Transform your Comment into Cash
Welcome to Steemit Comment Challenge #15!!!
Time has come for a new round of the Comment Challenge. Payout for this round will remain at 20SBD, again split into two prizes, the winner will receive 15 SBD and the runner-up will get 5 SBD
New for this round is that Iβm teaming up with @davemccoy, to support his #newbieresteemday initiative. He will encourage "newbies" to join this challenge, with the aim to support and motivate better participation, and what better way to interact with other than through excellent comments. In addition to having a chance of winning the Comment Challenge prize money, an extra bonus will be awarded to the Top 10 participants in the #newbieresteemday initiative. Please check out this post for more info.
Get ready to deliver some magnificent comments! Polish your keyboard and sharpen your mind, I wanna see those comments rolling in. Please show me what you have got!
It is important to get followers, but you also want the correct type of followers. Followers that are truly interested in your blog and what you write, and not the βI-follow-you-if-you-follow-meβ kind of type. And to attract the right type of followers, you need to write godlike comments.
This challenge is all about writing godlike comments.
- In each challenge a post from a fellow minnow will be featured.
- The challenge is to write an amazing comment related to that post.
- I will resteem the post.
- I will give it a 100% upvote.
This will be part of my campaign to help other Minnows. The #minnowsupportproject helped me and I want to help others.
Join the challenge and practice your skills.
Please join the fun! π π
Challenge Instructions
Write a comment linked to the content in the section below "Post To Review"
Write a comment that will intrigue the reader. The comment should be interesting and create an urge in the reader to click through to your blog.
The entry needs to be written as a comment to this post.
Please resteem to help promote this challenge!
Tell your friends to come and vote for your comment!
Prize
The prize money for Challenge #15 will be 20SBD.
We will have a 1st and 2nd place with the following prizes:
- 1st 15SBD.
- 2nd 5SBD.
Rules and conditions
- The comment should be relevant to the content below in: "Post To Review".
- The entry needs to be written as a comment to this post.
- Entries limited to one per person.
- I will reply to your comment confirming it is a valid entry.
- The challenge ends at the end of the 7th day of this post.
- To vote for an entry, reply to the comment with the words "vote or voted"
- Upvotes are allowed to make the entry more visible, but the upvotes themselves play no role in the challenge.
- The Top5 entries with the most votes(i.e. replies with the words "vote or voted") will be potential winners.
- The judges will pick the winner from the Top5.
- If the judges can not reach a consensus, they will each pick one candidate and flip a coin. @dorabot will be used for this in MSP's Discord server.
- If the winner is not a Minnow, the prize will be split in 2 and the other half paid out to the best Minnow. After all, this is a competition to encourages Minnows, so hopefully that will be fair.
- The definition for a Minnow from #minnowsupportproject will be used. A Minnow is someone with less than 5K SP. (I have removed the followers requirement as I don't see that as relevant.)
Post To Review
Here follows the post for you to review:
Challenge #15 Post - "Mirror Lake Photo" by @brandongarrett.
I was very excited to find this great photographer and his first few step on Steemit. This photo is magical!!
I was also able to verify he is the authentic owner via his website: http://brandongarrett.me/. With his portfolio he could have a great time on this platform. So far his post has been very short and unfortunately not presented him in a fair way.
I see two possible themes for your comment entries this round. Either comment on the photo in his post, or, give your best advice how Brandon could best go about creating an awesome, updated Introduction post.
Please give us your best comment!
Guest Judge
No guest judge this week... So I will carry the burden on my shoulders.
Would you like to take part and act as a judge?
If you are interested, please indicate it in the comments or send me a message on Discord.
Upcoming judges:
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If you like this idea and would like it to grow. Please feel free to donate and I will add it to the Prize Pool. Mention #steemitcommentchallenge in your memo.
History of donations:
@zeartul 10SBD
@destinysaid 5SBD
@dray91eu 8SBD
@tech-trends 10STEEM
@fishmon 10SBD
@destinysaid 5SBD
@fishmon 5SBD
@nanosesame 10SBD
Previous Comment Challenge Winner
Here follows the list of all the previous winners.
List is from oldest to newest:
@guyverckw
@stephcurry
@timeshiftarts
@dray91eu
@digitalking
@fatpandadesign
@fishmon
@kslo
@learnandteach01
@cryptobychirag
@japh
@brandyb
@stellastella
@amos-robinson
...will YOU be next on the list??
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First of all, I would like to welcome @brandongarrett here on Steemit! Hope you'll enjoy your stay and may God bless you with your journey here on Steemit.
And to my formal 'comment entry' about @brandongarrett' s Mirror Lake photography, I must say that you really did one extraordinary shot, my friend! You did give me the excitement for me to include that wonderful jewel on my travel bucket list. With your shot, you captured the perfect angle reflection of that mountain together with the water and Hayden Peak. And with your masterpiece, it truly illustrates the place's perfect sanctity for getting disconnected from the outside world into finding one's self through nature's beautiful serenity. I thank you for capturing that image and sharing with everyone, you perfectly showcase the beauty of the Mirror Lake. One more thing, through your picture I can't wait to savor those pine trees, experience the wildlife, and most of all dangle my fingers on the cold water of the lake. I can't wait what you have experienced their when you captured that beauty in JPEG form, now I can't wait to breathe the fresh and cool air of Mirror Lake in Uintah Mountains in Utah, USA.
