Hi there my Hivean friends and followers!
Welcome to the 26th 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.
I just got back home from another epic bike trip and this is one of the photos I took earlier today. We were mostly biking around the Jeseniky Mountains but this shot was taken by a large pond near the town of Krnov. More photos from the trip coming soon so stay tuned ;)
In the last round, we had 5 participants. After some thorough consideration, I decided to pick these 3 winners:
@bigsambucca with this entry:
This was my weekend getaway to Koh Samui Island i took this photo of the head lands of the Gulf of Thailand in Liame Beach , Koh Samui , Thailand on Sunday while hiking up to the hills to Overlap Rock.
@kohsamui99 with this entry:
Another beautiful morning in my home town of Byron Bay and this morning was no exception jogging along the beach front the sun was rising slowly to start another beautiful day the sounds of the waves crashing on the shore line and the cool breeze blowing in my face just made me feel how nice it was to be alive and seeing all this beautiful nature around me.
@jjprac with this entry:
V neděli jsme u zámku v Nebílovech potkali tohoto místního krasavce. Volně se potuluje po zámeckém parku a občas si vyrazí i na výlet do vesnice. Vždy se ale vrátí tam, kde je mu dobře. Štastný tvor :)
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!
This post was created by me for the Hive blockchain exclusively. All rights reserved.
Yet another wonderful round to Appreciate beauty of Nature 😊
I have not going too much outside specially for photographs. So I'm sticking to the small garden we have and the macro lens to find the best of the things closer. The photograph I share here was captured two days before. And location is Harihar India.
The tiny weed plants seed packets that produce lot of seeds. The seed packets are the leftovers after the flowers fell down.
Woow, your macro photography skills never fail to amaze me :) Stunning capture.
Thanks a lot for appreciating the photograph sir 😊
Pískovcové skály vyfocené z obce Mezná v Českém Švýcarsku. Kousek odtud jsou turistické taháky Divoká soutěska a Pravčická brána, toto je jedna z mála fotek z těchto míst, kde v záběru nejsou žádné osoby. Vyfoceno mobilem minulý čtvrtek.
Moc pěkný kousek, díky za něj :)
This week i find myself in the big city of Sydney , Australia i sometimes need to come to the big city to do some business and also to visit my mum and when i am in Sydney for those few days i will go to my local beach called Bondi Beach where i will go for my morning jog and this was this morning on Bondi Beach a famous white sand beach amongst many tourist and great for a surf.
Wow, the Bondi Beach is a true legend :) Strange to see it this empty though... Great shot!
Thank you @phortun it is a real legend this beach the covid-19 is keeping tourist away but it was nice to jog along a less crowded Bondi Beach 😊
Beach at the artificial lake near Katowice. Taken today just after swimming in it.
I didn´t know there are white sand beaches in Katowice :D Interesting.
Hi @phortun thank you for selecting my photo in last weeks challenge today i when for a walk in Chatuchak Park one of the green areas in the city of Bangkok this park offers a range of botanical gardens with bicycle track , walking and jogging track with a huge man made lake in the center of the park with lots of wildlife also to be see in this beautiful park.
Nice one, I love your photos from Bangkok parks :) Thanks for your continuous participation.
Thank you @phortun there are some amazing parks here in Thailand 👍
Here I comes to participate again in the Appreciate Beauty of Nature with @phortun:round 26
I missed last two round because I was at home for all the time so there was no new photos to participate.
Well, this is a weekend picture. Went for boat riding at Bosila, Dhaka and captured those photos when I was in the middle in the river. The combinations of water & sky always awesome.
Thanks🙂
Good to see you here again :) Nice shot.
I have picked your post for my daily hive voting initiative, Keep it up and Hive On!!
Awesome, thank you so much :)
Thank you @phortun and your photo looks just the right combination of nature with the beautiful blue water lake and the lush green mountains in the background just perfect 👍
Thanks man :) And you are welcome ;) Your photos have been a great contribution to the challenge... keep them coming.
Thanks @phortun am looking for the next one for you 😎
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