Hi there my Hivean friends and followers!
Welcome to the 119th 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:
It´s been a while since I posted a picture of our crazy doggie Barney so here is one :) Although not a puppy anymore, he is still extremely restless and energetic so taking a still picture of him is no easy task :D This is the best one I got while trying to take a picture of him with the beautiful Silesian landscape in the background. We were on a walk just outside of my mum´ s countryside house in the Kruzberk region, Czech Republic. It was a beautiful sunny day and we had a lot of fun together. Photo taken a couple of days ago.
In the last round, we had 4 participants. After some thorough consideration, I decided to pick these 3 winners:
@littlebee4 with this entry from Spain:
My entry… Hi @phortun, hope you are enjoying the weekend. We just returned from a walk today along the seafront in sunny southern Spain. These beautiful flowers just stood out and I had to photograph them. Bougainvillea. One of the plants here in Spain that does keep bright flowers all winter long, but now with the summer temperatures arriving, they look even brighter, don’t you think? Wanted to share these with you today.
@onlavu with this entry from the Czech Republic:
Hi there! Here's a humble contribution from my last weekend's 30 km long hike. This solitaire tree grows on grasslands near a little vilage called Heřmanovice in the Czech Republic.
@neywwal06 with this entry from Nigeria:
Good day @phortun, this is my entry for this round. Universities are on holidays here so I visited one here in Kwara, Nigeria, 2 days ago. It was a nice sunny afternoon.
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.
Congratulation as to the winners of last week!
!BEER
And this is my entry for this week; a Four-spotted Chaser.
I spotted this four-spotted chaser at the edge of the woods near our campsite in the middle of the we Netherlands.
Looking forward to all other submissions again!
Wow! Another impressive insect close up, seems that this round will be an insect round :D Thank you very much. How old is this picture btw?
Thanks. About an hour 😀
As fresh as it gets :) Awesome, thanks.
It's a bank holiday. Time to gou out for a walk in nature.
I have many more which I will put in a blog post in a few days 😊
Thank you @friendlymoose 😁
Great capture and stunning details.
Great photos here from last week... Well done to those who featutred..
This is my entry for this week... I love all of natire... Even the Stink bugs!
https://hive.blog/hive-127788/@ablaze/a-camouflaged-critter-my-son-loved-but-farmers-will-hate
Location: My back Garden, Connemara, Galway, Ireland
Date: 15/05/22
Awesome shot. Can you just add the date and location here in the comment please? ;)
Added those now, thanks a mil
Thank you, great entry 😎
Thanks a mil
You are welcome 😁
Cool pattern!
Ya, pretty unique, I've never seen the likes before, but I think these guys are recent arrivals to Ireland
We had a stroll in the forest yesterday and we had catched 3 bugs having a threesome :-D. Sorry for the indecent pictures. I hope it doesn't go against the rules here 😆.
But unfortunately I don't have better pictures in my phone now.
Location: Southwest Germany :).
Hahaha love is in the air! :D Cool shot, thank you :) Can you just add the location please?
I just added the location :).
The picture was a bit blur, because my daughter got too excited and always pull my dress. I couldn't make a better shot until the couples got alerted and flown away hahahahaha.
We had apparently ruined their mood 🤣.
My entry this time:
We didn’t go into the mountains for a walk this weekend, but visited a cute little port about 50 minutes away. Wandered around there and had some fish for lunch.
Our view on the walk around shows you the entrance to the port. There came just a few little dinky sailing boats out of the side going to sea. I caught here the first one…
The wind was quite heavy this day and it was overcast. But still the temperature was 28 degrees Celsius.
The water looked also dark and gave the overcast visual an even darker mood 😁 it can’t always be bright blue skies and sunny here 😎☀️💃🏻
Enjoy your Monday @phortun 👋🏻
Hey there Little Bee, thanks for another beautiful entry. Just to be sure though, the location is Spain, right? ;)
Hi @phortun 👋🏻 Thank you so much 😊
Yep, Oeps sorry forgot to add… it’s southern Spain of course. Benalmadena port.
Appreciate Beauty of Nature with @phortun : round 119
Today I took a photo of a wild poppy, my favorite flower that grows in amazing places. And I found it on an old gypsy .... sometimes I run away there to be alone .... I live in the countryside (Uljma, Vojvodina, Serbia) there is a lot of greenery but for me this is a special place ...
Beautiful scenery, thanks for sharing your secret place with us ;)
Thanks a lot @phortun 🤗
My pleasure 💮
Here's my entry!