Congratulations to 2nd Prize! Well done!
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Lovely comment for this beautiful shot.
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Maraming salamat po! Grabi napaka supportive mo sa mga contest ko ππ
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My comment on the picture is:
"Wow, what a beautiful picture! Its hard to believe its real, its very very cool. It reminds me of wormholes in space and this is one of the portals to enter!"
Good job and I'm glad @danielsaori picked your post for this weeks contest. It is our first partnered contest ever for #newbieresteemday and its fantastic that we get to help a newbie at the same time. I will be resteeming it and letting all of our members know. Great work and welcome to steemit!!! You are going to do very well here, I'm sure of it :)
Now to all my fellow Newbie Resteem Initiative members, lets get the word out about this awesome post by:
#1 voting on it (if you like it),
#2 resteeming it if you want it on your feed (and want to help a fellow newbie), and
#3 commenting on it to both get noticed here (and make some connections) and to also enter your comment in the contest "Steemit Comment Challenge #15 - $20SBD Giveaway".
And don't forget that if you enter your comment also in the Comment Challenge and your "Reputation score" is under 40 (a pure newbie), you will be guaranteed to get an upvote of at least $0.05 just for joining @danielsaori's contest.
So don't wait, it is fast... It is easy... It is fun... And it is also a way to meet new people and earn a little upvotes and SBD in the process! :)
Thank you, Dave!
Best of success with your initiative. I will keep my eyes open and send some love their way.
My post is out, here is the link: https://steemit.com/newbieresteemday/@davemccoy/support-and-or-enter-this-contest-now-joint-project-of-newbieresteemday-and-steemitcommentchallenge
And thank you too Daniel... I think its new so it might take some time to take hold, but by joining forces with others we will eventually win! I'm excited!
Looking good Dave! π
Just catching up with you to get your thoughts on our partnership in that one? I know you did most of the work with the upvoting but I tried my best to help. Did you think it was successful for you? If so, do you want to do it again this week? I can get you the newbies and keep some focus on it, I just don't know if that is economical for you or not. So let me know your thoughts. I have a big push coming this week for super bowl week and I am going to be really focusing on contests/games/challenges...
Also if you want to branch out and do a simple game for the superbowl week, you are welcome to try that too. I myself are going to do something too. Of course the main thing I want to continue to help you with is the comment challenge, but I didn't know if you did anything else kinda one off.
And btw, my people its not about the big SBDs... If you give them something from via the upvote then they are more than happy to play. (I'm talking about a new one week only game)...
Anyways, let me know if you are interested ... I very much like working with you and doing what I can for you! Let me know
Hi Dave, Iβm very happy to continue! I think you managed to bring in a lot of new blood to the game so I will be excited to see how this can evolve.
I hope you are happy with the comment upvotes, it gives an extra incentive for people to join.
This week I also used some votes from @dorabot which push the reward above $0.20. I canβt promise that for the future though, but nevertheless I always give at least a 5% upvote from my own account to any Confirmed comment.
Superbowl week sounds interesting. Please let me know if you have any matching post to feature.
Will work on the winner post now so I can announce it within 12h. π
awesome that you are happy with us, because I couldn't be happier that we partnered with you... as far as you doing your upvotes, I think that is smart and very exciting for people to try harder. You are at a bigger level than me, so I appreciated any help you could give... seriously, you went way beyond anything I could've imagined. So thank you so much again!
If you are interest in the super bowl week idea I will write up a note tomorrow to you and tell you what my plans are. Then you can tell me 1) if you think I should change something and 2) whether you want to do an additional game this week. I have some ideas of some fun things and obviously only have so much time in the day. So I'll write my thoughts down for you tomorrow and lets just go from there... I definitely want to continue and I will be happy to tell everyone too!
have fun with your winner post.. to me that's the hardest part when I have more than one I want to win! lol
ok I'm ready on my end, just launched
https://steemit.com/superbowlweekne/@davemccoy/calling-all-game-makers-super-bowl-week-newbie-edition-is-officially-launched
waiting on your input. I am launching the event called "Super Bowl Week - Newbie Edition" a week filled with games, contests, and challenges.
Let me know... if you want any ideas for different games for this week (there are many games people play here around the game that you might not be aware of but should be fun)
Hi Dave, sorry I couldnβt get back to you but it was in the middle of the night for me. π¬ Iβm in GMT+1.
But of course Iβm in and sounds like you have something nice going this week. I will try to get my comment challenge out today and try to come up with some other game fitting the super bowl theme.
Excellent Daniel, thank you :) ... And if you need any ideas, just let me know... Also don't don't forget to tag your games with #superbowlweekne so we can find them and automatically put them on the list to promote.... And when comment challenge comes out let me know so I can spotlight it again!
And yes I think this week should be fun!
