HOTSHOTS ~ 2/16/23

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~ Photography Lovers Community Curation ~

Hello Photography Lovers! Welcome to another curation report featuring the community HotShots! where we have compiled some of your amazing photos to show off to the world! With Valentine's Day behind us, let us see what there is to see!

Please take some time to review the entire post and go check out the rest of the images of features you like. Since we only share one featured image of many from your amazing posts, some of the best images are within the rest of the posts and we don't want you to miss the beauty!

Plus, you never know when your time to get featured may come and we are sure you would enjoy the same level of community support! So, make sure to support your fellow photographers because without you all, this community would not be possible.

Now, after curating diligently and sifting through the community's posts, here are the curation selections to share with you all. Keep up the great work for your chance to be in the next round of curation!

Today's HotShots

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@fotostef	A small, agreeable incident

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@cryptopsycho21	Lantern festival in FuGang, Taiwan

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@themountainsheep	"From School Sweethearts to Forever Soulmates: The Story of HeMan and Preet"

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@ancolie	Parcelles de nature \ Pieces of nature

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@debri	underground photography

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@greddyforce	I Captured a Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)

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@devosdevosi	PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC EXPOSED / DOUBLE EXPOSURE

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@matthewbox	Kriváň on the horizon [ENG/PL]

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@acesontop	A Glimpse of March

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@victorbz	Inside every tree there is another prettier tree - the power of a single image (not a series of photographs).

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@soufianechakrouf	Outdoor photography session

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@daveks	Through the Canyon

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@kodeblaccc	Bald, Beautiful, and Brave: The story behind a unique bridal photoshoot

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@abelfotografia	Alita --- Eng/Esp

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@mestanophoto	LONELY CAREFULNESS ON THE SHORES OF THE BLACK SEA / PHOTO STORY

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@androliuben	Miraclass Boutique Hotel

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@pinkchic	Sensing The Delightful View Of Cappadocia

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@vm2904	Seductive Silhouettes - unconventional photography 😀

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@vincentmfotos	Time to church 2023-02-12

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@alexey1976	Photo shoot for the baby

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@rossfletcher	Winter playground ~ Seal Beach California

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@dodovietnam	Learn about the life of Xo Dang ethnic minority through pictures

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@hetty-rowan	I feel like I'm going crazy!

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@tattoodjay	Mono Monday some recent shots

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@aceh.potrait	Macro Photography - Mushrooms in the Rainy Season

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@terrywayne	An Afternoon With Swans

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@benk07	Aceh Tour Princess Happiness Photoshoot

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@silviamaria	Mina Magazine #9 / Interview w/ Georgia Ponirakou

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@fotofun	Insects, flowers, plants

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@fotonorway8	Trip number 95 Ula 2

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@erikah	The Tragedy of Man (Hungarian: Az ember tragédiája)

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@rubencress	Glen Moray, sophisticated bottle photography

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@hienco	Back on the streets of my city with a model!

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@alokeen	Brighter than the sun

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@chanych85	Snow minimalism

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@victorbz	What is LOVE - the power of a single image (not a series of photographs)

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@nicklewis	Urban Fabric: A new project and London lunchtime photos

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@daveks	Mountain Above, River Below

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@galenkp	Skyfire and occasional gunfire

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@aleister	Through the Airport / Black and White Photography

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@kodeblaccc	Red Hot and Reddy to Party; My valentine's day theme photoshoot wit Bethany

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@karbon	Lake Louise Ski Resort

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@menati	Iceberg Photography - My Photography

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@janetedita	❤️ Love in photographs [en-es] ❤️

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@saraheasy	House Sparrow Photography

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@soufianechakrouf	Fashion photography (Vogue cover)

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@matthewbox	Sunset on Kasprowy Wierch [ENG/PL]

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@jlphotographyart	Doing a cool and casual session with Hades

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@tommyl33	Portrait photoshoot of Lula for CNY celebration

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@androliuben	Too Young, Too Much in Love

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@ybanezkim26	Mt. Pulag Is Indeed the Playground of the Gods

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@erikah	Different Styles, Different Times

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@dyptre	My 29th Cycle

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@pavelsku	Photography of photographers

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@patrycjabart	Sunrise & Moonset

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@tawadak24	Studio Portraiture Valentine's Edition - Daphne 10 Photos

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@worldcapture	Hike to the three linden trees - Germany

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@terrywayne	Tiffany Falls

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@phortun	Seascape Photography: seaweed farming on Zanzibar

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@greddyforce	Exploring Ponta Do Sol and a Waterfall On the Road

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@oscarps	PhotoEdits @oscarps - A model of 10

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@wittyzell	5 Years In Japan Today!

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@malgarise	The beauty of Analog Photography. - A beleza da Fotografia Analógica.

