HOTSHOTS ~ 2/12/25

[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
@gunnarheilmann	And The Beat Goes On - Music Non Stop

Photographer	Post Link
@fotonorway8	Trip number 249 Pomorsko

Photographer	Post Link
@candelart	Billard

Photographer	Post Link
@avdesing	Among the trees

Photographer	Post Link
@papilloncharity	Sunflowers on a sunny day

Photographer	Post Link
@mxulxdxn	The Evening Sky in Banda Aceh City

Photographer	Post Link
@tattoodjay	Sublime and Beautiful Sunday some light painting

Photographer	Post Link
@m1alsan	Some daily stuff

Photographer	Post Link
@andyjaypowell	📷 Farewell to Marley

Photographer	Post Link
@fermentedphil	An Eerie Sunset

Photographer	Post Link
@marc-allaria	PHOTOGRAPHY OF TARRAPACANA RAY

Photographer	Post Link
@steven-patrick	Fresh Snow

Photographer	Post Link
@haastrecht	Museum Sunday, Centro Botín, Santander Spain

Photographer	Post Link
@acesontop	Ice Wonderland

Photographer	Post Link
@terrywayne	Blizzard Fun

Photographer	Post Link
@mynewlife	Sun / Moon - Mobile photography walk

Photographer	Post Link
@harveyword	Photography –El Jem through the Arch

Photographer	Post Link
@chanych85	Autumn forest

Photographer	Post Link
@spinneret	Parasitic flowering plant: Monotropa uniflora

Photographer	Post Link
@barnabo73	Portofino: sea or mountain land?

Photographer	Post Link
@fortunatelucky	Finally saw Daman Koh and Centaurs In Islamabad 🤗

Photographer	Post Link
@gatubela	Los pequeños detalles de la naturaleza 💚 / Nature's small details 💚

Photographer	Post Link
@xlety	Little impostors - PhotoFeed Contest - Macro Photography Round 104

Photographer	Post Link
@mnurhiver	Acanthocephala terminalis

Photographer	Post Link
@ekavieka	Hard working tiny stingless bee (15 photos)

Photographer	Post Link
@themyscira	Surprise out of nowhere: a moment full of amazement and laughter/Überraschung aus dem Nichts: ein Moment voller Erstaunen und Lachen

Photographer	Post Link
@wilfredocav	Endless glances

Photographer	Post Link
@androliuben	European Style in the Caribbean

Photographer	Post Link
@goga22	Just Black&White

Photographer	Post Link
@randybpics	Fine art photos of a model wearing ballet slippers(Eng/Esp)

Photographer	Post Link
@himalayanwomb	Golden Hours and Migrating Dreams

Photographer	Post Link
@tattoodjay	Mono Monday lets look at trees

Photographer	Post Link
@papilloncharity	Some sunset flyers

Photographer	Post Link
@mxulxdxn	Sunset at Patek Beach, Aceh Jaya Regency, Aceh

Photographer	Post Link
@himalayannomad	Glowing in the dark : Nature in light and shadow

Photographer	Post Link
@darrenflinders	A Special Surprise Only To Be Seen From The Air!

Photographer	Post Link
@laufey	Icicles

Photographer	Post Link
@ellenripley	Baa-d Day: A Woodland Walk and Saving a Sheep from the Brambles

Photographer	Post Link
@hallmann	Kraków, 9.02.2025

Photographer	Post Link
@tonyz	The Fog

Photographer	Post Link
@ceciliajess	Playing with fire 🔥

Photographer	Post Link
@dianypds	Cycling, Roberto Castañeda Cup. Ciclismo, Copa Roberto Castañeda. (Esp-Eng)

Photographer	Post Link
@asmarnix	A beautiful field

Photographer	Post Link
@victorbz	Art is not content, but the personal introverted or extroverted expression of an Artist

Photographer	Post Link
@haastrecht	On top of a ruin in France

Photographer	Post Link
@pablito.saldo	Here comes the Sun / Lá vem o Sol [eng/pt] (HiveBR Photo Contest #16 - Summer/Verão)

Photographer	Post Link
@nanixxx	Raw Moon

Photographer	Post Link
@daveks	It’s a Squirrel’s World

Photographer	Post Link
@luisdrian	Another Night of the Cuban Vinyl Experience

Photographer	Post Link
@egoaquiles	Fifteen Years Old ESP/ENG

Photographer	Post Link
@goga22	Nik&I - seasonal commercial for D750

Photographer	Post Link
@papilloncharity	They have kids to feed...

