Hi there my Hivean friends and followers!
Welcome to the 122nd 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:
As I mentioned in my yesterday post dedicated to the Church of Our Lady Victorious, we visited the Hvezda Game Reserve here in Prague, Czech Republic last weekend. A former royal game reserve, the place is now a protected natural monument and also a very popular spot for jogging, hiking, cycling or even skiing (in winter of course) and some other outdoor activities. One of the greenest places in the city, the reserve is large enough for the visitors to spread out so it never feels crowded over there, which is something I really appreciate. I took the picture above just in front of the summer palace that is located in the center of the game reserve.
In the last round, we had 10 participants. After some thorough consideration, I decided to pick these 3 winners:
@suzana72 with this entry from Serbia:
Good evening. One Sunday walk on Deliblato Sands (Banat, Serbia). Sand and wild tobacco blossomed, which attracted various insects with its intoxicating scent. Walking on the sand between the pine forests and blooming wild tobacco. A walk that fills with energy, brings closer to nature and that's where I realize how much I love her. Have a nice evening.
@joalvarez with this entry from Canada:
I love your image of the wild flowers. I love fields of wild flowers. So beautiful. Here is my shot of my walk 4 days ago where I and my son found this gorgeous green trail while going for a walk around our neighborhood in Vancouver, Canada. These stairs really stood out to me and I thought they looked so cool in the midst of all this gorgeous green nature.
@tommyl33 with this entry from Malaysia:
This is my entry for this round from my place in Sabah, Malaysia. Photo taken this sunset during my cousin´s wedding reception near the Langkah Syabas Beach.
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.
First of all, I would like to thank you for such a competition. Thanks to you, we had the chance to discover new places shot instantly. I hope we come across many great photos. 🙂 I also want to contribute to this round; Yesterday, I had a lake cruise with my friends and I had taken pictures. I want to share one of them with you;
Location:
( 36.575200 lat 32.757113 long )
TÜRKİYE/KARAMAN/ERMENEK/ARDIÇKAYA
Thanks for accepting my invitation, welcome to the challenge my friend :) Wow, thank you for sharing this precious picture with us, it´s a really amazing place created by Mother Nature herself. Can you just add the location please? I know it´s from Turkey but if you want, you can be more specific :)
I made the necessary edits and added the location :) Thank you for your warning 🙂
Awesome, thanks :)
You're welcome 😊
I like the overall blue hue here. Perfect day for a cruise :) Nice one!
Yes it was a great day for the boat tour. Sometimes tours are organized. 🙂
That's nice. I'm sure it was a lot of fun :)
Absolutely 🙂
Hello and what a good challenge, I like that concept!
It might be a bit unfair but luckily I was hiking last week in the mountains of northern Tehran but it counts ;)
It was amazing to hike to 2600m with a whole view on Tehran and see the city lights wake as the sun sets. That's not visible here in this picture, it will be a dedicated post probably so if you wanna see that, you might soon.
Good day to everyone, go out into nature!
Cheers,
Hey there, welcome to the challenge! I think this is the first time we have an entry from Iran here, wow, thank you! :)
Yeah the nature's quite versatile here overall, lots of things to see! I'll be posting about the north more and soon I'll head down to the deserts, that should be incredible!
It's always a pleasure to follow this great initiative. Lot's of cool nature photo's again. !LUV
As a lot of flowers and plants are in bloom, there are a lot of bees in my backyard too. I took this one yesterday. (The Netherlands).
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Always a pleasure to have you stopping by with your lovely natural close ups, thanks! :)
You're welcome!
Hello there!
Glad to join another round of this awesome challenge initiated by @phortun!
Photo taken earlier while I was doing my morning walk. The brightest light stepping in telling the street lights to rest for awhile.
📍Imus City, Philippines
Beautiful scenery, thanks for sharing it with us :)
Greenest place in your city? Take me there :D I like how you said it's not that crowded. Unlike the park where I took this photo earlier today when I went out for a morning walk, I have to constantly avoid people. That's how crowded it was. It was not just the locals and regular exercisers but the tourists who are already there that early.