Here is my comment :))
Hello @brandongarrett ... Welcome to steemit.. am sure you'll enjoy it here!
"Mirror lake" is quite impressive... the amount of time and creativity you put into this piece... You surely earned the first spot!
Been a perfect photographer doesn't just mean holding a camera and taking random shots, one has to be creative and always think outside the box, your "mirror lake" work is an example of that.
The way you mixed photography and art i most say this is perfectly unexpected. :))
I'll be looking out for more of your works .. hopefully i'll learn one or more things from you
Happy Steeming @brandongarrett .. Cheers!!!
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Nice layout and a great touch. SteemOn!
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My comment on @brandongarrett picture post
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@brandongarrett i would like to welcome you to this great platform where blogging actually pays
Secondly,
The picture looks surreal with an hypnotic calming effect
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I have got to say being new on steemit might be tough and you might think of quitting. i would advice you dont cause Steemit is the future. We have lots of people who are helping newbies like you feel welcome in this community.
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Wanna let you know, if you can spend that much hours on the image spending it on steemit also and you would be amazed by the results you get
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Put this at the back of you mind, you would need it to survive in the community
Persistence
Patience
Hardwork
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Comment without tweeting
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Thank you for the comment and your Steemit advice.
Oh, thank you for this comment! Even if it isn't meant to be for me, helped me to know what you think about Steemit and being perseverant, the help that we, newbies, are receiving and the amazed we will with the results if we don't give up.
Also, the "sidenote" is very useful and right now I'll try to remember every word.
Thank you!
This is the comment I have for his post.
"This is indeed a fantastic work. Mirror lake?
I wonder how amazing it is to be in such a kind of place. Witnessing the beauty of nature that mirrors on the lake must be very fascinating and relaxing. I am a nature lover myself and would love to be able to visit a mirror lake too.
Welcome to steemit and hope you'll enjoy it here. I have read your introductory post too, a life full of adventure is just wow! With just the kind of interests that you have, if you keep posting about them no wonder you'll have a lot of followers and supporters.
Steem on! With a photo of the nature and making it this extraordinary requires amazing skill. With a quality work like this, success in this community will never be impossible for you."
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Thanks for a nice comment to welcome a new steemian.
Welcome!
This is my comment on the post:
Awesome shot! It feels like a surreal painting, an image straight out of a painterly dream. This image has so many great elements, and yet: it doesn't feel cluttered or chaotic. Every element is under control.
The composition is very smart: it allows room for both the reflection and the sky and the dividing line between the two (the mountains and trees) sits at a nice resting place. The lines in the reflection on the left and on the right also point straight to the middle of the vortex, so they act as leading lines, leading the eye of the viewer straight to the core of the image.
The pattern of the trees on camera right provide a dynamic rhythm to the picture. Thanks to the reflection in the water, it kind of looks like a sound wave!
The colors are superb as well. It feels like a magical blue hour moment. There are so many wonderful tones of blue in this image!
This makes it all the more stunning. It is awe-inspiring how much time and effort it took to make this image come to life.
It takes a photographer's eye to see the potential of this place and previsualize the final image. It takes a creative mind to think about how to put it together. It takes skill to pull it off. This image shows that you are a true artist: you have the photographer's eye, the creative mind, and the skills to create a masterpiece.
Congratulations on the win in the competition!!
very good comment, i think the best so far. excellent
thank you! :)
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Excellent review of this photograph, great reflections.
thank you!
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The picture looks surrealistic. It must have been an amazing moment to be there and see this with your own eyes. I think itβs every photographerβs dream to get a chance to make a photo like this.
Itβs obvious youβre a person that has a good eye for the beauty of naure (and probably for loads of other things too), and now Iβm curious about the person behind the picture. I hope youβre planning on writing an introductory post to give us, other Steemians, the chance to find out more about the person - or maybe I should say: the artist - that is able to recognize and capture such a wonderful moment in such a way that people all around the globe can share in the experience.
Canβt wait to see/read more of you.
P.S.: posting a good, informative introductory post in which you let others know who you are could be the start of a great (and profitable) SteemIt career. If youβd like to find out more on how to write an introductory post that will lead to interesting and engaging connections with other people on the platform, you might want to take a look at @jerrybanfieldβs tutorial βEarn Steem With SteemItβ which is available for free for members of this platform. In it, youβll find loads of information that can help you to make this post with this fantastic picture the first one of many top quality and highly rewarded SteemIt posts. (You can get the link to Jerryβs free tutorial from my blog post βFree SteemIt Tutorials For Minnowsβ)
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Thanks for sharing some nice resources.
Not always a fan of Jerry due to his eager to monetize on everything, but as he is a great marketer it looks like he has done a good job with that tutorial.
Getting your post noticed on Steemit requires your totality
First, people are on the lookout for quality stuff
Brandon is quite a good photographer , I think he should make his post more detailed by citing the location of the picture,type of camera he used, the feeling behind the photograph and so on.
All these captures the audience attention.
I also think he needs to join several communities ,on discord especially so as go help him get better publicity.
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Nice advice that should always be accompanied a photograph. Any other advice on how to make a godlike introduction page? Please feel free to edit your comment with any updates.
