HOTSHOTS ~ 12/22/24

[castleberry]

~ 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!

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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@lilknas	another rainy day

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@tattoodjay	Wednesday Walk a sunset walk

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@leaky20	Window Shots

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@steven-patrick	Lake Dunmore study

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@travelshots	📷 Pictures from my first Photo Walk in Las Vegas – Part 2 [EN/DE]

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@chanych85	Cats from the trip

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@alongthetrail	Lone Tree, Cross, and a Cloudy Day

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@momins	Red-vented bulbul

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@nanixxx	From the beginning

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@cryptoandcoffee	An Amazing Beauty In The Garden

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@naitreart	Photographing the photographer - with Alejandra [Eng/Esp]

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@daveks	Turquoise Cross River

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@egoaquiles	Monica and Nail: A Union Beyond Cultures ESP/ENG

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@jlinaresp	ABOVE THE CLOUDS - Landscape photography from Montalbán, Carabobo, Venezuela / ENG-ESP / (14 Pics)

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@goga22	Little Boy Fran&his first Christmas - Part One

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@oykaramba	Cosplay photography

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@corvidae	snacks on the beach

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@passenger777	Happy Ending / Mutlu Son ( EN-TR)

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@androliuben	Happy First Birthday Galilea

Photographer	Post Link
@papilloncharity	Two special birds to share with you

Photographer	Post Link
@tattoodjay	Seagulls

Photographer	Post Link
@randybpics	The best way to end a photo shoot (Eng/Esp)

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@iquique	Un día de fotografía / A day of photography

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@plantfuljourney	Stein am Rhein festivities

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@fermentedphil	Capturing a Once in a Year Occurrence: Opening of Everlasting Flowers

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@littlebee4	☃️ When you find yourself in the middle of the 2024 “WRC RALLY SWEDEN” 😳 during our ROADTRIP from UMEÅ to MJÖVATTNET ~ SWEDEN 🇸🇪

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@itravelrox	Self-Timed Photos at the Meiji Jingu Inner Garden in Tokyo, Japan

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@dawnoner	The Cardinal Quarry (part 11) - Lightpainting on Hive

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@rafasanz93	Alejandro's quinceanera photo shoot/ La sesión de fotos de quince años de Alejandro(Eng/Esp)

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@theoctoberwind	Postcard perfect town 🏡🌄💖

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@alevisualart	Christmas Portraits ESP/ENG

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@daveks	To Nipika

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@androliuben	The Marathon Runner

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@goga22	Little Boy Fran&his first Christmas - Part Two

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@ernestoph	The beginning of a new story / El inicio de una nueva historia (ENG-ESP)

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@harveyword	Monument of the Dead Poet

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@ablaze	Is nature the greatest artist? Ice as Art all by itself

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@papilloncharity	The rain warning sign for the animals was up...

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@haastrecht	"Take me to church"

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@bananaklatbarat	"Bloodberries and Fart Leaf Flowers Behind a Black Background"

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@riyat	Insect photography // Discovery of orange butterflies and other unique insects

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@gunnarheilmann	The Light will lift you up!

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@dimascastillo90	Portrait Friday w/ Sapphira

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@tattoodjay	a visit to Popes Island Marina

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@travelshots	📷 Welcome to fabulous (Lensball Photography in) Las Vegas [EN/DE]

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@hornet-on-tour	[Photoblog] Discover Rheinsberg – History & Beauty / Rheinsberg erleben – Geschichte & Schönheit entdecken (DE/EN)

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@tonyz	Switzerland Trip

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@oykaramba	Cosplay photography 2

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@terrywayne	Different Perspectives

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@darrenflinders	One final trip before 2025...

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@victorbz	Christmas tree with flash - series of images

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@dianypds	Ceiba. (Esp-Eng)

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@goga22	Let's Dance - Part One

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@daveks	Random Friday

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@hakimdz	A Serene Lake in the Quiet Morning 💚

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@naveen.jogta	The First Snowfall of the Season

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@papilloncharity	What an unexpected set-up ...