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@thomashnblum	Hard day, but with easy day pictures // Dia difícil, mas com fotos de dias fáceis

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@trouvaille	Let our sun rise! ☀️🤍🐺🇹🇷

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@fotonorway8	Trip number 96 Farris

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@derangedvisions	These girls stole my heart

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@dytagio	STRAWBERRY (FRAGARIA)

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@ysmael20	Listo para volar/ Ready to fly

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@littlebee4	☃️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ”Walk around the house the day after our move in” ~ Highlands of SCOTLAND 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ~ Wednesday Walk ☃️

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@benk07	Romantic Couple Photoshoot

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@alongthetrail	Spring bird migrations

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@bossel	Sea-Mountain-Sea View / Meer-Berg-Meer-Blick #143

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@barnabo73	Magic wood in Crevacol

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@alokeen	long story

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@jlphotographyart	Creating an artwork with one of my photographs

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@victorbz	Save Democracy in Israel - series of photographs taken near the Knesset in Jerusalem two days ago.

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@daveks	Upper Sunwapta Falls

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@devosdevosi	HOTEL LATE NIGHT SHOOTS / DOUBLE EXPOSED

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The image featured for our curation thumbnail will be given a 5% beneficiary of this Community HotShot Post!

Today's Featured HotShot

Photographer	Post Link
@fermentedphil	"An Ode to the Girl Who I Could Never Write" (Part Eleven): Why Not Sunflowers? A Poem and Photographs

Thank you for taking the time to stop by and honor the selections today. Keep up the great work creating your content and thanks for sharing it here with us in the Photography Lovers Community!

Don't forget to go by and support your fellow photographers by checking out their posts and leaving some meaningful and engaging comments. Engaging in the community is what helps build and grow it. We are all here to support each other!

~ How to Get Curated and Be Featured Here ~

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~ Community Rules ~

• ALL PHOTOGRAPHY MUST BE YOUR OWN ORIGINAL CONTENT
• IF YOU ARE NOT THE PHOTOGRAPHER YOU MUST BE THE MODEL
• NO STOCK IMAGES UNLESS YOU ARE THE CONTENT CREATOR
• NO PLAGIARISM WILL BE TOLERATED
• ALL TEXT MUST ALSO BE YOUR OWN ORIGINAL CONTENT
  or otherwise sourced and cited!
• ALL NON-PHOTOGRAPHY POSTS WILL BE MUTED

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• ANY AND ALL USE OF AI
  IN YOUR IMAGES OR TEXTS MUST BE DISCLOSED
  WITHIN THE CONTENT OF YOUR POST

• ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ONLY POSTS
  WILL BE MUTED

ACTIVE STEEMIT & BLURT USERS WILL BE MUTED IN THIS COMMUNITY IN THE COMING MONTHS

PLEASE READ THIS POST FOR THE UPDATE DETAILS & CHECK THE COMMENT SECTION TOO

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~ Curation Guidelines ~

• SHARE 2 or MORE IMAGES IN YOUR POST
• YOUR POST MUST HAVE AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION INCLUDED
• MAKE SURE TO ANSWER YOUR COMMENTS & ENGAGE YOUR FOLLOWERS
• GIVE IT YOUR BEST SHOT!

We will not be curating single-image posts, especially with little to no description. This community is focused on high-quality content which includes what surrounds the images you share here.

We do not curate cross-posts

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_{Thanks For Stopping By To Appreciate The Beauty!}

Comments

[littlebee4]

Thank you so much for the feature @castleberry 👋🏻😊 much appreciated.

Congrats to the other selected photographers 🎉 some awesome shots! Beautiful.
Have a wonderful week further ☀️🐝

[castleberry]

Your whole post was pretty amazing!

[littlebee4]

Thanks a lot 😎😊 that’s great to hear.
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[tawadak24]

An amazing compilation with a lot of portrait list :DD Thank you so much @castleberry for this compilation. Love it . And thank you for including my post here too 😁 !GIF Awesome!

[castleberry]

I knew we would probably have a portrait heavy comp since it was Valentine's.... i would expect that many haven't edited their shots yet and there may be more to come. Hahahhaa Cheers bro!

[tawadak24]

Yes, I would like that :D 🍻🍻 Cheers bro!

[hivegifbot]

Via Tenor

[galenkp]

It's great to be mentioned together with all of these other great photos. Thank you kindly.

[castleberry]

I wanted to use that second photo that looked like the Shire... but thought the one first one was a bit more dramatic and in line with your writing. I hope everyone goes to read and see the rest of your post!
First, but not most likely not the last time to be here.

[galenkp]

I'd love to live int he Shire, but at almost 6 foot tall I think I'd bump my head a lot.

I've got another photo post inbound...I kind of had fun with the first. Thanks for encouraging me to get involved.

[castleberry]

As much as you and 'the name will shall not mention'encourage others... it's my pleasure to return the favor! And yes, G-Dawg might need to create a ManCave Hobbit Home to fit into the Shire! hahahhaha Looking forward to seeing your shot's bro. I always enjoy your weapons and ammo photography.

[galenkp]

I have some macro things planned. I'd the photos come out ok then it'll be on like donkey kong. I hope you have a good weekend..I'm spending mine looking at properties in the Shire. 😁

[castleberry]

OH SWEET! Macro is actually one of my favorite kind of styles and probably the one i shoot most, when i shoot. Have fun Hobbit-Hole-Hunting... and i already know you are going to have a badass weekend!

