Appreciate Beauty of Nature with @phortun: round 106

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Hi there my Hivean friends and followers!

Welcome to the 106th 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:


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It´s been a beautiful, warm and sunny day today and I just spent a few hours outside, basking in the sun and watching the nature slowly awakening from the winter sleep. It was in the Jordan Park here in Krakow, Poland where I took this close up of the snowdrops. However, it´s really difficult to enjoy the nice weather, flowers and everything when you know that in the neighboring country, not far from here, people are actually dying in war. Yes, I am talking about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It´s heartbreaking to see what is happening over there :( Stay strong Ukrainian people.




In the last round, we had 11 participants. After some thorough consideration, I decided to pick these 3 winners:


@danghao with this entry:

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I have a photo taken with a drone last Thursday, this is the Da Nang Bay, Vientam. Below is the Tho Quang fishing port. That' s also my new post for today, hope you like it.


@friendlymoose with this entry:

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We have been suffering from storms like Duddley, Eunice and Franklin in the past two days here in The Netherlands. But although the weather is impetuous the first trees are already starting to blossom. This is the Japanese Maple I photographed in my backyard this week.


@dswigle with this entry:

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Spring is in the air, but, this morning, I couldn't really tell. It has been warm, but, the rain took over the sky today. I still have been seeing a couple of leaves hanging on the trees from the fall, I think they will not release until the new ones push it out. Walking in the rain was a brisk, adrenaline experience for me. A nice hot shower after it really got my blood flowing. Good morning from here! This is my entry for this week. It is from the Washington DC metro area.




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 ;)




This post was created by me for the Hive blockchain exclusively. All rights reserved.



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My entry :

Appreciate Beauty of Nature with @phortun: round 106

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Spring is announced, and these flowers are among the first to bloom regardless of the cold nights ... As soon as the sun fences, they open their petals ..... They sprout even under a thick layer of leaves ....

This blue flower is a Two-leaf squill (Scilla bifolia)
It is known to us as a wild hyacinth ...

I took this photo last Thursday when the sun warmed up nicely. And the place is the Vršac Mountains above the town of Vršac (Banat, Serbia)

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That´s an amazing flower close up and you also included all the important info. Great entry, thanks :)

Thank you very much @phortun 🤗

My pleasure 🌼

@tipu curate

Dnes (25.2.2022) jsem měl opět práci na Šumavě. Tady ještě sněženky nenajdeš :-). Tady ještě panuje Zima.
Malé ledové zátiší na jedné chatě na Modravě :-)

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!LUV
za použití #aroundtheworld

To je ovšem malebné zátišíčko :) Díky za pěkný soutěžní příspěvek.

:-)

That is such an awesome shot! Love the icicles hanging down!

Thanks :-)
Too bad I didn't meet the "icefall". But the rocks were warmed by the sun and all the ice water flowed away :-)

@bucipuci(1/5) gave you LUV. H-E tools | connect | <><

Given the current emission rate of LUV pushing 500/day, increases to required LUV levels will likely be forthcoming.

Thanks for selecting my image! I'll certainly join again next round!
Also congratulations @danghao and @dswigle with your beautiful submissions 👍

Cool, I will be looking forward to your new entry :) See you here later!

Thank you so much @friendlymoose !!

Thank you so much for suggestive this photo of me, I'm very pleased with it. Have a wonderful day!

I thank you for your amazing contribution man, that was an epic shot! :)

Congrats to all winners, well done !! Lovely shot too @phortun. I can't stop reading news about Ukraine each day. It's sad to see this happening nowadays.

I have entered the picture below. I just took it today when I walked around Tuyen Lam Lake with my friend in Da Lat. Having left my city a few days ago, I am currently enjoying the scenery and weather in Da Lat since it has been cloudy and rainy in Da Nang. Hope you're having a great weekend there. :)

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Thanks for your amazing entry, for checking out my own contribution but most importantly, for your generous donation to my charity post! You are such a kind person Trang :) Have a great week.

Woww... congratulations winners. All of the photo are awesome.

Thanks for checking out the winning collection, I am glad you approve of my picks :)

Thank you so much!

Congrats to the winners. The photo of @dswigle is great!

Thank you so much!

Thanks for checking them out! Yeah, it was a very good and prolific round :)

Congratulations to @danghao I love the aerial shot, what a view!! Also, I want to congratulate @friendlymoose !! So very lovely and shouting out that spring is here! Almost! Great shot!

@phortun Thank you for selecting my photo and for the upvote! Much appreciated. I do love your snowdrops in the park. It is always such a welcome sight, signaling that better days are coming!

We have rain again today, letting me know that these showers will be bringing the spring flowers!

Thanks again and have a fabulous day!

Thanks for checking out your fellow winners´ shots and even my own contribution Denise, very kind of you :) And of course thanks for your own stunning entry, I really loved the details of the rain drops, definitely a well deserved spot in the winning collection here ;)

I hope those showers are not too long and heavy haha, I can imagine how excited you are about your first spring walks of the year ;) Have a lovely day and hopefully see you in the new round!

You know how excited I am! :) Thank you and you will definitely see me!!

My entry to your challenge Appreciate Beauty of Nature with @phortun!

Yesterday I photographed these beautiful flowers, hellebore, what we call in Hungary, Hunyor, before my neighbor's house.
He promised me, that I get the plant, I could only dig them out and I will be moving them into my garden next week.
I've always longed for this plant, the cute flowers look like small bells.

I am really looking forward to Monday!!274456799_982254852394712_1822179602560667457_n.jpg

Welcome to my challenge, Juditka! :) Thank you for this lovely entry. Very nice close up and you even added all the required info, which is something new participants usually forget :D Thanks again, have a nice weekend!

For the new round I'm submitting this photo of a blackbird in my backyard I shot just this morning.
The population of blackbirds in the Netherlands has decreased by 30% in the past few years.
This is mainly because a lot of people completely pave their backyards nowadays leaving almost no place for insects.
I keep a large part of my backyard open and feed the birds to help them through the winter.

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There we go, that´s an amazing close up :) A 30% decrease? Wow, that´s sad :( I hope you only shot this dude with you camera! Just kidding, I know you did :D ;)

Greetings to the Netherlands!