Hey there, welcome to the challenge! :) This must be the first time we have an entry from Hawaii here, wow, thank you for that. However, please remember to add the info about the picture here in the comment too next time, there is actually no need to create a separate post to participate in this challenge, just a comment with the picture and some basic write up is perfectly fine ;)
Thank you for the warm welcome! I'm grateful to be a part of it!
Ugh! I missed that! I apologize, and will correct for the future!
Ahoj Peťo,
přidávám svou fotku z mého oblíbeného běhacího místa kolem Ostravice. Ke krásně rozkvetlé louce jsem stihla chytit ještě západ slunce nad Vítkovicema. Foceno v pátek :)
Jéé, díky, že sis na mou soutěž zase vzpomněla :) Zajímavá kompozice, ta záře nad Vítkama vypadá zajímavě a vzhledem k místní historii i poměrně autenticky :D
Já na ni myslím pokaždé, když se mi něco povede vyfotit, ale pak to tady nahrát, to už je oříšek :D
I'm using the pictures of pigeons (flying pigeons actually😏) as my entry for this contest. While I was out a day before yesterday, I was walking past a very quiet neighborhood and I saw these beautiful pigeons and I tried taking photos of them but sadly I was kind of scared and they were also 😂, so they fled when they saw me coming close.
This is my entry and I hope it counts.
This image was taken on the 26th of May while exploring a new place 😊😊.
Location :Warri city, Delta State Nigeria 😁.
Thank you for stopping by 💕💕.
Haha a lot of action and movement in this picture but yeah, it counts for sure ;) Thank you for joining the chalenge!
Yeah the movement was uncontrollable, hahaha 😂😂. I'm glad my entry counts. It's a pleasure joining the challenge.
Český venkov jak z reklamy na Kaufland!! :D
Moc to Barnečkovi sluší!!😍🐾
Sluší, ale fotit se nechtěl :D
I !LUV this idea. I'll see if I remember to add an entry tomorrow once the sun rises and warms up the earth again. For now I'll stay hiding inside, in the warm, and enjoy other people's entries 😁
Awesome, I will be looking forward to checking out your entry then :)
I'm back!!! I caught a flu/head cold/something yuck 🤧 and have been hiding inside in the warmth. But managed to wake up a little earlier today and enjoyed seeing the early morning sun 🌅 peaking out between the leaves of the trees out my window. Yes, still only going outside when it's the warmest part of the day to get some direct sunlight on my face (and did take this photo out a window) but still, I'm happy to participate this way for at least I'm actively looking for beauty in the world, hey?
Thanks for the photo contest @phortun, it's such a lovely idea.
29 May 2022. My front yard, south side of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Hey there, thanks for your entry, very creative :) Been a while since we had an entry from Australia here ;) Have a nice day and get well soon! Greetings from the Czech Republic where summer is just around the corner :D
Hmmm, may the summer be lovely and full of delightful sunshine :)
Thanks for the kind words. I shall endeavour to enter
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Awesome, thank you :)
😄🎉💚
The images here are so beautiful 🥰.
Glad you like them! Feel free to come up with your own entry :)
I sure will 💙
Nice pictures
Thanks for checking them out!
The photographs look quite fresh and crisp, have a lot of personality and catch the eye. I'm sure Barney is a very friendly, lovable dog who enjoys going outdoors!
Hey, thanks for your kind comment :) You are right about Barney, he loves the walks and when he doesn´t get one every day, he will simply force you to take him on one :D
Congrats to the winners. I like tha third photo, reminding me of loneliness :)
Yeah, I actually like empty streets. Definitely more than crowded streets :D
Thanks a lot 😁
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Let’s see what we find in our hike Saturday 😁😎👋🏻☀️ Have a great day further all!
Congrats to the other winners: @onlavu and @neywwal06 🎉🥳
My pleasure, your flower shot was amazing ;) Already looking forward to what you will come up with in the new round. Have a lovely day!
Thank you kindly @phortun we will find out this weekend 😁😎👋🏻
So far so good, enjoy yours too!
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Thank you so much for your support Denise!
My pleasure! I will be back later with a picture!
Awesome! So see you later :)
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Wow!!! Beautiful views
Glad you like the winning selection :)
Podle tvého odkazu, do mateřského článku ATW, jsem myslel, že jsi nasadil hafanovi přilbu s kamerou :-).
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To bych mu neudělal ;) On by si to ani nenechal :D
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vy máte také pěkné psisko?😯👌 jinak fajná momentka, a díky za vyhlášení 😉
My ne, máma ;) Už jsem o něm párkrát psal...
ale to já vím že ty doginu nemáš, ale tak máma = vy, ni? taky nemám psa, ale máma má ☺️