HOTSHOTS ~ 1/8/25

[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
@fastchrisuk	Shooting the One-Mile Telescope at night

Photographer	Post Link
@bluemoon	New year, day two

Photographer	Post Link
@papilloncharity	Some random Friday photos

Photographer	Post Link
@tattoodjay	New Bedfords Historic District downtown

Photographer	Post Link
@vasilev89	Quickly through the city of Elena

Photographer	Post Link
@hornet-on-tour	[Blog] Tamron lens is destroyed!

Photographer	Post Link
@lowlightart	Anna in low light

Photographer	Post Link
@acesontop	Eyes Wide Shut

Photographer	Post Link
@steven-patrick	Sunrise and mill pond

Photographer	Post Link
@brayol	Capturando expresiones en un cementerio - Capturing expressions in a cemetery [Esp-Eng]

Photographer	Post Link
@androliuben	Being Deeply in Love

Photographer	Post Link
@barnabo73	Animal footprints and lost leaves in snow

Photographer	Post Link
@borniet	When Frost Bites and Sunlight Heals

Photographer	Post Link
@theoctoberwind	Snow in the mountains

Photographer	Post Link
@rafasanz93	Goodbye 2024 part 2/ Adiós 2024 parte 2

Photographer	Post Link
@momins	The white-throated fantail

Photographer	Post Link
@tonyz	Old Industrial details

Photographer	Post Link
@marijasworld	Once upon a time. . . Nuraghe in Sardinia

Photographer	Post Link
@daveks	Random Friday

Photographer	Post Link
@fatemehsohrabiii	It's true that autumn is over, but I wanted us not to forget it

Photographer	Post Link
@egoaquiles	The Wedding Godparents ESP/ENG

Photographer	Post Link
@ersusoficial	Jade as model

Photographer	Post Link
@goga22	Life is a Masquerade

Photographer	Post Link
@thisismylife	Late Christmas vibes - Euphorbia pulcherrima

Photographer	Post Link
@annativa	Chiesa di Sant’Eufemia, Milan

Photographer	Post Link
@bananaklatbarat	"Photo Shooting Process: The Beauty of Tiny Mushrooms Behind a Macro Lens"

Photographer	Post Link
@naveen.jogta	Sunrise and Sand: A December Morning Road Trip

Photographer	Post Link
@hornet-on-tour	[Photoblog] A mobile planetarium in the wilderness [DE/EN]

Photographer	Post Link
@travelshots	📷 „The Sphere“ in the Sphere [EN/DE]

Photographer	Post Link
@bluemoon	This Is The End, My Friend

Photographer	Post Link
@dawnoner	Egzo the Artkemyst - Lightpainting on Hive

Photographer	Post Link
@haastrecht	Cudillero Spain, A beauty of a village

Photographer	Post Link
@armandosodano	Typical Neapolitan Crib

Photographer	Post Link
@kajaosak	A walk along the bank of a winter river

Photographer	Post Link
@barnabo73	Karakorum - The way to K2 - Extremes lives and landscapes

Photographer	Post Link
@lisa.oktaviani	Coffee & New Year Holiday in Moscow ✨

Photographer	Post Link
@sniki003	Viennese food

Photographer	Post Link
@hallmann	Kraków, 4.01.2025

Photographer	Post Link
@daveks	Impromtu Stop

Photographer	Post Link
@joetunex	Journey through Lindis Pass / New Zealand's scenic road 🇳🇿

Photographer	Post Link
@goga22	My brave, brave heart

Photographer	Post Link
@gidlark	Жовтий жовтень (Yellow October)

Photographer	Post Link
@hornet-on-tour	[Blog] Leading Lines in Photography – The Key to Perfect Composition (DE/EN)

Photographer	Post Link
@papilloncharity	A great catch in his bathroom

Photographer	Post Link
@fotonorway8	Trip number 247 Zalew w Czerwieńsku

Photographer	Post Link
@candelart	Swimming Pool - Lightpainting Part One

Photographer	Post Link
@joanquix100	My last trip to Baures (Mi último viaje a Baures)

Photographer	Post Link
@tattoodjay	Sublime and Beautiful Sunday the Brant Geese have arrived

Photographer	Post Link
@avdesing	Angels, stars, campaigns and a beautiful tree. ✨