Anyway, I went to the rose garden to photograph more flowers that I plan to use for future posting. However, there were only few roses at that time. Amazingly, I saw these rose leaves like they are calling me to photograph them. They are like flowers on their own. I like that the weeds that have grown around it which make the different colors of the leaves stand out even more.
Hey, welcome to the challenge! :) That´s an amazing close up. Always better to go for close up shots in crowded places than landscape pictures with random people in them :D Can you just add the location please? Doesn´t have to be too specific, just the name of the country will do ;)
Oh, this was taken in one of the parks here in Baguio City, Philippines called Burnham Park.
Thanks for the welcome! :) Cheers!
This one has just a couple days, taken in Doñana national park. Way less water than I was expecting, but still beautiful. Missed the lynx again, so I'll always have an excuse to go back! !LUV
Hey there my friend, good to see you here again :) Very interesting capture, Thanks. I just check for the location and it seems that this beautiful national park can be found in Southern Spain. The lynx must be an elusive animal, it lives in the mountains of my country as well but I haven´t seen it yet either :)
We would be incredibly lucky if we were to see them; I haven't lost my hope! :) Maybe one day! Besides, not seeing them is a great excuse to keep coming back! Cheers! !BEER
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I hope you have luck next time :D Lovely shot!
Thank you! Will keep coming back until I do! 😀 !LUV
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Hey there @phortun
I’ll join you this week with a photo of my neighbor @vichka.angelova that I took today.
Bulgaria , village of Resen 16 June 2022
I’m trying to show her that even grandmas can post on Hive as they post on Facebook…
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Thank you Iliyan! Your onboarding effort is just incredible. So inspiring :) Great job!
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Namaste 🙏
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Hello @phortun, good day!
Here's my entry for this Appreciate Beauty of Nature #122
Taken a photo of this greenery place where mahogany trees grows when we had our short walk with my little cuties earlier. This is one of the beautiful spot that our community has.
This greenery surrounding is one of the reason why I love this place. Its peaceful and the air is so fresh.
📷 Taken at 📍Marawi City, Lanao del Sur, Philippines
Love it! I would like to be photographed in the middle of that lol!
Come and take a picture of yourself here Lee.😊
On my way lol!
Thank you for sharing this little secret spot of yours with us in this challenge, I love the lush greenery of this place :)
You're welcome and thank you for the opportunity for letting us share the beauty of our place here.
I do not knowingly meet one of the conditions of the competition. I didn't go out. I took the phone and took a photo of the meter from the computer in the room. I'm not competing. I wanted to show that a piece of nature can come to our apartment.
Díky za (ne)soutěžní příspěvek.
Congratulations to winner to this round , @suzana72 and @joalvarez .
Thanks for highlight my entry for this round . I really enjoying @phortun photo challenge , i feel its not just uploading the picture for this challenge , but also another way to appreciate the present . In same time , i also see the world through this challenge where every entry is come from different place in the world. :).
Aww, thank you for this kind feedback man, it really makes me happy to hear something like this as that was exactly why I launched this photography series ;)
Thanks for hosting . !LUV !PIZZA
Thank you very much @tommyl33 🤗
The photo from Canada makes me thoughtful, and the photo from Malaysia makes me joyful :)
Congrats to the winners!
Your comments make me joyful too haha, thanks my friend :)
good morning @phortun !
Undoubtedly nature is so beautiful and wise that we should observe and learn from it.
There is a wonderful world to discover waiting for us out there !
I will surely post my participation in these days.
Big hug!
Hey there, thanks for stopping by my challenge and leaving this nice comment here! I will be looking forward to seeing your entry :)
Beautiful stuff :)
Thanks :)
Congratulations to the winners 🥳🎉
Up to the next week 😁👋🏻
Have a great day all!
Thanks for stopping by :) I will be looking forward to your entry. Have a lovely weekend!
You are welcome @phortun 👋🏻😁
Thank you kindly! You too, enjoy your weekend ☀️😎
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Thank you very much for choosen my work @phortun 🥰🦋
My pleasure Suzana! :)
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