fast f/2.8 aperture when shooting at 25mm and has a very useable f/5.6 aperture when zoomed all the way into 200mm. With a minimum focusing distance of just 6.3 inches and 31.5 inches between the wide and telephoto range, this lens can also provide exceptional close-up magnification. This 2nd Generation lens is essentially the successor to the wildly popular 28-200mm F/2.8-5.6 Di III RXD lens but now gives an even wider field of view for photographers wanting a light weight, yet versatile travel lens. Total value of this prize is $899
Second Place: ACDSEE Photo Studio Ultimate 2026
The second place winner of this critique will win a full version of ACDSee's flagship Photo Studio Ultimate 2026 photo editing suite. This powerful photo editing software is one of the most popular suites for photographers wanting to catalog, edit, retouch, and store their images all in one single application. New for 2026 is an completely new Ai based portrait retouching panel, AI noise reduction module, hair selection tool, and brand new non destructive Ai style and develop presets. Total value of this prize is $150
Third Place - This month 1 third place winner will receive a full photography tutorial from the Fstoppers Store Total Prize value: $300
Good luck to everyone who enters and we look forward to seeing your best photographs feature strong and dynamic color!
Featured image by the talented Dina Belenko