HOTSHOTS ~ 1/4/25

[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

Photographer	Post Link
@bozz	My Top Shots of 2024

Photographer	Post Link
@steven-patrick	Back to the lake

Photographer	Post Link
@ishotmedia	The Majestic

Photographer	Post Link
@hallmann	Kraków, 29.12.2024

Photographer	Post Link
@suriclicksmedia	@Sunaina Bhatwaan Random Pics

Photographer	Post Link
@borderline.babe	Highlights of the Christmas Lights ✨

Photographer	Post Link
@acesontop	When Life Gives You Lemons… Lots of Them

Photographer	Post Link
@terrywayne	Industrial Light Trails

Photographer	Post Link
@dianypds	The charm of things. El encanto de las cosas.(Esp-Eng)

Photographer	Post Link
@marc-allaria	BOTANY IN SARDENA

Photographer	Post Link
@jlinaresp	FROM MY DECEMBER MORNINGS - Landscape photography from Montalbán, Carabobo, Venezuela / ENG-ESP / (18 Pics)

Photographer	Post Link
@madeirane	Inter-Holiday Time is Like An Unfinished Text Without A Period

Photographer	Post Link
@joetunex	Deer & scenic beauty Queenstown's Peninsula Hill 🦌 🇳🇿

Photographer	Post Link
@naitreart	People in the streets [Eng/Esp]

Photographer	Post Link
@daveks	Cross River meets Kootenay

Photographer	Post Link
@androliuben	A New Familiy Member for the New Year

Photographer	Post Link
@tattoodjay	Some cool art around the city

Photographer	Post Link
@frizzy97	macro photography // crosswise ladybugs, wildflowers and mushrooms

Photographer	Post Link
@haastrecht	Post 366 of 2024 😍

Photographer	Post Link
@papilloncharity	At last, I got a male African Paradise-flycatcher

Photographer	Post Link
@littlebee4	☃️ OUR CRAZY ADVENTURE AT NÄMFORSEN ~ A ROCK-CARVINGS ~ PETROGLYPHS SITE from around 4500 B.C. in NÄSÅKER ~ SWEDEN 🇸🇪

Photographer	Post Link
@fastchrisuk	My favourite twelve images of 2024 on Hive - AI free zone!

Photographer	Post Link
@pavelsku	Hoarfrost like every other winter

Photographer	Post Link
@acesontop	2024: Time To Say Goodbye

Photographer	Post Link
@laurapalmerr	Pics from Puebla city, México 📷

Photographer	Post Link
@bluemoon	End Of The Year

Photographer	Post Link
@daveks	Cliffs of Kootenay

Photographer	Post Link
@goga22	Me /Goga/ in the already passed 2024

Photographer	Post Link
@annativa	Saint Celsus Church, Milan

Photographer	Post Link
@tattoodjay	Wednesday Walk Happy New Year

Photographer	Post Link
@papilloncharity	My first special post of 2025

Photographer	Post Link
@wolfplayzor	Christmas pictures

Photographer	Post Link
@himalayanwomb	Cuckoos, Conflicts, and Coffee: My First Post of 2025

Photographer	Post Link
@rafasanz93	Goodbye 2024 part 1/ Adiós 2024 parte 1

Photographer	Post Link
@bucipuci	Ice Age

Photographer	Post Link
@marc-allaria	HAPPY NEW YEAR - Can not be worst !!!

Photographer	Post Link
@bluemoon	A New Year With Old Stories

Photographer	Post Link
@chanych85	Cave Kamennaya Izba

Photographer	Post Link
@pavelsku	New Year's fireworks

Photographer	Post Link
@victorbz	Jerusalem Open Air Market - street photography series

Photographer	Post Link
@passenger777	The Magic of Pictures / Resimlerin Büyüsü ( EN-TR)

Photographer	Post Link
@marijasworld	At midnight

Photographer	Post Link
@ishotmedia	Honey of Pitkwa

Photographer	Post Link
@scottshots	My Top 10 Photos of 2024

Photographer	Post Link
@steven-patrick	First Day Hike #wednesdaywalk

Photographer	Post Link
@lisa.oktaviani	Happy new year, c новым годом 2025

Photographer	Post Link
@daveks	2025

Photographer	Post Link
@joetunex	Explore Misty Queenstown / Peninsula Hill 🏔️ 🇳🇿

Photographer	Post Link
@goga22	Advent in Zagreb - Part Two

Photographer	Post Link
@tahastories1	Barren and Abandoned

Photographer	Post Link
@tattoodjay	a visit to the local Zoo

Photographer	Post Link
@ernestoph	Flavors and Aroma / Sabores y Aroma (ENG/ESP)

Photographer	Post Link
@lilknas	SNOW!

Photographer	Post Link
@castri-ja	Christmas characters and decorations

Photographer	Post Link
@derangedvisions	2024 was my best year yet. 2025 will be even better

Photographer	Post Link
@acesontop	January 1st 2025 Walk

Photographer	Post Link
@lisa.oktaviani	My firts New year in Moscow City ❄️✨

Photographer	Post Link
@ceciliajess	Squeezing my positive side 📸

Photographer	Post Link
@barnabo73	Snow in countryside

Photographer	Post Link
@andyjaypowell	📷 The Landmark of the Spessart Forest

Photographer	Post Link
@harveyword	Visiting Luke's Place

Photographer	Post Link
@xlety	A Christmas full of lights, capybaras and magic @ Juiz de Fora, MG - Brazil

Photographer	Post Link
@mnurhiver	Mushroom Plant Photography

Photographer	Post Link
@dimascastillo90	Some Portraits on the Beach

Photographer	Post Link
@egoaquiles	Portrait Simplicity Esp/Eng

Photographer	Post Link
@goga22	Welcome to the Tunnel

Photographer	Post Link
@lifelately	Dama de la Noche/Queen of the Night

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
@goga22	Meum officium ludum est MMXXIV / My last game 2024

First HotShot Runner Up

Photographer	Post Link
@gaddieltelles	From different perspective I captured ICONIC pieces

Second HotShot Runner Up

Photographer	Post Link
@terrywayne	A New Year Walk In The City

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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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!