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@tattoodjay	from the port up to the historic district

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@claudiocruz	When you live through music 🎻 (eng-esp)

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@flewsplash	1+1=3 / Emma, 18.12.24 [Eng-Ita]

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@marijasworld	A little bit of snow magic

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@theoctoberwind	A little snow, a lot of joy. 💖

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@awesomegames007	Beautiful buildings and a Pigeon (Spain 2024)

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@rafasanz93	A new beginning/Un nuevo comienzo (ENG/ESP)

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@rossfletcher	Seawater and a little sand does some cool things

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@iquique	Atardecer en Iquique / Sunset in Iquique

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@lichtkunstfoto	Windmill Part 2 - Night Photography on HIVE

TripleShots

We will now be selecting the top three TripleShots! The featured thumbnail will now get

6%

, the first runner-up will get

4%

, and the second runner-up will get

2%

beneficiary payouts from this posts rewards!

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Today's Featured HotShot

Photographer	Post Link
@coloneljethro	Going Up

First HotShot Runner Up

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@ricky93	Triathlon’s Photography

Second HotShot Runner Up

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@derangedvisions	Hanging out at the farm

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!

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

Comments

[steven-patrick]

Love the llama photobomb @derangedvisions 😆

Thanks for including my post. I've been posting some of my son's pictures from his trip to Australia this week on other communities this week. (in case you miss me haha)

[castleberry]

The Llama shots in that post were all great and I wanted to feature one from the pigs but that featured shot was irresistible. Hope your son had the time of his life Down Under! Cheers and Merry Christmas

[steven-patrick]

got some great pics 😜 He gets home tonight so he will be home for Christmas. Merry Christmas to you and yours 🎅

[castleberry]

Wow! That is a great shot! Glad y'all will get to spend some quality time together over the holiday. Merry Christmas!

[derangedvisions]

Thanks man. Llamas are so weird.

[passenger777]

As always, the images of the featured posts this week have been carefully and meticulously selected. Endless thanks to all teammates who contributed. I am very happy to be on the list.

[castleberry]

Thank you for appreciating the meticulous selection! I appreciate you for noticing! This was an awesome round of curation. Thanks for your contribution!

[androliuben]

Twice in a row is two of a kind to make this sunday even more perfect. Big thanks for that 🤗

[castleberry]

Those marathon and first birthday shots are fantastic. Thanks for sharing them with us here in the community. I always look forward to your colorful photoshoots. Keep up the great work.

[littlebee4]

Have a fantastic new week and Merry Christmas to you and yours. 🤗🎄Awesome! Thank you so much for including my photo today @castleberry. It was an epic trip… haha

[castleberry]

We traveled to Malmö to catsit and do the upsitting Bingo Lotto night with some family! Thought you might appreciate that. Merry Christmas to You and Yours. This really was an epic collection for curation and thank you for your contribution! I probably didn't select your best photo but I thought your featured image was very serene and the cold tones really made the cold tangible to my mind's eye. Cheers!

[littlebee4]

That sounds lovely. Enjoy Malmö.
Thank you so much. Always… 😊
It was an epic trip haha
Have a fantastic week and Merry Christmas 🎄

[castleberry]

I actually won 100 Krona on the bingo so that's festive! hahaha Jingle ALL THE WAY!

[littlebee4]

Hahaha awesome! Congrats.
Jingle all the way 🎄🥳🤩

[goga22]

Thank you so much dear @castleberry on another Hat Trick. I must say that the competition is getting stronger and stronger every time. more dangerous and more dangerous ..... people, really great photos, congratulations from the bottom of my heart to everyone 🙌💪💪📸

[castleberry]

Every round of curation the photos are excellent. We have so many good posts and so many good photographers it is really fun to see what all everyone is going to share! Thank you for your contributions to the community and keep up the great work. If I don't see you before... Merry Christmas to you and your family. I hope it's a wonderful celebration!

