Hi there my Hivean friends and followers!
Welcome to the 156th 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. If you want to create a separate post as your entry, you can do that but please always remember to submit your entry in the form of a comment here in this post as well. I only check the entries submitted here as comments.
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. I also give some smaller upvotes on the other entries too so that all participants get rewarded for their engagement.
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:
One of the entries that we got in the last round depicted a field of beautiful, freshly grown crocuses somewhere in the Netherlands so I thought maybe they already showed up here in Prague too. It was a beautiful sunny day today so I headed out to what the locals call the Central Park here in the Prague neighborhood of Stodulky and then I also visited the nearby Prokop Valley, one of my favorite natural places in the city, but unfortunately, I didn´t find any blooming spring flowers out there yet. With that being said, the most photogenic thing in the valley in this part of the year probably remains the Prokop Creek, which is what you can actually see in the picture above. Taken today in the Prokop Valley here in Prague, Czech Republic. And yes, it´s the same creek that I captured the icy close ups on last week. Needles to say the ice is already gone :)
In the last round, we had 10 participants. After some thorough consideration, I decided to pick these 3 winners:
@onlavu with this entry from the Czech Republic:
This Wednesday's trek through the white valley of the river White Opava in the Jeseniky Mountains, Czechia (in some 1200 m.a.s.l.). The temperature varied between -4°C and -12°C. It was fun as usual. Cheers.
@deepresearch with this entry from Spain:
One of the canyons in southern Tenerife, Spain taken around Tuesday. Finally on the hard-earned holidays :)
@mrnightmare89 with this entry from the Philippines:
I think this was taken a week ago. I was walking in the sea when it was a very low tide like the sea almost dried. It was nice to take a walk at the sea, especially in times like this. You can see a lot of things there or even sea creatures. Like sea urchins, fish, and many more. In fact, I posted a content about it. This photo was taken in the Philippines, in the Southern part of the province of Visayas.
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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