Hi there my Hivean friends and followers!
Welcome to the 6th round of my special photo challenge known as Appreciate Beauty of Nature with @phortun :)
NOTE: SEE THE UPDATED RULES THAT TAKE THE CURRENT CORONAVIRUS SITUATION INTO CONSIDERATION BELOW.
I know a lot of photo contests with nature as the main theme were/are/will be hosted by various people on the Steem/Hive blockchain but I wanted to come up with something more than just another photo contest where participants would submit their best natural photos. Therefore, I decided to go for quite an unusual concept that I am going to introduce in the following lines.
The aim of the Appreciate Beauty of Nature with @phortun photo challenge is not to make you dig up your photo archives and submit the best pictures of nature that you have ever taken. Instead, I want you guys go out and appreciate the beauty of our nature right now. The internet (and Steem/Hive blockchain as well) is flooded with picture perfect shots of landscapes, mountains, forests, beaches etc. taken years ago. But this is not what I want to see in this challenge. I want to see shots that may not be necessarily stunning but they must be fresh, proving that you have just physically spent some time outdoors in the fresh air. But remember that nature comes in many forms. It doesn´t have to be a pristine jungle or a deep remote forest. An urban park, a botanical garden, a little grove on the outskirts of your town - pretty much any place with some trees, plants, rocks, bodies of water or any other natural features would be just as fine ;)
Obviously, there is no way for me to verify whether the photo that you submit in the challenge is really fresh or if it was even taken by you so I am relying on your honesty guys. However, the prizes for the winners (as described below) are more symbolical than overly motivating so I don´t expect too much fraudulent behavior in this challenge anyway.
I want to keep the rules of this challenge as simple and benevolent as possible so let´s agree on just this:
Only one entry per person per round.
The photo must be yours and not older than one week.
Add a few words about the photo, at least where and when you took it.
RULES UPDATE: CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT MANY PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD HAVE TO STAY AT HOME NOW, YOUR ENTRY CAN BE OLDER THAN ONE WEEK. PREFERABLY A NATURAL PHOTO THAT YOU TOOK NOT LONG BEFORE THE OUTBREAK OF THE PANDEMIC.
You can start submitting your entries to this round from now until the next round. Prior to publishing the next round post, I will pick 3 winners, give my full upvote on their entries and feature them in the next round of the challenge. As long as the response is not too overwhelming, I will also try to give some smaller upvotes on all of the other entries to reward all participants.
I might change the concept and/or the rules of the photo challenge later on, depending on how things go. Also, I haven´t reserved a fixed day for this challenge yet so it might be movable but it will definitely be hosted once every week.
To keep up with you guys, I submit my own fresh natural photo to every round´s post too :) Here is my contribution to start out this round.
Just like most of you, I haven´t been allowed to spend much time outside recently so I have to use a photo that I took some 2 weeks ago. This lush grenery can be found in Calderia Velha, a little but beautiful nature reserve famous for hot springs and waterfalls that is located in the central part of the Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal.
In the last round, because of all the chaos caused by the hard fork and the related events, we only had 3 participants so picking those 3 winners was very easy :)
The winners are:
@bambuka with this entry:
This and other photos from my post were taken on the shore of the Gulf of Finland. At this point, the Sestra River flows into it. Photos taken 2 days ago at the time of publication of the message.
@hairyfairy with this entry:
Jaro do Česka přišlo dřív než obvykle. Na zahradě kvete mandloň, kromě včel se na ni slétli i různí čmeláci. Nejen že bzučící strom dobře vypadá, hezky i voní. Snad si i my budeme počínat stejně pilně v nově vytvořené komunitě, až budeme součástí Úlu. This year spring came into the Czech Republic very early. This almond tree from our garden is in blossom and many bees and bumblebees are buzzing around. We also become members of a busy bee community soon.
@deepresearch with this entry:
Today I had walk with my friends in the mountains near Babia Góra, on our way we encountered this little frozen buddy.
Congratulations guys! It was my pleasure to upvote your entries :)
I am looking forward to what you will come up with in this round, the first one to be run on Hive completely.
Have fun and appreciate the beauty of nature!
This post was created by me for the Hive blockchain exclusively. All rights reserved.
I have been on Koh Samui island for almost a week now away from the big city of Bangkok i wanted to spend my time of isolation on this beautiful island amongst beautiful nature and a beach i can run along this is one of the views of this beautiful beach called Chaweng Beach in Koh Samui island 🌞
Awesome shot, thanks for joining this round :)
Thank you @phortun and you stay safe and healthy 👍
Obyčejné kvítky sedmikrásek chudobek, které jsem dne 20.3. ve 14:59 potkal cestou na nákup na Severním předměstí v Plzni. Jaro už začalo. Škoda, že si ho teď moc nemůžeme užít...
Moc pěkná momentka :) Můžeš prosím doplnit čas a místo pořízení snímku? Aspoň nahrubo ;)
Díky, doplněno přesně ;)
Jsi si jistý, že to nebylo 14:58? :D
Díky za doplnění ;) Stačilo opravdu jen nahrubo :D
Exif nelže :D
:D
This photo was taken on 03.23.2020 on the shore of the Gulf of Finland. Thick pine trees grow directly from the sand. Great sunny day. This is real spring.
Take care of your health :-)
I love this shot, very interesting angle :) Thanks for your contribution!
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Taken near Opava last Sunday. In Czechia it is not forbidden to leave your home to get some fresh air if you follow the rules.
Bees still in deep 😴 Hopefully not the case of Hive-bees 😝
Excellent entry for the first fully Hivean round of the contest :D Thanks for joining the fun mate.
I don't expect nothing but your big fat upvote coming 😁
Děkuji Ti!
Rádo se stalo :) Budu se těšit na tvůj další příspěvek.
Pořízeno na dnešní odpolední procházce kolem rybníka Mrhal východně od Českých Budějovic v 15:52 :-)
Majitel rybníka nachystal na novou sezonu plovoucí chatku. Nevím, jestli nějaká sezona bude :-/
Vidím, že ses s tím časovým údajem inspiroval u @jjprac :D Já fakt nechci být hnidopich, jen mi jde o to, aby sem někdo nedával fotku, která je třeba rok stará ;) Účelem této soutěže je přimět lidi, aby prostě víc chodili do přírody. Což ale, jak víme, zrovna u tebe není potřeba ;)
:-). Pravidla jsou pravidla :-)
:D
Rewards are getting sick interesting 🧐
You mean rewards in this challenge or on Hive in general?
Hive in general. And now HBD just jumped!
I was walking this road few days ago.
Photo was taken at Mar.26.2020 in jeju island, South Korea.
Thanks for your contribution but unfortunately, the photo didn´t upload. You might want to resize it and make it smaller ;)
Beautiful nature
Thanks :) Feel free to join this challenge.