Photographer	Post Link
@genesishealthy	Sesión de fotos Makima maid ❤️

Photographer	Post Link
@fermentedphil	A Magical Moment Shared with a Wagtail

Photographer	Post Link
@vonlecram	summer sunday-domingo de verão-(Eng-Pt)

Photographer	Post Link
@hornet-on-tour	[Photoblo] A Journey into the Past - Eine Reise in die Vergangenheit (DE/EN)

Photographer	Post Link
@rocio.isab	Squirrels and birds [Eng/Esp]

Photographer	Post Link
@derangedvisions	One day at a time

Photographer	Post Link
@sofathana	The arrival of the walkers / La llegada de los caminantes

Photographer	Post Link
@fatemehsohrabiii	Memory of a snowy day❄️❄️❄️⛄️❄️❄️❄️

Photographer	Post Link
@david.dicotomia	Nuevo cielo / New sky

Photographer	Post Link
@steven-patrick	Winter photos

Photographer	Post Link
@egoaquiles	Lighting Test for a New Experience ESP/ENG

Photographer	Post Link
@mnurhiver	Centrotus cornutus, Caterpillars and Leaf Beetles

Photographer	Post Link
@dayanart	Little animals

Photographer	Post Link
@goga22	Horses - those magnificent creatures-Part Five

Photographer	Post Link
@papilloncharity	Always fresh after some rain

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
@darrenflinders	Adventures In Photography with Indrija

First HotShot Runner Up

Photographer	Post Link
@marc-allaria	SUNSETS - BACK TO BASICS !!

Second HotShot Runner Up

Photographer	Post Link
@naitreart	A cute cow eating [Eng/Esp]

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
  WITHIN THE CONTENT OF YOUR POST
• ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ONLY POSTS
  WILL BE MUTED
• SELFIES & DAILY SNAPSHOT POSTS MAY BE MUTED at curator discretion
• 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

[androliuben]

So many spectacular images that makes it really hard to choose the best. Big thanks for including me once again

[avdesing]

I love nature places, the views and the good shots. Thank you very much for your support!🤗

[steven-patrick]

Great tripleshot 👍 and huge compilation 👏 I always get ideas for my photography and I have to admit this time of year - I just enjoy the summer photos from the southern hemisphere 😅 thanks for including my snowy shots

[fermentedphil]

Thank you so much for using two of my photographs! Always such a nice surprise and wrap up to scroll through these photographs. Thanks again.

[vonlecram]

thanks for the mention! it´s good to be back!

[pablito.saldo]

Thanks for the reference, and congrats for the curation.

I was looking for other interests here in Hive than splinterlands, and photography is a catch, i'm very happy with all communities 🙏

[sofathana]

Thank you so much! 😊

[themyscira]

Wonderful work!
This is where I'll rage tomorrow when my mana is fully charged. So many great posts you have found once again. Praise be to the Lord who gave you your beautiful eye and you are making such great use of it.
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[ellenripley]

Thank you for the mention. Always appreciated. ❤️

[david.dicotomia]

So cool to be here! Congratularon to everyone in this post! Cool job everybody!

[darrenflinders]

Thank you ever so much for todays featured hotshot, it really is appreciated :-)

[barnabo73]

Thank you

[victorbz]

thank you for adding to the list

[tonyz]

Great selection, quality is going up!
Thank you so much for the mention!

[nanixxx]

Thank you very much for mentioning me, @castleberry. Greetings from Havana! There really are a lot of nice and interesting photos here. It's always a joy to be part of this post.

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[luisdrian]

Thank you so much for the mention. For me is a very good news to have my work between others special works. 😊😊😊