Now that is a great photograph @danielsaori! It immediately reminded me of The Starry Night by Van Gogh. Fantastic how a digital image like yours can bring me back to the first time I saw this stunning handpainted artwork in real life.
My thoughts moved on and arrived at a tv show I watched a few months back where an artist would try to duplicate a world famous painting using nowadays research facilities like x-ray and 3d scanning as well as written documents as new evidence and reference.
And that again brought me to the thought that it would be fantastic if we - the spectators - could be witness of the 'work in process'. A bit like how the graphic designers on Steemit show the different stages of creating a logo.
So, I guess, what I am trying to say is: @danielsaori, you have given me a five-minute-associative-train-of-thoughts that made my day and hopefully gives you more ideas on how you can make your extraordinary photography even more interesting to us fellow Steemians!
Thank you for that! I will follow your blog to see if I can get to know a little bit more about you and your photography.
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Just to clarify, the photograph is not mine, it is Brandonβs, who wrote this weekβs featured post.
Noted! Thx for the clarification on the photographer's intellectual ownership.
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You're welcome, I liked it @markkennard! There are many good comments here, but your's is pretty high on the list (notice the $0.32 you are being upvoted) ... that means you are doing good! And don't get dismayed by anything here, if you do your best and you are honest, the good moments will far outweigh any bad ones. I guarantee it ;)
Thanks very much for the pep talk @davemccoy. Much appreciated
very nice comment, i like it. good job mark
Thank you very much and thanks for your upvote. If you think my comment is a candidate to win this contest then Iβd love to hear your opinion and a comment of βvoteβ below my comment would certainly help as mentioned in the rules. I also see you have followed me. There are a few resteems of other peopleβs posts in my blog but I hope you enjoy the posts of my Oamaru Stone Sculptures and of Steampunk sculptures from around my home town and would love your feedback. Iβll be sure to check out your blog. With such an interesting name Iβm sure there will be some great content on there. Iβll also be sure to copy my comment on the contest photo to the post by @brandongarrett as I see you mentioned this to another Steemian. All the best on your Steemit journey!
Great commentary @markkennard. Since my vote is not worth Jack (pardon the pun) I upvoted your post about your carving 0.15sbd via the treeplanter bot. I felt that post was excellent, drastically undervalued, and deserves much more in upvotes. So there is my modest attempt at that. Great work @markkennard keep up the great work sir!
No problem. It should be showing up fairly quick, it usually doesn't take too long for them to cast the vote. New Zealand has been a place of great curiosity for me. I have played at high levels of men's fastpitch softball, and most of the best pitchers in the world come from there as you may or may not be aware. I live in the Midwest in the US, and that is actually a great hidden past time for so many of us, unfortunately it has kind of dwindled down. When I was a little kid 35+ years ago there were games played by every small town around my hometown. Now we have to travel an hour just to play in a recreational league game. Oh well, glad to hear the appreciation sir, I would cycle through @davemccoy past posts over the last month and read all of his advice for newbies. He has some very excellent articles. If there are any questions on anything please ask me, or anyone virtually everyone on this platform is a great resource to aid you in your up and coming success.
Thanks for the advice. If you ever visit New Zealand be sure to visit Oamaru. Iβm sure you will find it a very interesting little town.
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My comment on the post is this :
@brandongarrett its a great photo you got there, first i am amazed how you managed to capture this. You surely have a hand and mind of an artist for photography is a art. The way you angle your shot gives it more way striking than typical long exposure shot, you use the lake to add more excitement on the way you want the shot to be seen by us. As a traveler I envy you for this. Thanks for sharing this wonderful imagery of yours. I hope more to come :)
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I agree it is a great shot, a piece of art.
Thanks for confirming man :)
A big welcome to you @brandongarrett to the steemit family.
This is an amazing photo @brandongarrett. It reminds me of those cartoons I watched while younger, where at night, a portal connecting earth and alien world would gradually open, and then an alien would enter into earth, from their world, through that portal. The portal usually looked like this photo.
While reading the post, when I got to this part,
The entire sequence is about 3-4 hours long, my Jaws dropped, because that line showed me the Raw Passion you have for photography. Great job.
Whenever I come in contact with people with passion, what I try to do is to assist them as much as I can, coupled with the fact that as a newbie, it can be really difficult to get much upvotes on your post (as evident in this 'first place image' post), leaving contests as your best chance of getting a good reward, even as you build your blogging skills and content.
Below are 3 of the photography contests I know you can take part in and win prices while you also contribute content to the steemit community:
The new weekly π· Photochallenge hosted by @betterthanhome
7 World's Continents Photo Challenge by
@czechglobalhosts
MyPictureDay Challenge by @timsaid
Wishing you more success in these contests, and hopefully you'll continue to grow here on steemit, even to the point where you'll host your own contests to encourage newbies. All the best.
CONGRATS @lucyc! The Winner this week. :)
very good, if I had more of an upvote I would give it to you @lucyc
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Excellent comment and nice advice for various photo contests here on Steemit.
