Appreciate Beauty of Nature with @phortun: round 117

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Hi there my Hivean friends and followers!

Welcome to the 117th 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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Nothing really fancy this time but a simple shot of the lush greenery that can be found close to the apartment in Prague, Czech Republic where we are staying now. The vigorous canopy is actually a part of what the locals call "the Central Park" and if you notice the tall residential houses in the background, you might see some kind of resemblance to the iconic NYC park, though still quite remote of course :) In fact, I´m yet to fully explore the park so you can probably expect some more photos from this place in some of the future rounds of this photography challenge. I took the picture just about two hours ago earlier today.




In the last round, we had 12 participants. After some thorough consideration, I decided to pick these 3 winners:


@xaviduran with this entry from Spain:

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Hello @phortun and all nature lovers. First of all my congratulations to last week's winners @esthersanchez @friendlymoose and @tommyl33. Many thanks phortun for organizing the contest and let us show up our work.

This is the first time I take part in the contest and what less to do than to make a minimal introduction. I am from the Balearic Islands, Spain, the westernmost archipelago in the Mediterranean and you can say that apart from the unfortunate hotel establishments, we are surrounded by nature.

Following the interpretation of the philosophy of the contest, I present an image of a small island near the city of Ibiza. For professional reasons every week I have to go up to the roof of a hotel on the coast and every time I go up, I take pictures of several of these little islands. The photo I present here was taken last week almost at dawn on a cloudy day in which the extreme light of the sunrise between thick clouds, made the scene look a bit dramatic.

Unless stated otherwise, all the pictures and the words are mine. Do not use this image without my written permission. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

Camera: Fujifilm X-T2
Lens: Fujinon 18-55 f:2.8-55
Processed with Capture One.


@betterthanhome with this entry from South Africa:

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Great winner shots, congrats to all of them. Just yesterday, I walked through the Newlands Forest here in Cape Town, South Africa. What a beautiful forest with huge trees.


@trangbaby with this entry from Vietnam:

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Incredible entries and well deserved :) Congrats everyone. I send you guys some of the tropical beach vibes in this entry. It was taken at Da Nang's My Khe Beach in Vietnam while I was out for a walk on Sunday at noon. This winter has been very weird and we've been through a very long winter. It's nice to have the summer already here and be able to relax by the beach.




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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Congrats to the winners. I like the photo from Vietnam much. Thanks @phortun for continuing contets in this bloody days.

Thanks for stopping by man. No worries, I host my series regardless of what is going on on the markets ;) I hosted them even when Hive was worth 10 cents ;) The participation might drop now but that´s ok with me...

Namaste 🙏
keep on it going

A photo just captures from my garden in Bulgaria 🇧🇬
My village Resen.

My strawberry 🍓 farm..

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@tipu curate

Thank you for this photo challenge. This is my entry. It was taken last Monday during our hike at Twin Peak Hill Hong Kong. Trails were mostly windy stairs and dirt paths. It was an exhausting hike, yet, rewarding.

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Wow, that´s a very inviting path :) Love the lush vegetation all around. Thanks for this nice entry!

Thank you

Hi @phortun, Many thanks for considering my work one of the winners. It's so motivating. Also thanks to organize this funny competition. I'll try to take part in the next issue.

Just one more thing, and please sorry for my ignorance, how are the prizes payed?

Hey man, thanks for your kind feedback, your entry was really amazing. Well, as mentioned in the contest post, the prizes are rather symbolical here - the winners (3 in each round) get my full upvotes on their entries. The other participants get smaller upvotes. I know it´s not much but the main goal of the challenge is that people go outside and spend some nice relaxing time in Mother Nature ;)

Thanks for your answer. I have understood the philosophy of the challenge and its prices, the only question was where you paid.

Greetings from the little island.

The upvotes that the winning entries get from me are paid out after 7 days, like everything on this blockchain.

Greetings to your little island :)

Congratulations @xaviduran, @trangbaby and @betterthanhome!
Great pictures as always in this post.

My submission for this week is a shot of two flesh flies in our backyard today (location The Netherlands).

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Wow, that´s an impressive close up! Thanks for sharing this, well, special fly moment with us :D

Hello! This morning I took some pictures of the beautiful clouds! This is my village General Kantardjievo, which is located 20 kilometers from the sea capital of Bulgaria - Varna.
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Hey there, thanks for your entry :)

Congratulations, your post has been upvoted by @dsc-r2cornell, which is the curating account for @R2cornell's Discord Community.

Curated by Blessed-girl

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Enhorabuena, su "post" ha sido "up-voted" por @dsc-r2cornell, que es la "cuenta curating" de la Comunidad de la Discordia de @R2cornell.

Wow, thank you so much guys! :)

Hi @phortun, nice contest, congratulations to the winners.
This is my photo, the sunset last week in my city, La Victoria, 🇻🇪 7 pm, you can even see the moon 🌒

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Hey @gatubela, what a nice surprise to see you in this challenge :) Welcome & thanks for your entry!

🤗 positive energy to everybody here ✨

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Since animals live in nature where we extract wool from it to make carpets, I wanted to share a decorative red carpet with you, I hope you like it 👍

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Dude, this is a carpet, not nature. Sorry.

Hello dear friends!
Good morning, afternoon, evening to all!!
Here is one of my photos, taken yesterday, during my daily walk around my neighbourhood. Blessings to all!

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Wow, that´s some stunning view! Can you just add the location please? :)

Oh, I'm sorry. "Los Altos de Sucre. Cumanacoa"- Venezuela

Good morning @phortun this photo was taken during my hiking on a sunny day. Morocco has high temperatures in summer even in the morning

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Hey there, thanks for your entry but I cannot really see much nature here :D

Where is the sun?

Good day @phortun my previous entry was an evening shot of the dark skies and palm trees as dark as shadows lol :). I decided to take a closer picture of one of the palm trees this afternoon, it's really sunny here in Abuja, Nigeria.

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Great shot, I like the low angle. Thanks for your entry ;)

Beautiful photos, I like this post so much.

Thanks for your feedback, feel free to join the new round :) I think we have´t had an entry from Laos here in this challenge yet...

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Scenic view on only one Polish desert. Błędowska Desert is located between Katowice and Kraków and appeared as a result of industrial and mining activity in Olkusz region. Taken last sunday.

Yeah, I remember the desert from your previous entries. Very interesting place. Thanks for sharing this cool picture with us :) Greetings to my beloved Poland.