Hey there my Hive friends and followers!
Welcome to the 184th 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:
The past couple of days have been unusually cold and cloudy here in the Czech Republic, which was actually perfectly fine with me after the last heatwave that lasted for almost two weeks. I went for a little walk to some of my favorite natural places here in the Prague neighborhood of Stodulky yesterday. The temperature was just around some 15 degrees Celsius but strangely enough, there was no wind at all. On windless days like these, you can enjoy some beautiful reflections on lakes and ponds. Those featured above are from the Asuan Water Reservoir that is located just in front of the Prokop Valley. In just a few weeks though, all the lush greenery will start to turn in the autumnal colors. The summer will soon be gone here :(
In the last round, we had 11 participants. After some thorough consideration, I decided to pick these 3 winners:
@jlinaresp with this entry from Venezuela:
Here my entry to round 183! Title: "Good morning Mr. Photographer". A butterfly of the genus Adelpha landed on my arm during a hike in the mountains north of town (Montalban, Carabobo, Venezuela) on the morning of 23-Aug-2023. They are very nervous butterflies and because of that I was surprised that this one wanted to say "good morning" ;-) As soon as I approached my hand, it proceeded to climb on my fingers and to palpate them with its proboscis. I took a lot of pictures of her and have brought this one to share with you!
@dodovietnam with this entry from Vietnam:
Hey dear friend @phortun. Here is my entry for round 183. Here is the photo I took yesterday of the 40m waterfall in the Mang Canh Commune, Kon Plong District in Vietnam.
@roronoa46 with this entry from Indonesia:
I found this insect this afternoon in my backyard (Indonesia, Aceh) , the large area with long grass is the best place to look for macrophotography objects, and among the few images I got, this type of insect is the most interesting to look at, I have edited the image using Lightroom to make it look even more beautiful.
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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