Appreciate Beauty of Nature with @phortun: round 44

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Hi there my Hivean friends and followers!

Welcome to the 44th round of my special weekly photo challenge known as Appreciate Beauty of Nature with @phortun :)

I know a lot of photo contests with nature as the main theme were/are/will be hosted by various people on the 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 to go out and appreciate the beauty of our nature right now.

The internet (and the 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. 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 (photo) 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.


You can start submitting your entries to this round in the comment section below 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. I usually host the challenge on Thursday but when needed for some reason, I can host it on some other day so better check my blog regularly not to miss out on it ;)

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:


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Nothing really fancy today, just this simple shot of a bunch of curious swans floating on the muddy Wisla River here in Krakow, Poland on a dull chilly afternoon a few days ago. It´s interesting though how many different bird species live together peacefully in the river. Besides the swans, there are also ducks, gulls and even cormorants occupying this area. People often feed the birds old bread (which I have heard is not good for them by the way) so most of the feathered fellas are very tame and don´t mind the human presence at all.




In the last round, we had 6 participants. After some thorough consideration, I decided to pick these 3 winners:


@bucipuci with this entry:

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I missed your challenge twice. It's time to add some picture :-) Yesterday (December 9) I drove around the Orlík dam in the morning. The sun was just rising, trying to break through the haze over the water and the nearby forests. I had to stop to take a picture of this scenery :-)


@lesmann with this entry:

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Hello There! I wanted to enter this photo, which l will admit I used a filter on. Now that's out of the way, this is a photo I took a day ago at a local Marina where I work. It was just at after Sunrise and I noticed the water was "flat" so I took a few shots. The bird in the lower right is one of the local Herons (lots here) feeding on bait fish, probably "Mud Minnows". Thanks for Viewing and have a Great Weekend! Photo taken in Corpus Christi, Texas.


@loulou1987 with this entry:

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This photo was taken just few hours ago, it is one of the views from Ondrejnik mountain. As it was all the day foggy in the city, I needed to check how that looks from the mountain :)




Congratulations guys! It was my pleasure to give you 100% upvotes on your entries :)

I am looking forward to what you will come up with in this round.

Have fun and appreciate the beauty of nature!


I post this series in the Amazing Nature community (a great community for all nature lovers) that was created by @adalger.




This post was created by me for the Hive blockchain exclusively. All rights reserved.



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Thank you for visiting my blog. If you like posts about Nature, Animals, Ecology, Crypto, Traveling, Photography and discovering secrets and beauties of the World, feel free to follow me as these are the topics I mostly write about. Have a wonderful day and keep on hiving! :)



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Congratulations @lesmann and @loulou1987. Thanks for including in the selection and upvote.
Today I will "omit" the blurred image and instead add a look at masterpiece the magician's Frost, which he created in collaboration with Fog

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Taken this morning near the South Bohemian town of Nová Bystřice

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Awesome!
I haven't seen such things in "years" (ice or snow), but remember it well from New Jersey & Germany - Deutschland!
Stay Warm!
Have a Great Friday!
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It's not what it used to be. At least the frost sometimes conjures up :-).
Thanks :-)

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Vskutku mistrovská práce umělce Mrázka :) Díky za účast.

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:-). Je to snaživý umělec :-D

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Thank You So Much!
I will definitely be back!
Have an Awesome Friday!
👍🏼😊🐝🌴🐝😊👍🏼

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Awesome, I am looking forward to your next entry :) All the best down to Texas!

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Hello @phortun
Congratulations to all the winners!
Here is my contribution.
I took it this morning just when I was out shopping. They are located in the garden of the building where I live here in Cumaná, Sucre state.

Enjoy it!

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Beautiful flower close up, I am happy to see you here again Esther :)

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Thank you!
And I'm happy to be here again!!
A big hug!!

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Hi @phortun !

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I took this photo yesterday on the steamboat. I haven't been on the steamboat for a long time and it came very well. The weather was always rainy last week. So I enjoyed the sun even though it was cold. I hope you like it!

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What a nice visit from Turkey :) Great shot, can you just add the location please?

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I glad you like it. :) This photo was taken in Izmir. On the Karşıyaka-Konak steamboat.

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Břeh řeky Svratky není bůhvíjak krásné místo, ale rádi se tudy s bíglíkem procházíme. Terén je hůře přístupný, překračujeme kořeny, dáváme pozor na kluzké kameny. Stromy jsou objímány břečťanem a dva na obrázku do sebe navzájem vrůstají.

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Díky za hezký soutěžní příspěvek, kdy jsi fotku pořídil prosím? :)

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V Brně pod Červeným kopcem.

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Brno je jasné, já se ptal kdy ;) Jde o to, aby snímek nebyl starší než týden...

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Promiň, fotka je z páteční procházky.

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Just can't help myself by bringing you another lovely sunset from Byron Bay beach in NSW , Australia this was captured yesterday evening while walking along the beach with the great summer weather we are having at the moment we are getting some really awesome sunsets and i am enjoying them thoroughly 🌞

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