cizucu Presents 'In One Tone' | Challenge #355

‘In One Tone’ is a global online photography open call curated by cizucu, open to all creators registered on cizucu. Outstanding works will be curated from the submissions, with the aim of discovering new talent for the platform and supporting the creative community.

This edition’s theme is ‘Monochrome’.

A world composed of a single color holds a richness and depth beyond imagination. Red can evoke tranquility, blue can convey warmth, and white can contain a spectrum of 200 shades—within one color alone, countless forms of expression can emerge.

Try capturing photographs centered around a single color. It does not have to be strictly monochromatic. Even within the same color, variations in tone, texture, and light can create entirely different impressions.

By stripping away color, form, light, and emotion come into focus. Express your own unique vision through color.

takigawa_kris_s
お花見帰りにゲレンデを降りてくる人達
平和な茶臼山高原

📷 NIKON D5600

cizucu Editorial Team
The expanse of green undulates gently under soft light. In the quiet, where only footsteps can be faintly heard, distant figures blend into the landscape, as if even the passage of time has slowed. Beyond the gentle green, the warmth of the afternoon and the scent of the meadow seem to quietly fill the air.

Michael Koo

📷 SONY α 7R III

cizucu Editorial Team
Beneath a sky enveloped in pale blue, the white mountain surface emerges as a singular contour. Only the light slowly illuminates the slope, quietly conveying the layers of chilled air. The calm gradations of color evoke the accumulation of distant time.

Hiroe Kato
夕暮れと足跡

📷 Canon EOS 80D

cizucu Editorial Team
Under a sky where pale purples and blues blend, a solitary tree stands quietly. Footprints lead straight to it, lingering on the snow like fading shadows. The cold air stirs slightly, and the sense of time gently settling into dusk is palpable.

daphoto
吠え

📷 SONY α58

cizucu Editorial Team
On ground bathed in soft green, yellow and brown leaves are scattered quietly. Subtle movements ripple through the air, and with a hint of moist fragrance, the changing of the seasons is gently conveyed. Within the layers of the same color, the subtle dignity of ‘life’ seems to emerge.

kamikoji

📷 FUJIFILM X-E5

cizucu Editorial Team
Within water suffused with red light, small shadows sway. The world seen through a transparent bag appears slightly detached from reality, as if it belongs to another realm. The monochromatic light envelops everything, leaving only a quiet sense of breath behind.

[Contest Period]
Saturday, April 25, 2026 – Sunday, May 24, 2026

[Award Announcement]
Around Friday, June 5, 2026

[Reward]
Free participation ticket for the cizucu “Photo Poster Project” (2 recipients)

[How to Submit]
・Select the ‘In One Tone’ contest
・Tap ‘Agree to the submission guidelines and post’
・Select your content and submit your work

[Selection Criteria]
(1) Thematic relevance: Does the work align with the stated mission?
(2) Subject clarity: Is the photographer’s intent clearly conveyed?
(3) Expressiveness: Does the work demonstrate expressive power in perspective, composition, balance, focus, and color?
(4) Timing: Has the decisive moment or timing of the subject been captured?
(5) Originality: Does the work show unique ingenuity in location, subject, or approach?