Hi there my Hivean friends and followers!
Welcome to the 109th 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:
It´s just mid March so it´s still winter officially but the weather here in Central Europe has been amazingly warm and sunny lately. The forecast promises another week of such a lovely weather at least and I cannot wait to see the trees turning green again. They are already sprouting so it shouldn´t take much longer ;) I went for a little walk in the Jordan Park here in Krakow, Poland earlier today to capture some nice fresh pictures for this challenge and I´m quite satisfied with the result. These beautiful purple crocuses were waiting for me there, eagerly posing for my camera :) I took this close up just a few hours ago.
In the last round, we had 5 participants. After some thorough consideration, I decided to pick these 3 winners:
@betterthanhome with this entry:
Here is my entry for this week. I´m doing a rod trip in South Africa at the moment and came across this beach yesterday. Grotto Beach in Hermanus. I had no idea that they have such beautiful beaches. Unfortunately the water is full of great white sharks, so no surfing for me.
@suzana72 with this entry:
My entry from Serbia, Banat. Blue sky, gray began to turn green. A breath of spring in the air. Positive energy fills me on a walk along the Vršac Hill. I used a sunny day to socialize with nature, watching everything slowly wake up. The photo is not older than 7 days.
@parissousa with this entry:
Hello community. This is my entry for this week's challenge. It's a photo I took a few days ago in the town of Tigre, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was a sunny day and I found these flowers very beautiful. In these latitudes it is still summer, although autumn will soon arrive, so soon these flowers will disappear, to be reborn in a few months. Until next time and I hope you like it!
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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