Hi there my Hivean friends and followers!
Welcome to the 76th 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:
We have had a very warm and sunny weather here in Krakow, Poland lately so it comes as no surprise that the local parks are packed with people looking for some shade under the trees. Fortunately, the Jordan Park is large enough to still find some privacy. When roaming around the park two days ago, I found this cute little path lined with blooming flowers. Not sure about those on the left but the ones on the right are hydrangeas, one of my favorite flowers that always remind me of the Azores Islands where they are extremely abundant :)
In the last round, we had 9 participants. After some thorough consideration, I decided to pick these 3 winners:
@crazy-andy with this entry:
As promised, I am entering to this awesome initiative by @phortun this week after a long time. I already announced in my previous posts that I will be heading to Velika Planina, Slovenia shortly and that happened past weekend. We had an amazing time and manage to capture few good photos as well. Scenery in person is even nicer, especially when you are taking a rest and having someting good for lunch. I will share more photos from this trip in the upcoming days/weeks on my blog as well. Have a great days folks!
@kohsamui99 with this entry:
This morning I was jogging up to the Byron Bay Lighthouse, Australia on my normal route along the cliff side pathways as I looked down I could see this guy doing some sand art work on the beach, I had heard about this guy who goes by the name of Craig the Sand Artist, but had never seen him or his sand art in action so, this morning, I was quite thrilled to see him at work making the beach look like a art gallery and the art work looked really amazing looked like alien astrology art form.
@thomasd04 with this entry:
Yesterday my husband and I got our nature fix at Columbia Bottoms Conservation Area. It is located in North St. Louis County at the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. This was our first visit here as I had no idea that it was so close to our home! The Conservation Department plants multiple areas with these beauties as a food source for the local birds, in particular mourning doves. However, it is becoming a popular photo op location. The flowers only last about ten days. Therefore they have staggered their seed planting to afford these breathtaking vistas through mid August. It was bustling with many types of bees but I was able to safely get some pictures with my iPhone. It was hard to pick just one that captured the beauty we witnessed in person.
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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