Hi there my Hivean friends and followers!
Welcome to the 114th 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 was back to my Czech homeland for the Easter holiday and one of the things that I got to do there was spending some nice relaxing time in the picturesque Silesian countryside when visiting my mum. I took the landscape shot above while walking her doggie. I´m not sure if you can see it in the photo but far away in the background, there were the snow-covered peaks of the Jeseniky Mountains, the second highest mountain range of the Czech Republic. I took the picture in a rural part of the Moravian-Silesian Region of the country just a couple of days ago. It was a beautiful, yet quite chilly day and I had a lot of fun with her crazy doggie :)
In the last round, we had 8 participants. After some thorough consideration, I decided to pick these 3 winners:
@reidenling90 with this entry from Thailand:
Hi there my friend. Here's my entry for Appreciate Beauty of Nature with @phortun. A short brief about this park which just open months ago. A newly build project founded by the gov and designed by private sector. Located at center of Bangkok, Thailand. Can be reached by bts or mrt. Image is fresh like bread from the oven just capture this evening and share it here now. Shot was taken with the sun setting down. This park will be mark for another park for exercise lover to jog and cycling around as well. So what's your take? High rise or low tide?
@gabrielatravels with this entry from Romania:
It's been a while since I joined your contest so here we go 😊 This is a picture that I took 2 days ago while going on a walk in my city Sibiu, Romania. Even if spring is not my favourite season, I still love to see nature awaking and blooming again.
@loulou1987 with this entry from Nepal:
Hi @phortun. Finally, I can contribute with some photo again 😉 Taken today in the Royal Palace gardens in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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.
I took this shot two days ago at Llandudno Beach here in Cape Town. Sometimes I really wonder how these huge stones got here.
That´s a big one! Very interesting scenery, thanks :)
Here's another entry from me.
It's becoming spring here in the Netherlands, so there are more and more flowers and therefore insects. The first butterflies are showing up.
On my walk near the campsite I spotted this Peacock butterfly on some dead wood.
Lovely close up, this species is common in my country too :) Thanks for this great entry. When did you take the photo?
Thanks. This one was from last weekend.
Hello @phortun I am glad I stumbled on this post. These are truly inspiring and beautiful. Yesterday, I went to my daughter's school to pick up her report card and on my way there, I luckily had the opportunity to take this photo while the vehicle was running. This is a flame tree and mostly grow in tropical countries like the Philippines. For some reason, it took my breath away. Pure bliss. Its orange hues reminded me that no matter what happens, we all have the chance to grow, learn, a chance to be kind, a chance to smile and a chance to be inspired. Try and give a few others blissful moments today, too. Sending some smiles from afar.
(La Union, Philippines)
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Hey there, welcome to the challenge! :) Very nice picture, thank you very much. It´s been a while since we had an entry from the Philippines here :)
Thank you so much, @phortun :) Glad you liked it :)
As we talked in your previous post, I took a photo of my backyard. It is a sour cherry tree, but not a full blossom. However, I wanted to take a photo before they have fallen on ground.
Location: Istanbul
That´s a lot of blossom here, wow :) And interesting "tall" format of your photo :D Thanks.
Hello,my dear friend, @phortun!
I don’t work today, so we went today afternoon to our favorite place with the dogs.
I photographed this from the top of the hill, from a nice angle.
Blooming tree and the reservoir in the background.
Real, beautiful spring photo!
I wish you a beautiful day from Hungary!
Beautiful place, thank you for sharing it with us Juditka! :)
Wow, I love this series, it is indeed amazing nature :)
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Tank you Sandy! Yeah, this series got quite popular over the 2 years that I have been hosting it :) I have got to see many beautiful places around the world through the entries of the participants. Thanks for your support! Cheers to Switzerland!
The picture was taken from the window of my room 2 days ago. I was just waking up when I had this view and I said it's impossible not to take a picture of it 😃
Sibiu, Romania, 23th April
That´s a very cool window view hehe, thanks for sharing it with us! :)
This is my entry ! https://ecency.com/hive-127788/@marc-allaria/appreciate-beauty-of-nature-with-phortun-round-114-my-entry
Hey buddy, good to see you here :) This is a fantastic capture, I love the mangroves, incredible plants. Btw there is no need to make a separate post as an entry, you can just upload the picture here in the comments and add some basic information about the entry, at least where (location) and when (to make sure it´s not older than 7 days) you took the photo. Would be great if you could edit it here, thanks :)
Ah ok i did not understand this point. So you can not register this photo on the contest. It's more than 7 days. I will post another one
There are just 3 simple rules, it´s all in the post above :) But no worries, you can submit another entry. I will be looking forward to it. Cheers!
Very beautiful!!!!!
Thanks :) Feel free to come up with your own entry.
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Each photo looks special in its own way!
Thank you :) I hope you will be able to go out and enjoy the natural beauty of your amazing country soon again and share it with us in this challenge ;) Greetings from Poland to Ukraine.
thanks a lot)
My parents are in Poland
Maybe someday I will still go to visit them and look at beautiful Poland in real life)
Greetings from my parents from Wroclaw)
And I invite you to Ukraine, of course, after the end of the war and after the restoration of the country.
We hope and believe that soon everything will end and we will again be able to live in peace, in freedom as before.
Thank you!
Thank you for your invitation, I will visit your country one day for sure. Quite a lot of my friends have already been there and they loved it. Btw why didn´t you go to Poland with your parents? You stayed alone in your Ukrainian home?
So amazing moments and you took the pictures at the perfect time.
I appreciate it.
Thank you but just the first one is mine, the other 3 are the winners from the last round ;)
Some great photos, I love your one with the clouds.
Thank you very much and feel free to come up with your own entry :)
Red dead redemptions 2 in real life. Stunning view dude. Great click!
I had to google out what that is but I like it, thanks :D
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