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This is the comment I left on @brandongarrett's post:
Wow that's a lot of work and an awesome result! You deserve to win that competition.
This photo gives me mixed feelings: hypnotic, dreamy, scary and maybe because I think too much so I will just tell you what it did to my imagination ;)
This photo is the Earth's secret passage to 2 different dimensions. The upper hole is the gateway to immortality while the lower hole is the passage to death. The gateway to immortality is the most coveted door for those who have found this secret. But to get there, you have to go through a series of obstacles and reach the gatekeeper who holds a ball of light which is key to the the upper hole of immortality. If you are successful, the ball will let you fly to the upper hole and you return as an immortal coming from the lower hole. However , if you fail the obstacles on the way, the lower hole will suck you to your death.
PS. I found this through @danielsaori's comment challenge. You've done a really good job and you are now noticed. Hope you can join us in our efforts to support each other as newbies. You can also check @davemccoy's #newbieresteemday initiative. Thanks :)
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Excellent comment and analysis of the photograph.
Thanks @danielsaori. I enjoyed your contest. I also like Doraemon :)
At first glance, I really thought that this Mirror Lake is a painting made by a famous painter. I kinda remember Vincent Van Gogh Starry Starry Night. I'm really amazed that a photo can turn into something like this in such a way that photography and art fused so well. I also think that what you did seems like a combination of fact and fantasy.
This is an amazing shot! Like really amazing!! You, @brandongarrett, as well is super amazing. You didn't go the normal way. You think of this Mirror Lake intricately and carefully. Like you are still looking for a small way just to come up with this kind of shot. The patience and creativity upon doing a long exposure shot (correct me if I'm wrong with my terminology) is superb and amazing. Hah! How many times did I say amazing?
Three thumbs up for your Mirror Lake!!
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Thanks for your amazing comment. ;)
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My comment @danielsaori on @brandongarett ...
enchanting photo's, when I first saw, it looks like I'm falling at the deep deep hole going back to the future. Yeah, a "time machine" and I'm so happy if it's become real. I traveling the day way back Nov 12, 2017...to save one young man that I miss so much. A unique images you create @brandongarett enjoyable piece and deserve to win. I can't wait for your next post, welcome to the steemit family, I had a vision that you gave a great contribution to this platform. Good luck Brandon and I resteem it as part of my #newbieresteemday.π
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Thanks for joining! Wish you the best of luck.
thank you and more powerπ
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My comment on the picture:
That is amazing, and I cannot fathom the time it took to create it. It reminds me of a famous painting; starry night by Van Gogh.
As for help with the post:
good i upvote you for the good comment
Thank you!
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Those are some great advice. Thanks!
@davemccoy as always, thanks for inviting me to this contest. I'm ever grateful to you and I'm so happy that steemit connected me to you. π@danielsaori I applaud your brain power for coming up with this idea to help minnows.
I will be sincere here that I don't like taking photos because I'm not a photogenic type but anyways it's okay.
To @brandongarrett post.
His pictures speaks well of his love for Art.
His thoughts are really embedded into them.
I will say what a mentor of mine said to me about three to five days ago:
If you are good and consistent, it just takes a whale to do the needful and before you know it, The whole community will observe your works one day.
good comment. i vote for you because you chose to help
Confirmed! Take you for your honest comment and that you took the time to make a list of Steemit advice.
My comment on the picture is:
Really beautiful, this that shows only is achieved by a gift, not anyone knows what the time and the perfect place to take so beautiful is true also that nature alone is perfect. I hope you go ahead I love to see pictures and even more if they have such magnitude of quality.
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Good luck in the challenge!
My comment @brandon
Even though I dont know much about photography,I must commend you for this one. Would also like to congratulateyou on your getting first place in the contest.
It is very nice that you joined steemit, not only will you be able to show your nice works but also get to meet professionals in photography from whom you can gain a lot.
The lake is really a sight to behold and I wish I will be able to see it someday.
my advice for you is to keep working on your skills and I know by doing that,you will get to the top in no time.
Nice work dear!!@brandon
#steemitcommentchallenge
very good @annamighty this is a nice comment =)
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Great comment @annamighty. π
thank you
This was my comment on his photo.
"Hello fellow minnow in steemit community. You remind me of my ex-classmate in med school. He's also great at taking the moments out of every good scenery. To explain as to why he's an ex-classmate, he just recently quit med school, just this year to focus on something he likes. Taking the moments out of every good scenery. So, welcome and enjoy on doing what you like. You can do it!"
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Thanks for joining.
My comments for @brandongarrett's post would be:
"Welcome to Steemit brandon and congratulations on winning 1st place.
What a unique way of show casing your photography skills. It was not easy at first to picture what is this. I could not tell if it's an artwork, illustrator or a photo shop of 180 images.
Please continue your work in steemit and keep sharing those amazing work of yours. There are plenty of steemians (like me) love to view beautiful photos of the mother nature."