Photographer	Post Link
@m1alsan	Zoom into the visual feast of flowers

Photographer	Post Link
@steven-patrick	Ain't no sunshine

Photographer	Post Link
@acesontop	Death of a Thousand Swords

Photographer	Post Link
@travelshots	📷 Las Vegas Strip – Street Photography [EN/DE]

Photographer	Post Link
@theoctoberwind	Hospital Views and Snowy Blues ❄️

Photographer	Post Link
@justmythoughts	Snow at Ulemiste City Park

Photographer	Post Link
@haastrecht	Walk around the harbour of Santander Spain

Photographer	Post Link
@ellenripley	A Snowy Stomp around the Village

Photographer	Post Link
@tonyz	Roadtrip to the desert

Photographer	Post Link
@yoani	Beautiful path

Photographer	Post Link
@osak	My beautiful inspirations found in Croatia on the coast

Photographer	Post Link
@lightofhope	The beautiful Parasola plicatilis mushroom

Photographer	Post Link
@chanych85	Hydraulic engineering structure

Photographer	Post Link
@terrywayne	Frozen Princess Waterfall

Photographer	Post Link
@kevinicabales	My Fave Street Photogaphy Of 2024

Photographer	Post Link
@joetunex	Prt 1: The Adventure Begins - Hiking Trails of Mt Cook 🚶‍♂️🏔️

Photographer	Post Link
@lifelately	Fotografía macro, la grandeza de los pequeños detalles/Macro photography, the greatness of small details

Photographer	Post Link
@goga22	The best in The Best of Us

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
@acesontop	Hercules Town

First HotShot Runner Up

Photographer	Post Link
@grindle	The strangers of Samarakand

Second HotShot Runner Up

Photographer	Post Link
@malos10	How i spent my firsts days of january

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!

~ 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
• SINGLE IMAGE POSTS WITH LITTLE TO NO MEANINGFUL TEXT MAY BE MUTED
• ANY AND ALL USE OF AI
  IN YOUR IMAGES OR TEXTS MUST BE DISCLOSED
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• ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ONLY POSTS
  WILL BE MUTED
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• ACTIVE STEEMIT & BLURT USERS WILL BE MUTED

~ How to Get Curated and Be Featured Here ~

• 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

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

[steven-patrick]

Great portraits for the triple shots 😉 yeah I count the parrot as a portrait and if not the photographer, the sculpturer was trying to capture Hercules haha Thanks for including my photos in your compilation. Some great creativity like the sphere and the lightpainting this edition

[castleberry]

I would count that one as a portrait as well! hahaha There were a bunch of awesome shots this round! Thanks for taking time to share your interests and for your contribution. Cheers

[yoani]

Greetings and thanks for mentioning my post in your publication. I think it was hard work for you to take so much time reviewing a large number of publications, as I know there are many to be able to determine the most outstanding ones. Thank you very much for your magnificent work.

[castleberry]

Thank you for sharing you awesome shots and the beauty of Cuba with us here in the community! Also, thank you for appreciating the work that goes into curating the community that has so much talent on display. It does take a lot of time to get rid of scammers and spammers as well as go through each post manually to select the best of the best from all users!

[ellenripley]

Thank you very much for the mention. 🙏

[castleberry]

The snow seems to be not so easy to come but easy go this year! Thanks for sharing. Cheers

[joanquix100]

Thank you for the trust and for giving me the opportunity to be selected alongside such high-level photographers. I truly appreciate it. 🙂🙂🙂

[castleberry]

That featured shot was really good in many ways! Glad to have you here. I would suggest making yourself an introduction post. Use the tags #introduceyourself and #introducemyself.

To help support your success and to help you from making any mistakes here on the platform... i wanted to share two posts i made to help newer users do well here on Hive.

• How To Get A Great Start on the Hive Blockchain

• How To Get A Great Start on Hive 2

Please check those out when you get some time and make sure NOT to do the things in there it warns against doing. I think this will increase your chances of support moving forward and accelerate your growth as well!

[joanquix100]

I will check it out, thank you very much

[castleberry]

I hope it helps boost your starting progress!

[fastchrisuk]

Thanks @castleberry for the feature, much appreciated:-)

[castleberry]

You are very welcome! That was an awesome post and thank you for sharing your shots with us here in the community! Keep up the great work.