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

Comments

[lifelately]

Thank you very much for including me in this beautiful selection. Very gratifying! Thank you @castleberry. Greetings to all and congratulations to those selected.

Muchas gracias por incluirme en esta hermosa selección. Muy gratificante! Gracias @castleberry. Saludos a todos y felicitaciones a los seleccionados

[castleberry]

Those were some excellent shots in your post! We are looking forward to seeing more of your content. Keep up the great work and you are off to a wonderful start! Cheers

[goga22]

Thank you for choosing my photo as Today's Featured HotShot dear @castleberry, and thank you for another Hat Trick in Today's HotShots. With such a competition, it's wonderful to be part of this great group of people who create great photos. Congratulations to everyone from the bottom of my heart!

[castleberry]

That featured top HotShot was amazing and the whole post was very cool! I really loved the creativity and compositions. Keep up the great work and this year is off to a great start! Cheers my dear friend.

[steven-patrick]

Wow that shot you featured by @goga22 is incredible. Her whole post is good but that shot really works! Fireworks and annual compilations remind me of the New Year. I tend to just press on but it is good time to be a bit cotemplative. Great curation work castleberry 👍

[castleberry]

Thank you for appreciating the curation work. It's been a marathon to get caught up since Christmas! hahaha
Yes, that top HotShot from Goga really stood out to me. We had so many great shots it was super difficult to pick this time (moreso than it usually is since it's always tough to choose).
I always enjoy shots of fireworks. And after reading a lot of people's posts and themes... it's hard not to be a bit more introspectively contemplative! Thank you for your contributions and engagement within the community. Cheers my friend and Happy New Year.

[goga22]

Thnak you dear @steven-patrick, thank you so much

[androliuben]

Big thanks for picking up one of my favorite photos from that photoshoot, the one with so many emotions involved. To all other photographers, my congratulations for their beautiful pics and I must say that the featured HotShot is simply spectacular. Best regards!

[castleberry]

The whole post was very beautiful but that shot really captured the theme for me. I love maternity shots and yours were no exception! Keep up the great work and I hope you have an amazing 2025. That featured HotShot was/is spectacular. Cheers my friend.

[littlebee4]

Thanks a lot @castleberry for including that awesome walk towards the rock carvings. 😎
Have you been there?

Have a wonderful weekend!

[castleberry]

I have not ever been there! It looked like an awesome excursion. I wonder how the color stays on the rock for so long considering how harsh the weather is and how old they are?! I am glad y'all were able to find a way to get down to them. You guys have an amazing weekend too. And... no luck on the Bingo Lotto for New Years. hahaha

[littlebee4]

I do recommend a visit during the summer. It is a beautiful spot with lots to discover.
To be honest… I think, as these are rock carvings. So indentations in the rocks. The red colour is probably added later by conservationists. Several times. As it wouldn’t have been done many moons ago when they were created.

It was fun and we laughed our little heads off going down and sliding along the steps hahaha 🤣
Thank you, enjoy your Sunday!
Awww a shame… next time better luck 🍀

[naitreart]

Thank you very much dear friend @castleberry, as always it is an honor to see some of my photographs here, besides always finding some publications that escaped me, but with excellent photographs. Excellent compilation as always!

[castleberry]

You are very welcome! You had some very moving and expressive shots. The lighting and subjects were framed and captured very well, as usual. Keep up the great work and cheers to a New and Better Year, my friend.

[naitreart]

Photographing in the street has that impact, very expressive photographs. Thank you very much, my friend. May it be an excellent new year, cheers!

[bucipuci]

I had to look twice because I couldn't believe it. I truly found myself in a great community of great photographers.

Thanks @castleberry for including me in this great selection.

[castleberry]

You're very welcome! That ice made some really cool textures and visuals! You captured your shots well too. Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing!

[bucipuci]

Thanks for the kind words and support

[egoaquiles]

Very good selection of photographs.

[castleberry]

Your shots and post were very cool. I loved that featured shot of your partner! The background and color plus her for the model was a perfect combo! Keep up the great work.

[ceciliajess]

Thanks ❤️

[castleberry]

That was an amazing post with some awesome shots in there! Thank you for sharing them with us and keep up the great work. Your featured shot was almost in the top 3!

[victorbz]

thank you very much for the feature !

[castleberry]

I had to go with your self-portrait... but they were all great shots! Thanks for sharing your shots with us Victor! Cheers

[victorbz]

thank you again !

[barnabo73]

Thank you!

[castleberry]

Thank you! Glad to see you back in action more frequently. Keep up the great work and Happy New Year my friend.

[barnabo73]

Thank you! Happy new year you too!

[joetunex]

Thank for featuring my posts 😊

[castleberry]

You are very welcome! There is some amazing beauty to share from there. Thank you for sharing with us here in the community, Joe. Cheers

[awkwardpoet]

Great compilation

[castleberry]

This one was really packed with some amazing shots! Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to comment.

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[wolfplayzor]

Thank you!

[fatemehsohrabiii]

I also love photography and you choose wonderful photos. What country are you from?

[fonestreet]

What a amazing recopilation!!

• Gratz to all the people on the community!

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[marijasworld]

Amazing photos everyone! Well done! I enjoyed looking this collection, each one is unique and full of surprises! I am glad to be selected among the people who have done incredible work with photos! Thanks for your support. Happy New Year everyone, all the best in 2025 and to many more amazing shots!