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This is my comment under the post of @brandongarrett
Hey Brandon, this is a lovely photo. And the best part about the image is the elements properly captured. You seem to have a timing on this. And it worked out perfectly. I am not really a photographer and just do most of the image capture on my phone. So it feels good to see some of the images such as this and we get to see the land we usually don't have the chance to travel :)
Rydhi
xox
very nice comment myscrible
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Thank you and best of luck!
Hereβs my comment for the image by @brandongarrett for #newbieresteemday and thanks to @danielsaori for the contest.
β i get instantly a vibe of Van Goghβs starry night painting. I love that for the most part the image is monochromatic and keeps your eye moving left to right. Seems if this piece were printed on βmicaβ paper unsure if you know the process... but if you did you could add a light dimmer to the print allowing for different focal points based on light direction and intensity. The s was a popular process for many landscape and aquatic artists. I could definitely see this printed out on mica paper and then based on switching the light intensity getting completely different moods from it. Really well done! Iβm a fan of images that keep your eye movement engaged and this does it for me. Nice modern take on Van Gogh
very good answer, it shows respect to the author and also that you are being genuine! That's how to do it right!!!
Mahalo. thanks. well im an artist so i ca relate :) thanks so much. still a noob but giving it a go :)
see there you go... good answer
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Great well formulated reply.
ah nice! now i gotta wonder if i will "grow my blog like a champ" lol haha. i added you so ill be looking for new challenges and happy to leave a comment always.
If God had platform shoes this would be the site of the official interstellar Disco Club. It's not very often a still photo almost makes you fall out of your chair, amazing artwork @brandongarrett anonymity is hard to keep with work like this. Welcome to the community we are lucky to have you here sir!
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God in platform shoes?! That would be something... :)
Thanks @danieldsaori. Not in it so much as a contestant but to interact. Thank you very much and keep up the great work sir! Sincerely, @cryptkeeper17
"Burt, I told you not to drink before jumping to hyperspace. Now we're falling into TWO black holes!"
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Great humoristic way to start off the comments in this round. :)
I nominate you for tribute
Here is my link for my comment
https://steemit.com/photography/@brandongarrett/first-place-image#@annamighty/re-brandongarrett-first-place-image-20180121t165447089z
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Thank you
At first glance of the photo @brandongarrett took it looks like one of the best long-exposure shots Iβve ever seen! One of those shots where you would have had to let the camera take in the night sky all night long in order to capture all the details of this photo. It wasnβt until reading the caption that I realized it was actually 180 photoshopped images into one. Itβs truly magnificent what youβve been able to create and thankful youβve decided to share your work with us here on steemit. Like youβve probably already have come to notice but one of the best ways to get your name out there is by entering contest like the one you already won. Your work speaks volumes by itself. Keep doing work like this and you will continue to find much success. Photography contest are bounityful here on steemit so my advice would to be, enter as many as you can and then just give the rest time. Success doesnβt just happen over night, as neither did that picture youβve created. It takes hard work but most importantly time. I look forward to seeing more of your photos here in the future!
Kind regards from a fellow steemian,
Tyler
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Thank you for your comment. Wish you best of luck!
Is it a lake? No! It's a mirror.
Is it a mirror? No! It's a lake.
So what really is it? A Lake Mirror, maybe? Nope! It's a Mirror Lake.
Awww! Wow! But anyway, whatever it is - Is it for real!?
You are great @brandongarrett! I can't give any piece advice, maybe you have for me? hahaha! Lol!
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Iβm pretty sure itβs a lake-mirror. π
thanks @danielsaori and I'm pretty sure too that @brandongarret is an amazing photographer.
you have some charm to go with that fun wit! You're gonna make a lot of friends here @leebaong!
Thank you so much @davemccoy. Yes, though I am just a newbie, I am having fun now and have met a lot of friends. I can't stop commend this site.
My Dear @brandongarrett this is god speaking and offering some sage, godlike offerings.
You may be the first of the human species to have captured in your potentially life-changing photograph, the ancient wise saying - "As above, so below!"
I have been muttering these words into the ears of anyone listening, but I had no idea you would take them and convert them into a digital masterpiece.
Go to the top of the class and oh by the way, the #newbieresteemday team, yes you @danielsaori has pricked up his ears.
So any of you newbies out there, for a guaranteed place up here with me, make sure you upvote, comment, resteem and anything else you wonderful, inspiring humans beings can think of, to create a community, peace and harmony down there.
PS - sometime I let off a little steem, but that is because I can - now steem on Steemians!
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Thanks for you nice words. Best of luck!
This reminds me of the Architect's 3rd Matrix, the one NEO really screwed up and split into 2. At least I got the twins out of it. Those were exciting times!
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Now you got me curious and got me thinking of that scene. :) Need to check it out.
my comment.....
With everyone now in a competition to leave the most poignant or interesting comment on your work, it almost seems a little redundant just saying 'well done' and 'great photo''. I am not a great wordsmith but your photography speaks for itself and I don't have the words. Thank you for giving us all the chance to see it.
That's good @skunkape30uk. You were honest and that is the main thing in my opinion. You took the time to look, to read the other comments, and then made an honest assessment. I like that. Over time you will be first and be able to make the best comment because you beat everyone to the punch. But the main thing is that you played the game and interacted with people. We all win when we do that!