[marijasworld]

Thank you @castleberry ! I am glad that you take time to look at my posts, I appreciate it! Thanks for your support. Many great and interesting shots! It's surprising each time when you post and I see so many different photos and perspectives. Interesting every time and I always look forward to seeing the next one!

[egoaquiles]

Thank you very much for including me. Very impressive photos by @fastchrisuk!

[castleberry]

That is a spectacular shot from Chris! Good eye. Your wedding shots were also very good. I loved that featured shot of yours! Keep up the great work and thanks for commenting which shot you enjoyed.

[malos10]

Wow i got the 3rd place !! i wasnt expecting that at all!! thanks really much my friend!!

They all are really good photos too!

[castleberry]

That was a great post! You had some excellent shots in there. You will be getting 2% of this post's total payout! Thanks for your contributions to the excellence of this curation report. Cheers

[barnabo73]

Thank you!

[castleberry]

Awesome exhibition! Keep up the great work and thank you for sharing your shots with us here in the community. Cheers

[barnabo73]

Thank you! New exhibition, books and travel are on progress!

[castleberry]

[tonyz]

Wow, 2 mentions! Thank you so much!

[castleberry]

[m1alsan]

I am happy to be spotted, thanks @castleberry

[castleberry]

Those were some beautiful flower shots! Cheers

[goga22]

Thank you so much for your support throughout what seems like seven months that I've been here with you. Thank you for the selection, for another Hat Trick dear @castleberry, congratulations to all the other selected authors

[castleberry]

Hard to believe that much time has gone by already! Keep up the great work my dear friend.

[goga22]

I will, be sure

[grindle]

Some fantastic snaps here, thanks for the mention, much appreciate it

[castleberry]

This was an awesome round! You will be getting 4% of this post's total payout for your top 3 spot of this round of curation. Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing. Cheers

[grindle]

and thank you @castleberry for a great community

[chanych85]

Oh, thanks for mentioning.🙂 Winter photos made it into your selection.😁 Too bad I don't have a copter - there could have been a lot of interesting shots from above...

[castleberry]

Maybe you could save a little bit of rewards to get you a drone?! I bet some aerial views would have been super cool. You got some great shots either way. Cheers my friend.

[chanych85]

A drone is in the plans, first comes the shopping list of equipment for spending the night in the winter outdoors. I need a good tent, a potbelly stove and a sleeping bag. Some things have already been bought, it remains to find a person who will dare to spend the night in the forest in winter, for example.😁

[castleberry]

That sounds awesome! I am sure you will find someone. Lure them with the cuteness of the cat! hahaha

[chanych85]

😁😁😁
Nice option.😁

[avdesing]

It has been an interesting Christmas season with fantastic decorations. Thank you always for the support!😃

[castleberry]

It really has! The pleasure is mine my dear friend. Keep up the great work.

[avdesing]

So be it, keep working every day!!! Hugs!

[androliuben]

An incredible curation and as of me, totally proud, happy and thankful for being in it. Best regards!

[castleberry]

That was a cool post. Love makes a great motif! Keep up the awesome work my friend.

[chrislybear]

Very good collection as always!

[castleberry]

Thanks for stopping by to appreciate the beauty. Cheers

[suarlex]

Very beautiful photography❤️

[castleberry]

[bananaklatbarat]

Thank you very much for the selection of photos sir @castleberry

[castleberry]

Those mushrooms looked super cool. Thanks for sharing!

[mnurhiver]

Congratulations to friends who have been selected as owners of beautiful images and the images displayed here are truly beautiful and of high quality.

[castleberry]

This was an awesome round of curation. Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to comment. Cheers

[mnurhiver]

You're welcome my brother. 🤝❤️

[ersusoficial]

🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[castleberry]

Excellent portraits with Jade! I hope y'all get to shoot together more. Cheers

[kevinicabales]

Thank you for including my photo! Congrats to all selected. Amazing curation.

[castleberry]

I really liked the business of your featured shot! Great capture with that one. Cheers

[joetunex]

Thank you 😊

[castleberry]

[itsmehdheanna]

Wow amazing pictures, Congratulations to the chosen entries displayed and to the selected authors.

[castleberry]

Glad you enjoyed the selection! Thanks for stopping by and commenting.

[commentrewarder]

@castleberry, I paid out 0.509 HIVE and 0.248 HBD to reward 26 comments in this discussion thread.