Hi there my Hivean friends and followers!
Welcome to the 63rd 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:
After a week of mostly cold and cloudy weather, we got a beautiful sunny day yesterday here in Krakow, Poland. I took advantage of it and went for a nice walk along the Wisla River where I captured this picture. As you can see, some flowers are already blooming but most trees are yet to sprout the leaves after the unusually harsh and long winter. Cannot wait to enjoy some peaceful "forest bathing" while being embraced by the green leafy giants :)
In the last round, we had 11 participants. After some thorough consideration, I decided to pick these 3 winners:
@ummehabiba with this entry:
It is basically a wonderful view of rural Bengal. The mother duck is preparing to return home in the evening with her babies. A few days ago I went to visit the village house. The picture taken at that time. Since I am a mother myself, I felt that this motherly picture was suitable for the contest. Good luck to everyone.
@trangbaby with this entry:
Thanks @phortun 😍 What a beautiful shot !! I'm glad that you had a well-spent time in Nature 💖Here is my entry round 62. I chased the sunset a couple of days ago at the same place but a different spot in Son Tra Penisula, Vietnam. It was a great day: clear sky, blue ocean, and stunning sunset.
@babeltrips with this entry:
Yesterday while driving to Hoi An, I passed this lovely cows along Furama resort in Danang, Vietnam. They looked happy to enjoy fresh grasses 😍 so beautiful and peaceful for me to see countryside life in the city like this 🐮🌿💚🥰
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.
Západ slunce s výhledem na Lysou horu, foceno v úterý na Bílé a už jen malinko sněhu (ještě stále dost na lyžování). V příštím kole už budou jarní fotky, slibuju 😃
No jen jestli! :D
Fotka je ale parádní, dík ;)
Assalamualaikum. From Bangladesh.Panchagarh in My Home District.
This is a picture from several days ago. Spectacular view of a nice place near my home district . This is one of my favorite pictures.
Because this natural beauty here drives me crazy.
The eye-catching beauty of the sky in the picture, and the reflection of the sky below is beautifully reflected.
And in the midst of this wonderful beauty, if you notice very well, you can see that some people have tried to fish in the water with nets.
In a word, the picture captures an amazingly beautiful scene combining human and natural beauty.
Best wishes are open to all
Amazing picture again, thank you. Can you just add the location please?
Of course, why not. Thank you
Thanks but we don´t know what is your home district :) Can you specify at least a region or country please?
Sorry for for being absent last time, but I was too tired to post or edit much. This week was actually worse, because of Greek Easter (the next church is just 10m away & every morning & evening there were 3 hour sermons), but at least yesterday I got a good day's sleep.
So, here is my latest masterpiece:
Algae-overgrown rocks at the Greek coast south of Patras. One of the first really warm days here, with very hazy air, so the light was not great, but still nice.
Taken on Friday, when I was again kept from sleep by some sermons, but gathered enough energy to cycle to the coast.
Thank you very much for another beautiful entry and I am sorry about your poor sleep. I have been struggling with sleep too lately so I totally hear you on this... Have a great week full of deep and healthy sleep my friend :)
Thanks, same to you!
Old dying beech in one of the forests in Katowice. Picture taken on the long walk to Tychy just few hours ago.
Interesting photo, thanks! Pozdrowienia do Katowic :)
Lovely flower and great weather there @phortun. We call it the "daisy flower" and its symbols for the fragile, gentle, and wild beauty.
Thank you for the feature, much appreciated it :)
The water lily flower was just captured today when I visited a gardening coffee shop in my area in Da Nang. Water lily is one of my favorite flowers, especially when it comes to purple color :) I absolutely admire the impressive beauty of this water plan, simple but gorgeous. It can be found everywhere in Southeast Asia and Viet Nam is no exception. Sometimes the beauty comes from the simple thing like this flower 🙂
Beautiful flower close up, water lilies are such cute plants :) Thanks!
Thank you @phortun
Hope you having a great weekend :))
This morning I had to go to Lennox Head town which is less then a half hour drive from my town of Byron Bay. I had a job to quote over there in the early morning after finishing up the quote, I was heading back home to Byron Bay Town, but not till this breathtaking view of Lennox Head Town, distracted me, I just had to pull over to absorb this beautiful view of nature and snap a shot, just another beautiful day in our land of downunder.
Stunning scenery as always, thanks!
Thank you @phortun 👍
Summer is coming around the corner & I can't be lazy and stay in bed like winter time. Every morning the sun call me out and today is another day it's shining. I got up and cycled along the beach, enjoy ocean breeze, the hustle life of Man Thai fishing village, of course can't miss the sunrise 🌅
The sunrise is the best vitamin to make my day amazing 💛
Amazing shot again, thank you :) I love the mist (hopefully it´s not smog :D)
Thank you, I am glad you enjoy it too ;) I can't refuse the beauty of sunrise 🐎😆
Hey @phortun how good it is to see a spring image in Poland, congratulations :)
Today I come and share with pleasure an image of the Venezuelan horizon, while I was riding a bus, every time I travel I must have an image of my beautiful plain. This landscape that I show is between the Guarico state and the Apure state.
Nice view, thanks! :)
Happy day for everyone! This is my participation of the week with a landscape captured last Wednesday when I took a little walk through the beautiful Bay of Cata located in Aragua, Venezuela, we took a tour of the surroundings by boat and went to "Playa la Cienega", which is a spectacular and paradisiac beach with turquoise waters, calm and shallow, there is a variety of coral formations, mangroves, oysters and special marine aquatic flora for those who practice diving, which makes it the perfect paradise to relax and enjoy of a day at the beach.
"Cienaga Beach"
Amazing view, thank you!
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Thanks for all the tokens :) Feel free to join the new round of the challenge.
No👨🌾 problem - this🙂 was my pleasure. Possibly in the near future i can participate in such interesting challenges - I don't promise. Cheers🙋♂️
Alright, I will be looking forward to your entry :) Have a nice weekend!
Wonderfull pict :)
Thank you :) I will be looking forward to your entry.
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Thank you :) If you have any fresh natural photo yourself, feel free to join the challenge ;)
As fresh and unedited as it gets, taken right now from my rooftop:
Wow, that´s quite a view :) Beautiful. Athens, right?
Thanks - it's actually better than that but today we had dust from Africa which killed a good portion of its clarity. It's at the South East end of Athens's region (Attiki).
I would but today is too cloudy. Will deliver tomorrow first thing in the morning (unless the sunlight is still photo unfriendly).
Thank you for creating this contest @phortun, it perfectly matchs to me, no need many words and still do amazed people
That´s right :) Pleasure to host it for you guys :)
Please keep hosting, I will be your usual member ^^
Congrats to all the winners see you all in the next round.
Yeah, see you there buddy! :)
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Hi @phortun, I've been back for a long time with your great contest. This is a photo I took during my camping trip last week at K50 Waterfall, deep in the Kon Chu Rang nature reserve in Gia Lai province in the highlands of Vietnam.
Sorry man, this round is over but you can submit this amazing shot in the new round that I just published ;)
Oh sorry, my bad. I will post it again. Thank you!