Welcome to the 18th Edition of Photo Friday - Hosted by @qurator!

Below you will find some unbelievable images captured by your fellow Qurites from all over the world! See what adventures they have shared with all of us! Don't forget to vote for your favorite and if you'd like to nominate your own image for next week's competition, make sure to comment #nominate below.

Note: some of you have been curated twice since the start of the Daily Qurator and some have been curated only once. As the Daily Qurator is gaining fame with every passing day, many new steemians are asking/will ask to join us. So, expect to see posts from new users for now. When the opportunity arises, posts from older users will be curated once again.

Each Friday we will select 5 Qurites and feature their photography in our Daily Qurator post. Each Qurite featured in this post needs to comment with their photo featured in this post. The user with the most upvotes on their comment (not money value) will win a Tier 5 membership for 30 days! The votes will be counted when this post reaches payout.

Want to take part in Photo Friday? NOMINATE! After you upvoted your favorite photo!

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Want to take part in the next Photo Friday? Sure you can! Simply comment in the comment section with #nominate.

We will then consider your account and look over your feed for any Photography related posts for the upcoming Photo Friday

DO NOT:

Post links and/or pictures of your most recent posts. We will not choose them. Why? Well, we want the nominees to also benefit from being in the Photo Fridayy Edition. If you give us a link now and we use it for the next issue of Photo Friday your post has most likely reached payout. That means not extra upvotes... We will select the most recent posts from your feed.

So instead, just include#nominatein your comment of this post (don't forget to vote for your favorite food post first).
We will take it from there and consider your feed for the next Photo Friday.

We hope this can spark some more interest in the photography community within Qurator. Hopefully to get more users to visit photography related blogs and appreciate your photography. Hopefully there will also be some nice rewards on your comment in this post.

We have made it easy for all participants by providing the links to their photos that they can just copy and paste into the comment section of this post to officially enter the competition!

PLEASE NOTE, ONLY THOSE FEATURED IN THIS POST MUST PASTE THE LINKS BELOW IN THE COMMENT SECTION. POSTING THE LINK IF IT IS NOT YOURS COULD RESULT IN A FLAG.

^{@steveconnor

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^{@asgarth

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^{@nenio

https://steemitimages.com/DQmWYGs2KBH6bQw5Cg8hQ9pcmfpgHWbhUpazpgQPkrndELc/a-buildingBW03.jpg}

^{@alol

https://steemitimages.com/0x0/https://i.imgur.com/9VjJf9v.jpg}

^{@iwanderela

https://steemitimages.com/0x0/http://steepshot.org/api/v1/image/32b1496e-6f48-4c99-a709-049007d78b8e.jpeg}

Let the competition and upvotes begin! Best of luck to all the Qurites participating!

^{Note: Any upvotes from pay4bots will not be counted.}
^{Spamming messages and asking for upvotes on your comment is frowned upon and could lead to being disqualified. Stick to friends and people you know!}

Your Quality Curator ~( @goldendawne )~ Presents:

@steveconnor	landscapephotography

Saguaro Cactus
Saguaro cacti can live for a long time; sometimes exceeding 150 years. After 75 years they can grow a first side arm, but some may never grow any arms. If a saguaro has no arms they're called a spear. @stevconnor gives us an unusual view of these Saguaro cactus he found in Arizona.

@asgarth	photomatic

Never Stop Swimming

A jellyfish swimming in the Aquarium of Genoa (Italy)

Look at that magical moment captured by @asgarth. The jellyfish looks so delicate and in one split second a beautiful motion is forever encapsulated in this image.

@nenio	photography

Architectural Abstract- Photographs

Today I continue with my series of publications on abstract of architectural origin. In this opportunity I show two photographs in black and white and another in color. The images have no relation between them, except for their abstract and architectural / geometric character.

At first glance, can you determine what this is? Almost an optical illusion. But focus... really look.

@alol	insects

Mating Of Grasshoppers

This photo of the grasshopers I took in front of my house, a romantic phenomenon for grasshoppers

Finding one grasshopper can be difficult for some, but finding two... together! @alol captures an intimate moment between two grasshoppers in, of all places, his front yard.

@iwanderela	photofeed

Masbate: The Island Is Mine Today

That moment when a tripod and a 10 seconds timer is LIFE. Only me staying overnight here tonight except the owners. Most of the local tourists today just enjoyed swimming; they went back home after

Imagine having an island all to yourself. What would be the first thing you would do?

Good luck to all the entries! May the best photo win!

Congratulations to the winner of the 17th Photo Friday: @trudeehunter. Nicely done and well deserved!

Prize: Tier 5 upvotes worth around $0.50 for 30 days!

Like the Photo Friday series?

Go check out Tasty Tuesday where we take 5 great food related pictures and host the same kind of competition. Go cast your votes and nominate your friends! Steem on!

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Qurator's Photo Friday - Photography Competition #18