[fotostef]

Thanks a lot for the feature! Amazing collection once again :)

[castleberry]

You've been a regular contributor to the Amazingness of the collections and this community for a long time! Thank you Stef!

[victorbz]

OMG 3 of my images in one post ! 💚💚💚

[castleberry]

I almost used one of yours for the featured HotShot thumbnail but thought since you had two others in here it might be unfair. Hahahha That's when you know you are doing a great job right there my friend! Cheers!

[victorbz]

huge thank you !!

[androliuben]

Wow! Two times in the same report again. Can't be any more amazed and grateful for being here, surrounded by so many beautiful works of excellent artists

[castleberry]

You fought hard to stick with it and not give up! You have always had quality content and i am happy that you are here sharing your amazing work in this community! It's been a pleasure supporting you since you joined Hive! Cheers

[ybanezkim26]

Wow! Thank you so much for the feature! I'm honored to be part of this amazing collection.

[castleberry]

Thanks for sharing your trip with us! Glad to include you browski. Thanks for all the work you do.

[erikah]

Awww, how nice to see two cool artworks selected. Those I would definitely hang on my wall (if I could pay for them 😂). Thanks my friend!

[castleberry]

That second artwork featured was incredible. I think i am familiar with that artist if it's the one i'm thinking of. If so, then that was probably an incredibly valuable piece. It looked like a limited lithograph, or acid etched reproduction hand signed and numbered. Both posts had some amazing content!

[erikah]

Thank you, I'm glad I was able to capture something you like.
I was able to track the artist down. Here is a website with his works, a sh*tty website, but the artworks are amazing. Seems like he had some of his artworks exhibited in new York in 1975.

In his works, he created clear symbols and metaphors for the themes of man's alienation, his lonely resistance to power and arbitrariness. He made ink drawings, linoleum engravings, lithographs, worked with etching and related techniques. The fact that during the years of the dictatorship most of his works were judged and banned from the exhibition halls contributed to his self-absorbed lifestyle and his early death. translation source

You can find 4 artworks of his, here, just need to click the arrow on the right and turn the page. He was a talented artist for sure. Too bad he was not appreciated.

[castleberry]

Ahhh, he's not the one i was thinking of but this guy is incredible. I think i was correct on the technique of what you saw in the ones on display. I was thinking of someone from hundreds of years before. Very impressed and glad to have found a new artist to check into. I like the description of the themes behind his inspiration and works. If only he knew how it felt to be a man in the world in this day and age he probably wouldn't have even lasted that long. So sad. Definitely coming back to this man. Thanks

[erikah]

I was thinking of someone from hundreds of years before.

Can you tell me what that artist you were thinking is? I'd like to check it out.

[castleberry]

I just looked and i can't find the artist i had in mind. I thought he was a contemporary with Albrecht Dürer and Matthias Grünewald... two who are old masters in that style.

[erikah]

That's ok, thanks for taking the time and for the additional info.

[alokeen]

thank you, every time you comment - it's incredibly nice to see your work among such talented people

[castleberry]

You've been posting some amazing photography! Keep up the great work.

[nicklewis]

Many thanks for featuring my photo of Leadenhall market in London. Great to see it amongst such a superb collection of hotshots. Brilliant work. Love it.

[castleberry]

It was difficult to select which image to feature! Keep up the awesome photography.

[nicklewis]

That was my favourite from the post, so good choice.

[karbon]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate the support!

[castleberry]

We all need some support! Keep doing a great job and i'm sure we will see you here some more!

[worldcapture]

Thanks for the mention! :))

[castleberry]

Thanks for capturing the world and sharing it with us a photo at a time!

[trouvaille]

I am happy to be among these beautiful people 😊🤍

[castleberry]

Happy to show off your beautiful HotShot!

[fermentedphil]

In all my busyness I totally missed that my post made it as a featuring photograph! Thank you so much @castleberry I really appreciate it. It pays to pay attention. Hopefully, things will slow down a bit! Thanks again, I really appreciate all the hard work.

[devosdevosi]

Thank you for the mention in the hot shots once again some great images as always ......

[castleberry]

[devosdevosi]

[dytagio]

Thanks a lot 🤗

I was really happy to see my name here 🥰

[castleberry]

I was really happy to include you in this mix! You had some excellent shots in there!

[barnabo73]

Thank you!

[castleberry]

You always have incredible shots!

[pinkchic]

This made my day. I felt humbled and honored to be mentioned and featured in this amazing community of excellent photographers. Thank you so much and congratulations to the selected photographers with all the mesmerizing shots. Have a great day everyone and stay safe always.

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[hanen]

Lovely photos! Everyone of them is special. Keep up the good work!

[jesusgabriel2797]

Spectacular photographs, congratulations to all the publishers!!

[benk07]

Thanks for this stage my friend, @badge-696969 and @castleberry
is it true that i have seen two sequences of my posts in series of all this great work,?
it's amazing to be able to rank in this beautiful work together with other friends.
Let's have another toast guys.