I know the game is getting past the halfway point, but you are owed at least a $0.05 vote for just playing from #newbieresteemday ... So I got you a $0.01 and if that is all you get then pick a post of yours and I will make sure we reward you for taking the time to play.
We plan on having many of these events so that we can interact and know each other, so it is important to keep coming back and if you have fun, then tell a few people about Steemit Comment Challenge and #newbieresteemday .
Thank you Sir, you're right and I am enjoying reading all the comments and getting to know people on here better.
In regards to the Steemit Newbie Resteem Initiative I got to know @mudct36 through Steemit and have met up in the real world too. He gave me a call to tell me about the #newbieresteemday and I am totally with you guys. I'm currently making this my newbie resteem week, so hopefully that will help the cause too.
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Apologies for the slow reply.
As @davemccoy said, it is never too late to enter. Even if you don't manage to win you might make an impression with your comments that will pay you back big time over the long run.
Great comments are the honest ones and those that contain a personal touch. So commenting with only 'well done' or 'great photo' doesn't give a good impression. I found out about @davemccoy through his great comments. I would really recommend you to check out his 'Comments Wall' and get inspiration from it.
SteemOn!
This is a lovely (180 image, image) it looks as if you created a black hole in the universe.
Have you thought about submitting your art to @mariannewestβs freewriting challenge? She uses images and prompts to encourage people to write. Iβve participated in a few and they are really plumping up my blog with lots of awesome original writing.
I look forward to seeing more of your work, Iβve followed you.
-stopped by from @danielsaori minnow support project
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Great comment @metzli.
this is amazing, i have never seen such beautiful pictures, is this real? If you are right, you are entitled to engage in highly talented and professional photographic words, continue to work with a strong passion, and continue to produce beautiful natural works, I am sure in time you will get many followers who continue to want to see your best work @brandongarrett in steemit.
nice comment for you to make ami92
Thank you..he deserve it.
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Thanks @ami92!
The image really looks unreal to me. I can only imagine the euphoria I will experience if I behold such breaktaking scene @brandongarrett.
What was going on in your mind while taking the pictures?
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Thank you for joining. True, the picture really looks unreal. :)
You are welcome. π
My comment on the post :
I've visited your website, and saw your amazing photographs, they are very well composed and the attention you put in taking the photos speaks for itself from the vivid details of the pixels.
Welcome to the Steemit platform. With your wonderful skills as a photographer, you can surely get a fantastic following here....
Using appropriate tags can ensure more eyes on your posts, so select them carefully, #life and #photography is likely to be your best bets and you can throw in #nature and techniques you used. Aspiring photographers will also like to hear you describe how you acquire your photos.. these are all ways to expand you fan base.
good luck and enjoy steem !
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Thanks for your comment and your #-tag advice.
My comment on @brandongarrett,
Welcome to steemit. a perfect place for professional hobbyist and good photographer like you :) I'm new here but I think I understand some things in a short time. people are looking at whether the content of your post is relevant to you.
The fact that the content of the post is relevant to you allows people to show more interest in the post. because they want to comment under the people who have a great time in the post or who are returning from death (depend post content). you should also always share interesting content in your posts, like the youtubers but you have to use a little brain :)
I think you have a perfect personality for this place, it is so simple that things will succeed to you, check out interesting things and add yourself in photos or do some intersting hobbies and share with us and do not even give up in difficult times :)
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Sorry for the late reply. :| Wish you the best of luck!
My comment on @brandongarrett picture post
@brandongarrett
Welcome to steemit! I am brand new to steemit too. Though sometimes it can seem really hard to get noticed on here, what I like most about it is the community. I've only been here a month, and I have already made friends with people that are amazing and really do good in the world.
As for this photo, WOW! It's majestic! And you have some serious photoshop skills and patience! This photo is one I would have as a print on my wall. I really do like it. It reminds me of how abundant and incredible this world is.
Again, glad you are here on steemit! :)
Amy Honey
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Thanks for your comment Amy.
The best way to get visibility here is by writing excellent comments. Of course, there need to be some decent posts promoting your blog, but the majority of the time is best spent commenting to build connections and to attract people to your blog.
Thanks so much!! Love getting to know everyone! ;).
Amy
While the pic look so excited
As said in the post that lake is situated in USA and acts like a mirror , can that be a reality of lake that it acts like mirror who ever see it!!!!!!!
Well after browsing about the lake I came to knowledge that this lake exist in reality and the night scene looks so great it look like that whole sky has been admitted in the lake . The star in the river acts that anybody has done magic in the river and river acts like a brightened river ever seen.
Some more interesting thing about this lake :-
The Uintas is home to Camp Steiner, the highest Boy Scout camp in the United States at 10,400 feet . The camp is near mile marker 33 of the Mirror Lake Highway.
The Uinta Highline Trail traverses the entire range and is a popular backpacking trail.
Dinosaur National Monument is located on the southeast flank of the Uinta Mountains on the border between Colorado and Utah.
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Thx for the additional facts. π
I thought those photograph were art work.