[goga22]

Merry Christmas to you and your family too, enjoy ❤️

[theoctoberwind]

Congratulations to the authors ! 🥂
It’s an honor to be part of this. You truly made my day, @castleberry. Thank you!💖💖💖

[castleberry]

Thank you for sharing the beauty of your area. We appreciate your contributions to the community! Cheers

[jlinaresp]

Thank you so much for including one of my photos in this **AMAZING ** #hotshots selection dear @castleberry friend!... A round of applause and happy week to you and all our talented collaborating photographers here!!

!PIZZA

[castleberry]

That featured shot was another layered image with different depths of beauty! Thanks for your contributions to the community! Keep up the great work and Merry Christmas! Cheers

[jlinaresp]

Thank you for this motivating comment @castleberry friend!... Merry christmas also to you and your close people!... A big hug!

!PIZZA

[darrenflinders]

Thanks for the feature, I hope you have a very happy Christmas, all the best :-)

[castleberry]

Merry Christmas Darren! I had to showcase your featured shot. You had many excellent shots in the post as usual... but I went with the one you worked so hard to capture! Keep up the great work and hopefully 2025 will be a better year! Cheers

[victorbz]

thank you very much !

[castleberry]

I really enjoyed that post! Thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas! Cheers

[victorbz]

my pleasure !

[flewsplash]

Thanks a million for the mention and congratulations to all the talented fellow photographers 🤗

[castleberry]

1 plus 1 equals 3... made a lot more sense after looking at the post! hahaha Those were some excellent shots. Thanks for sharing

[flewsplash]

😂 it was meant to make you wonder indeed! Thank you so much for your appreciation 🙏🙏

[tonyz]

Thank you so much for the mention on my Switzerland post!

[castleberry]

That looked like an amazing trip based on the shots you have shared so far!

[egoaquiles]

Very nice long exposition by @gunnarheilmann! Thanks @castleberry.

[castleberry]

Gunnar's shot was probably my personal favorite from this whole collection! Cheers

[leaky20]

Thanks for including my post!

[castleberry]

I love those window shots! Especially with all that character and historical architecture! Thanks for sharing in such detail!

[itravelrox]

Thank you so much @castleberry and Photography Lovers team :)

[castleberry]

Japan is so beautiful! Thanks for sharing your adventures with us. Cheers

[marijasworld]

Great photos! Looking forward already to the next selection! I am glad to be part of this post too. Thanks for your support @castleberry !

[castleberry]

That was one of the best Winter shots featured in this collection! Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing. I'm looking forward to seeing what you will share next! Cheers and Merry Christmas

[marijasworld]

Thank you so much @castleberry !! I am so glad to hear that! Yes, I will try to post more regularly, I took other winter shots that I want to share. Until the next time! Cheers and Merry Christmas!

[fermentedphil]

Amazing photographs, as always! Thanks so much for all the hard work, and merry xmas even though it is a bit early!

[castleberry]

Merry Christmas to you and your lady! We all may be a bit busy the next few days so better early than never! hahaha Thanks for sharing your shots with us in the community. Keep up the great work. Cheers

[fermentedphil]

And so suddenly we are also thrown into the new year! I hope that you had a good Xmas and a great start to the new year! Cheers.

[pizzabot]

PIZZA!

$PIZZA slices delivered:
_(14/15) @jlinaresp tipped @castleberry

[ricky93]

Thk @castleberry for the mention. Is a great pleasure

[rafasanz93]

Thank you so much for including my shot 🙏🏻

[commentrewarder]

@castleberry, I paid out 0.910 HIVE and 0.291 HBD to reward 20 comments in this discussion thread.

[onyifrank]

This is lovely.

[hivephoto]

!LOL

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[fatemehsohrabiii]

Your selected posts are wonderful.👏🙏👏🙏👏🙏