Appreciate Beauty of Nature with @phortun: round 139

Hi there my Hivean friends and followers!

Welcome to the 139th 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.

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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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We have been enjoying some unusually warm and sunny weather here in Prague, Czech Republic lately with the highest temperatures hovering around 20 C (68 F), which is really quite unusual for mid October at this latitude. I took advantage of the nice weather yesterday and went for a little walk around one of the parks adjacent to the Prokop Valley, one of my favorite natural spots in the city. I will probably make a whole separate post dedicated to the beautiful colors that Mother Nature has enclothed herself in this autumn here but for now, let me share just this little random landscape picture with some warm autumn shades that I clicked during my yesterday´s walk ;)

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In the last round, we had 5 participants. After some thorough consideration, I decided to pick these 3 winners:

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@trangbaby with this entry from Australia:

Wow, all entries were excellent. Great choices, @phortun, and hope you're having a great weekend there :) I've missed a few round, and now I'd like join with this very fresh picture just taken a few hours ago when we went out for a walk at the park close by, in Point Cook, Western Suburb of Melbourne, Australia. It's very quiet and the greenery is well kept at this park. It's spring here and still a bit cold, but the weather today is great to go out for a walk.

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@bucipuci with this entry from the Czech Republic:

Congratulations to the winners :-) And I'll add one of my pictures right away. Sometimes it doesn't hurt to take a late walk. You can then see the last reflections of the sun on the clouds in the sky :-). I managed to take this picture on Wednesday 5/10 in South Bohemia, Czech Republic, a few kilometers east of Ceske Budejovice.

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@franzpaulie with this entry from the Philippines:

Hi @phortun I'd like to share with you one of my favorite hiking spots. I often visits this place like 6 times already, whenever I'm so stressed. Wandering in the middle of the forest for me is a stress reliever. This photo was taken today based on my time zone, after I moved in to another house. By the way, this place is called " Twin Lakes" for it has twin. If you are a nature lover, you'll definitely love it here. This is located in Negros Oriental Island, Philippines. A 25 minute drive from the main road.

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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!

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I post this series in the Amazing Nature community, a great community for all nature lovers. Feel free to check it out ;)

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