First day of spring: special Spring Photo Contest for 30 SBD!
Hi everyone,
Even though the unusually cold weather still persists in most Europe, yesterday was actually the first day of spring and I think this is a great opportunity to organize another special photo contest for you.
The theme is obvious this time - show us your best spring photo! :)
Source: Wikimedia Commons (Creative Commons)
You can start submitting your spring photos in the comments below but please make sure to follow these rules:
1 - Submit only your own photos. Plagiarism will not be tolerated.
2 - Only one photo per person.
3 - Add some background information about the photo with at least 50 words.
4 - Upvote and resteem this post so that more people can participate in it.
The contest will be open for 7 days (until next Wednesday). Then, I will go through all of your submissions and choose 3 winners who will receive 15 SBD (first place), 10 SBD (second place) and 5 SBD (third place) from me as the prize.
I am looking forward to your entries. Good luck to all participants! :)
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Tomas
CEO & Founder of CGH
Bravo Tomas! I love this special themed contest. And can't wait to see everyone's spring photos. For this contest, I decided to go back to last year. This photo was taken on May 19th, 2017 during my visit to New York City. If I could recommend any time to visit NYC, I'd say mid May because everything is in bloom and the weather is warm but not hot. This view is from the famed High Line Park that runs along the westside of Manhattan. The park used to be part of the elevated train system. But decades after its use ended as a railway, it was transformed into this incredible park I tell everyone to visit, especially in the springtime!
Spring for Japan means Cherry Blossom. Known as Sakura in Japanese, Cherry Trees blossoms during spring every year in Japan, and during this time many Japanese girls will go Hanami, or literally flower viewing, where they would dress themselves in traditional kimonos and go out to local parks to view the cherry blossom, picnic under the cherry trees, and generally having a good time. One popular place for Hanami is the Lake and Garden inside the Heian Shrine, Kyoto, where this picture was taken.
Here’s my entry. Found so many unusual flowers in Claude Monet’s garden in Giverny, France. The garden is huge, filled with the flowers I had never seen before. I selected two of those I really love. The garden is wonderful, there’re different types of flowers the whole year round.
This spring, where you want to find spring, Sakura had started waving to you.Japanese respect Sakura, but also because her life is short, but with short time for yourself, to witness the beautiful.
In China, Wuhan University campus there as early as Sakura, Sakura night, cherry red down more than 10 varieties of cherry trees.
But today I'm going to take you to another place to see the cherry blossoms. Yeah, it's my hometown, Huangshi.
In spring time from March to May, in Hallerbos of Belgium, you can see a stunning purple-blue forest covered with a carpet of wild hyacinth flowers. I witnessed this lovely moment of a girl taking photos for her parents among the blooming bluebells. Later at sunset, I also captured the golden rays shining through birch trees onto the enchanting flower carpet.
Hi! 1 image only please... Personally, I like the second image better:)... but that´s just me... Have a great day. Tomas
Understood! Just removed one image. Thanks Tomas, have a great one too! :)
Sunny Morning Greetings from French Riviera !
You can feel spring in the air when wind coming from North Africa across the Mediterranean sea. Birds are singing like crazy, especially in early morning., while you still sleeping. I hope you can feel this special ambiance and warm touch of African wind. This is a best time to visit Cote d'Azur if you living in Europe. Catch a spring twice a year :)
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Some people say that Oregon has some of the most beautiful coastline scenery in the world. This is true in part because in many places the terrain is very steep and rugged where it merges with the Pacific Ocean and that's why there are very few access points to view and photograph the beautiful shoreline. It was exciting to happen upon this viewpoint which offered a fine cluster of spring wildflowers to highlight the magnificent landscape.
https://steemit.com/travel/@irvinesimages/coastal-wildflowers
right click-view image-to enlarge
Spring normally doesn't come very fast in Lithuania. All March can be still minus temperature (like presently) and finally only end of April - beginning of May the nature starts to wake up from the winter sleep. And then starts real blooming
This shot is taken at colourful sunset in the field of blooming poppies not far from Vilnius, Lithuania.
Enjoy it!
https://steemit.com/photofeed/@axeman/5wcejf-the-burning-skies
Congratulations on your win. This is a beautiful photo and it deserves to take first place in the spring flower contest. All I can say is WOW!
This Spring Snowstorm brought Washington DC area a good 4-8 inches. The flowers got covered, schools were closed and the government shutdown for the day. As the snow storm leaves the area and the night temperature drop, we will have a nightmare of a commute, but it is well worth it to step outside, play with the kids and take few awesome pics. The best news is that this short lived snow storm will not damage our Cherry Blossoms. Enjoy the pic - spring is here :)
So delicate, yet a survivor :)