Hi there my Hivean friends and followers!
Welcome to the 111th round of my special weekly photo challenge known as Appreciate Beauty of Nature with @phortun :)
I know a lot of photo contests with nature as the main theme were/are/will be hosted by various people on the Hive blockchain but I wanted to come up with something more than just another photo contest where participants would submit their best natural photos. Therefore, I decided to go for quite an unusual concept that I am going to introduce in the following lines.
The aim of the Appreciate Beauty of Nature with @phortun photo challenge is not to make you dig up your photo archives and submit the best pictures of nature that you have ever taken. Instead, I want you guys to go out and appreciate the beauty of our nature right now.
The internet (and the Hive blockchain as well) is flooded with picture perfect shots of landscapes, mountains, forests, beaches etc. taken years ago. But this is not what I want to see in this challenge. I want to see shots that may not be necessarily stunning but they must be fresh, proving that you have just physically spent some time outdoors in the fresh air. But remember that nature comes in many forms. It doesn´t have to be a pristine jungle or a deep remote forest. An urban park, a botanical garden, a little grove on the outskirts of your town - pretty much any place with some trees, plants, rocks, bodies of water or any other natural features would be just as fine ;)
Obviously, there is no way for me to verify whether the photo that you submit in the challenge is really fresh or if it was even taken by you so I am relying on your honesty guys. The prizes for the winners (as described below) are more symbolical than overly motivating so I don´t expect too much fraudulent behavior in this challenge anyway.
I want to keep the rules of this challenge as simple and benevolent as possible so let´s agree on just this:
Only one entry (photo) per person per round.
The photo must be yours and not older than one week.
Add a few words about the photo, at least where and when you took it.
You can start submitting your entries to this round in the comment section below from now until the next round.
Prior to publishing the next round post, I will pick 3 winners, give my full upvote on their entries and feature them in the next round of the challenge. As long as the response is not too overwhelming, I will also try to give some smaller upvotes on all of the other entries to reward all participants.
I might change the concept and/or the rules of the photo challenge later on, depending on how things go. I usually host the challenge on Thursday but when needed for some reason, I can host it on some other day so better check my blog regularly not to miss out on it ;)
To keep up with you guys, I submit my own fresh natural photo to every round´s post too :) Here is my contribution to start out this round:
After showing you some of the beautiful blooming flowers that we have here in Krakow, Poland in the previous rounds of the challenge, I am coming with this close up of a sprouting tree bud today. While the ground in local parks is already littered with countless colorful flowers basking in the spring sun, the trees are yet to turn green with foliage again but as you can see, they are already working on it :) I took the photo in an alley leading to the park surrounding the WKS Wawel Sport Complex in the northwestern part of the city yesterday when on my way home from an outdoor workout training.
In the last round, we had 8 participants. After some thorough consideration, I decided to pick these 3 winners:
@mrprofessor with this entry from Brazil:
Hah! It's been a long time that I'm owning you a sunset photo. Here it is. Not the greatest, but it's something. A big ass plasma ball. Sunset taken on March 20th at the Cassino Beach in Southern Brazil.
@bossel with this entry from Greece:
Almost forgot to post. Enchanted forest.Well, OK, just an olive orchard to the east of Patras, Greece & the clearing in the background belies the enchanted part. But still, quite nice. Taken last week on Wednesday. Nice sunny day, albeit still quite cool. But finally it's getting warmer, so I'll probably go out (& post) more often. Have been cycling today again, so next time I'll definitely have something to go as well (I only have to remember to post).
@kohsamui99 with this entry from Australia:
I keep missing this contest sorry @phortun well I hope I am on time with this one last weekend I was visiting a friend in the city of Wollongong in NSW, Australia on the Sunday last been just a beautiful day we took a walk along one of the beaches on the coastline of Wollongong and I can't be sure of the name of this particular beach, I do think it was Wattamolla Beach, there are 17 beautiful beaches like this one on this beautiful coastline of Wollongong which is known for its great beaches and developing culture great place to visit.
Congratulations guys! It was my pleasure to give you 100% upvotes on your entries :)
I am looking forward to what you will come up with in this round.
Have fun and appreciate the beauty of nature!
I post this series in the Amazing Nature community, a great community for all nature lovers. Feel free to check it out ;)
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