I think the guy is born with passion for the photograph, still wondering if that the guy works of the pictures. I think he need to employ somewhere to write him a introdruction post about his magical work of the photograph.
I want to be among the judge @danielsaori
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You could ask Brandon some of your questions and give some advice regarding the introduction post.
I can put you down as a future judge. Thx for showing interest.
Okay, but i don't know brandon username on steemit, share me one of his link
It is the post you just commented on. That is Brandon. :)
The eye is drawn naturally to the center of this celestial sphere and an immediate thought may be what's beyond? This is not looking out, but looking from within. I feel safe knowing our ancient ancestors are still watching over us and when the time is right they are here to help. Well deserved placing first place. Patience paid off my friend @brandongarrett #newbieresteemday
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Thank you for joining the contest. I do also wonder what's beyond. Doubt I ever get an answer though...
Exercises can be done through mediation and awakening your pineal glands (Third Eye). The answers are their, it's up to you to open your consciousness.
I have a good feeling about this!
Thx for your comment! I would say there is no chance π
that made me spit out my drink
That makes me want it more haha. I like long shots. Itβs that much more awesome when it works out
see that's how the comment section work... good come back ;)
Thank you
My comment on the post is:
This photo is astonishing, i got mindblown at the first glance of it. It looks like a deep hole in the atmosphere in an unknown planet. At the same time looks like a zoomed eyeball...
Even though i'am not a fan of Photoshop. I see nothing but rich creativity and if you keep up with such hardwork and creativity on steemit.. the sky is the limit, trust me.
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Indeed, the photo is astonishing! Thanks for joining the challenge.
Hello @brandongarrett. We got in to Steemit almost at the same time. I hope that you are enjoying it as much as I do. I came in from @danielsaori. Your photo is awesome! It deserved to get the first place. What I see is that I am about to be teleported to a new dimension. In maybe 5 seconds, LOL! The work of your hands is amazing! Many should see this. #newbieresteemday
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Nice to have you here. Someone else wrote about Star Wars, and it looks like the moment just before jumping to light speed.
Thanks @danielsaori. It's great to be here!
@brandongarrett .....at first, when i saw the photograph i was in AWE....what is this? So so beautiful, pleasing to the eyes, A marvelous sight to look upon. He a great photographer and how he combined those vortex, i really can't comprehend, i love the work. I tell you! The GUY is GOOD. Kudos dear...i'm new here too, about getting an awesome introduction post, i think @bradongarrett should talk more about himself , his activities and show some of his works.
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Thanks for your entry. What would you recommend when it comes to verification for his intro post?
By verification, you mean? Im not too clear on that.
To verify his identity and/or that he is the owner of the photographs.
One example is using a picture of yourself holding a note with todayβs date and your Steem username.
I think he should take a photograph of himself doin his work.
Example: have someone snap him while taking a photograph or while he Photoshops
Welcome to steemit @brandongarrett,looking at your portfolio am really impressed on you work,you are definitely going to attend a greater height
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Hey Daniel, Thanks for taking this amazing intitiative.
Not only did you pick content that is of remarkable quality,
and deserving of love and attention,
but you're giving us a big clue to success...
In taking the time to go through someone's content, subsequently formulating a useful and meaningful response to that person, at the very least it gives them a good feeling + feedback. But often times it will also lead to teamwork. This African proverb comes to mind
"If you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together"
So the network we create here, will often come from actually doing what Steemit was designed for, which is for us to go around searching for good quality original content and supporting it...
So yeah, big clue
I gladly left a comment for @brandongarrett and I'll be following you both!
Myself I came to Steemit as an artist 2 weeks ago, I'll share one of my pieces with you here, if it's the type of work you appreciate, please feel free to connect, any feedback is appreciated.
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Well done getting this comment together.
My entry for the contest:
"When I first saw the photogrpah I thought it was a painting by Van Gogh! It resembles so much his "Starry night over the RhΓ΄ne". As if the Dutch painter came to 21st century, abandoned the paintbrushes and took the camera. Are you sure you are not him? π"
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Thatβs a great find seeing the parallels with the Van Goghβs painting. ππ
Yes I see where you get that @hoperimmel.
my contest entry:
first welcome to steemit. this is very good and an awesome way to look at nature. if we can analyze things from different perspectives, we can see the beauty that is created all around us. your picture makes our world look so small, like we could just walk right off the planet on that bridge thru the galaxy and see what lies in the unknown.
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Nice comment for this photograph. π
thank you for holding the contest too
My comment on this post was :
Oh my god! It's BEAUTIFUL! it almost looks like it could be a digital painting!
I actually quite recently had gone through several similar photographs (without the lake though) and was planning to capture something similar myself. But the addition of the Mirror lake just increased the surreality and charm of the technique. Great job man, This photograph is beautiful, mesmerizing and thought-provoking. you definitely deserved to win that Photography Decathlon. I look forward to your posts now, you have earned a follower, my friend. :)
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Great to have you here. Good luck! π
My entry wasnβt confirmed. Did I do something wrong
Hello Firststeps, It was earlier today. Apologies for the delay. had a big backlog.
Thank you :)