Appreciate Beauty of Nature with @phortun: round 132

[phortun]

Hi there my Hivean friends and followers!

Welcome to the 132nd 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.

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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:

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During one of my recent hikes around the Prokop Valley that I posted about earlier this week, I stumbled on this beautiful flooded quarry surrounded by massive rocky cliffs. I climbed up to the top of the cliffs to see what the quarry looks like from up there but the view was kind of disappointing as the access to the edge of the cliffs was very difficult and there were also many trees and shrubs in the way. Therefore, I´m using this picture of the quarry taken from the ground level as my contribution to this round :) I took the picture last Sunday here in Prague, Czech Republic.

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In the last round, we had 6 participants. After some thorough consideration, I decided to pick these 3 winners:

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@videoaddiction with this entry from Turkey:

Hi mate. This photo is from the botanic garden of my friend last week. There are a stream and a hill in the rear. Here is actually a business place. Those flowers and trees are used for landscape gardening. Location: Istanbul, Turkey.

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@kobold-djawa with this entry from Germany:

Hello, this is my contribution this week:) Location: The Saar, Saarland, Germany. Photo was taken this afternoon.

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@jamirul with this entry from Bangladesh:

I went to visit a village far away from my city. Then I took this picture from Bangladesh. Photo taken 2 days ago.

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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!

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I post this series in the Amazing Nature community, a great community for all nature lovers. Feel free to check it out ;)

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This post was created by me for the Hive blockchain exclusively. All rights reserved.

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Thank you for visiting my blog. If you like posts about Nature, Animals, Ecology, Crypto, Sport, Traveling, Photography and discovering secrets and beauties of the World, feel free to follow me as these are the topics I mostly write about. Have a wonderful day and keep on hiving, guys! :)

Comments

[deepresearch]

Beech forest in my favorite kind of forests. This one located in Dąbrowa Górnicza, southern Poland was visited by me last Sunday morning after rainy night.

[trinima]

amo los lugares con este tipo de vegetación y vida, tantos sus colores como el clima que se crea dentro de ellos. gracias por compartir.

I love places with this type of vegetation and life, both its colors and the climate that is created within them. thanks for sharing.

[thereikiforest]

Absoulutely BeautyFull 😍👍👍

[phortun]

Hey, good to see you here again after a while :) Beautiful scenery, thank you!

[suzana72]

Appreciate Beauty of Nature with @phortun: round 132

Today this butterfly decided to pose.... A walk by the river, which is full of trees and flowers.... It attracts insects and this little one enjoyed the sun on a yellow flower🥰

Congraulations to the winners 🌸😊

[phortun]

Hey Suzana, good to see you here again :) That´s a lovely close up, thank you. The location is Serbia, right? ;)

[suzana72]

Hi my pleasure @phortun 🤗

Thanks a lot 🌸

Yes, location Serbia,Wihte Church, Nera river.😊

[marc-allaria]

Hello, this is my entry

Balbuzard is my favorite bird at Cap Verde. Able to catch fish after see it from sky and fell on it with an incredible speed. the powerfull of its claws is incredible ! This photo has been shot last week with this bird flying around the mast of my boat.

I hope you will appreciate this bird !

https://ecency.com/hive-127788/@marc-allaria/appreciate-beauty-of-nature-with-phortun-round-132

[phortun]

Hey there, thanks for your entry :) Actually there is no need to create a separate post for it, the comment here is fine. Can you just add where and when you took the picture?

[elemarg25]

Hello, here my entry

Falcón/ Venezuela 🇻🇪

[phortun]

Hey there, thanks for joining the challenge, that´s a beautiful picture. However, it´s not necessary to create a separate post for your entry, the comment here is fine. But please make sure to tell us something about the photo too, at least where and when it was taken. Thanks, I hope to see you again in the next round that will be published tomorrow :)

[trinima]

Hola para todos, yo soy @trinima no tengo mucho tiempo haciendo uso de esta plataforma, sin embargo me ha gustado poder notar la gran variedad de espacios que tiene, hay lugar para todos.

Hace unos minutos conseguí esta iniciativa y decidí dejarles mi aporte.

Esta imagen de mi propiedad fue capturada hace un par de días en una salida de campo que realicé como preparativo para mis estudios de postgrado. Esta es la fragata, Golfo de Cariaco, esatdo Sucre.

Hello everyone, I am @trinima, I have not been using this platform for a long time, however I liked being able to notice the wide variety of spaces it has, there is room for everyone.

A few minutes ago I got this initiative and decided to leave my contribution.

This image of my property was captured a couple of days ago on a field trip I did in preparation for my graduate studies. This is the frigate, Gulf of Cariaco, state of Sucre.

[phortun]

Hey there, welcome to the challenge and thanks for this great entry from Venezuela! :)

[trangbaby]

Congrats to the winners, great shots :)

It has been a while since I joined the last round. I'm back and here's a shot of Newport Lakes in western Melbourne, Australia that I took last weekend on a walk. I haven't walked in nature in a while, so I'm so happy to stroll around the lakes and enjoy the fresh air :) Nature is always the best 🙂

[phortun]

Hey Trang! What a nice surprise to have you here again :) Thanks for this great entry, greetings to Australia!

[jamirul]

I took this photo from the roof of the house yesterday afternoon 😊
From: Bangladesh

[phortun]

Interesting composition, thanks for your entry! :)

[trinima]

que bonito se ve... yo he querido tomar fotos de amaneceres pero mi cámara no captura bien los colores cuando el sol le da de frente. muy bonito gracias por compartir.

how beautiful it looks... I've wanted to take pictures of sunrises but my camera doesn't capture the colors well when the sun hits it straight on. very nice thanks for sharing.

[tommyl33]

Its has been a while i havent upload my entry from Borneo , Malaysia for beauty of nature with @phortun . This is my entry for this round , nature walk with the dog

[phortun]

Hey Tommy! What a nice surprise :) Cool shot! When did you take it?

[tommyl33]

On Wednesday morning this week 😂😂😂, there was link post with that submission.

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[ninahaskin]

@tipu curate

[tipu]

Upvoted 👌 (Mana: 45/55) Liquid rewards.

[ninahaskin]

📣 Congratulations!📣
@videoaddiction
@kobold-djawa
@jamirul
🤸‍♀️🤸‍♂️ 🎊🤸‍♀️🤸‍♂️

Good luck to everyone in Round #132
Thanks for the contest! @phortun

Upvoted and curated
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[videoaddiction]

Thank you!

[phortun]

Thank you very much for your support Nina! Much appreciated :)

[videoaddiction]

Thank for choosing my photo man!

[phortun]

My pleasure! That was a great shot :)

[cvrle]

Congrats everyone 🥳

[phortun]

Thanks for stopping by :) Feel free to join the new round.

[thereikiforest]

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 ;)

Love this 👍😍👍

Congratulations winners 🎉

[phortun]

Thanks :) I hope to see an entry from you as well :)

[thereikiforest]

✔👍☺👍✔

[ggenos]

I need to check your content more often, I'm amazed by the photos in the post and comment section :)

[phortun]

Thank you! You are also welcome to join the challenge with your own entry of course ;)