Hi there my Hivean friends and followers!
Welcome to the 152nd 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:
As I mentioned in my yesterday´s post, I haven´t been feeling well lately and I guess I should stay in the bed until I fully recover but I did go for a little walk today to capture some fresh natural picture for this challenge. It was freezing and snowing last night but it has been mostly sunny today so I clicked a few close ups of the ice crystals glittering in the low winter sun rays and this one with the little mossy greenery probably turned out to be the best of them. I took the picture in a forest here in Prague, Czech Republic just a few hours ago.
In the last round, we had just 3 participants so picking the winners was easy:
@franzpaulie with this entry from the Philippines:
Greetings from the beautiful country of Philippines. It has been also rainy here lately in my province of Negros Oriental and I already felt so sick being trapped indoor. Luckily the sun came up this week so I grabbed the trekking pole and water bottle and off I went to the lake. I hiked around the area and it felt so good just being one with it. The forest around is so dense and in cooler temp perfect for meditation.
@littlebee4 with this entry from Scotland:
In our accommodation (Cairngorms National Park) in Scotland, we have a little cottage right next to a forest. And this morning 2 red squirrels came to play in a part of it’s garden. So cute :) I did feed them some nuts. We are here 2 more nights, maybe they come back tomorrow :) This is a photo taken through the window unfortunately.
@videoaddiction with this entry from Turkey:
Hi @phortun. We have had many sunny days recently in this winter, which is strange and could cause drought in summer. Here is the another flower's photo from my garden, taken this week. Location: Istanbul, Turkey.
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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