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! :)
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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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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.
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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!
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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 :)
This spring is probably the most awaited for me. Mostly because of very dull winter this year with almost no snow where I live now. I just can't wait for nature to awake. I want to see the fresh green and blooming flowers. And thank you, Tomas, for this competition! It makes me feel the spring in the air :)
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Photo was taken near Sveti Stefan island in Montenegro. The coast line of the country is stunning, which makes driving through the coast a wonderful experience. Spring is coming, I noticed a lot of flowers along the road.
The plum trees begin to blossom. In Chinese tradition, plum flower is a spiritual symbol of strong and noble characters, which encourages our generations go through difficulty, and create a better life and civilization. Our ancestors are bearing up well against all misfortunes like the plum flowers blossom in the early spring.
Spring in Australia is celebrated in September-October as we are in the southern hemisphere! So I've picked a picture of Australian spring. Every year in Canberra, the capital of the country, is held a festival called "Floriade" or "Australia's Celebration of Spring" - The festival attract crowds for all states and is a massive tourism event for the Australia Capital Territory.
Millions of bulbs are grown to flowers following specific features and sculpture. I've picked the Love heart one, as spring is also associated with love and breeding ;-)
Beautiful. The colors look stunning.
As spring is starting and flowers are starting to bud, that means that butterflies will be coming. Ever since my best friends death, my family has associated seeing butterflies with his presence. He died on March 17th of last year and his funeral was cold and rainy in Utah, but a group of butterflies still flew up to my daughter, who was having a really hard time with his passing because he was like an uncle to her. My best friend was very excited for me to travel to Africa, but he passed before I left, but every time I thought about him while I was there, I saw butterflies. This image is one of those times during the spring there.
I'm sorry for your loss! This image is perfectly beautiful!
Hello I too associate butterflies with the loss of my dad. So beautiful so free. This is a beautiful photo. I am sure your friend knows you're thinking of him when the butterflies are near.
Every year during the spring time a lot of tourists come to Tatra Mountains in Poland just to see the violet field of crocuses. The most famous is Chocholowska Valley. I took this photo in small village where I used to go almost every year. This time I spent there Easter with my family, so after traditional breakfast we could enjoy this view.
This picture i took at Kuala Lumpur not far from Petronas Towers. I forgot name of this flower but for me its one of the most beautiful smell i ever feel. This specific smell remind for me fresh smell of spring in my home country Czech Republic.
Hello how are you steemians, may the day be happy day for you.
First I thank @czechglobalhosts for the invitation to contest this spring, and I am @najmifajar to wish you a good spring with your beloved family.
I am from Indonesia, precisely the Gayo highlands, Aceh Province, my posting and content is about flowers that only have red fruit, my interest in the red color of this flower, makes me want to share to the steemians, because I do not know for sure the name of the flower, the red color of this fruit is very beautiful and tempt me to immortalize it with the SPC S1 mobile phone camera, with a rear camera size 8.0 MP.
So my post this time, hopefully be one of the beauty in your spring.
thanks you.
Warm regards
@najmifajar.
Oh what's that? It looks delicious! :D
this fruit from a small tree that resembles a flower, its red color is very tempting, but this fruit is not to be eaten, and I do not know what fruit is safe for consumption.
Thank you @artgirl, and i am I am glad to know you.
Succes for you @artgirl
Warm regards from Gayo Highland.
Oh I thought it was good to eat. Too bad...
Blooming Prickly Pear
Spring in the desert of Arizona with a blooming of the Prickly Pear Cactus. Its scientific name is Opuntia. While prickly pear cactus are abundant in Arizona I took this picture in the beautiful Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix. The flowers turn into a "fruit" that can be eaten raw and is often turned into candy, jellies and juice. Spring in the desert is really spectacular.
Stunning colours!! Have you tried the fruit?
I have had french toast with a prickly pear sauce. It was good.
I love that there are flowers on a Cactus!! I know it is a normal thing but it just seems so different!
Yes the spring has started and the flowers are blooming, even it is a bit cold here. This is my favorite photo of the last spring. Last April I visited the Tulip Festival in Istanbul where I spent nice time and took nice photos of different flowers :)
Springtime in Ottawa, Canada's capital, is marked by the annual Tulip festival, where more than a million tulips of all different shapes, sizes and colours are on display in different parts of the city. It's a great time to get out with the camera and play.
In this photo I liked how the shallow depth of field gave the illusion of a watercolour painting with nice spring-y pastels.
If the weather in Denmark is good all year round, the best time to visit is the spring, when the duration of the days and nights is quite balanced, especially for those who are not used to days or nights of 17 hours. Spring arrives quite late and lasts little, but it is the most pleasant season. Without a doubt it is the most beautiful time, I love flowers.
I photographed this picture in the end of March couple of years ago. It was also a very cold spring, like this year.
We walked in a forest and morning frost decorated everything around with shining crystals. I was mesmerized by this beauty surrounding me. I pulled out the macro lens, laid down on my stomach and the next half hour spent trying to capture this shining beauty.
That cold morning a nature was smiling to us and we knew - spring has arrived!
I love it! Looks like it's from a fairy tale!
Thanks a lot!
When the spring come , the snails go out and graze over the plants and trees. It is the best seasons I have chosen. This picture is among the many photos taken this week. I hope you like it.
Greetings and good luck to all
Photo taken by me
Nikon D5200
I love Spring! This photo was taken at the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers, it's a spring event held every year, this year will be it's 69th year. The whole town gets together and plants out all their gardens, parks and public spaces putting on a huge colour display. This shot was taken in one of the poppy gardens... I love poppy's, their form and shape is so beautiful and they're the perfect spring flowering bulb. For this shot, I decided to get down in the garden, to get a shot of all their beauty from underneath.
https://steemit.com/colourfulphotography/@jayclar30/first-day-of-spring-special-spring-photo-contest
Fresh morning in Nepal. I had a chance to volunteer at an organic farm, somewhere deep inside of Nepal. The farmer was a school teacher, so I had a good opportunity to meet local people. We spend there about two weeks. If you are interested in volunteering in Asia, contact me ;)
This is a wonderful photograph. It shows the beauty of perfect nature.
Nice!
I Love to see webs like this!
This year, we have not started spring yet. So far, the temperature is only approaching 0. Therefore, both the photo and the story will be about the past year.
Previous spring, spoiled us dry and sunny, but not too warm weather. Everywhere leafs, buds and other flowers blossomed. And of course I wanted to see all this, and to take pictures as well.
It's a very short period of time. But to combine a walk with a small child and shooting a difficult task ... But if you do not pay too much attention to any difficulties, you can get funny pictures)
Good luck to all the competitor..
This my contribution in this great challenge...The most important is not to win but to see this wonderful spring shots..thanks for your great idea..
Mock orange attacked by a bee..
Outside my dad's office there's an old cherry tree. When the spring begins, the branches are filled with flowers, beautiful and fragrant. My father and I, after a hard day at work, we usually sit on a bench nearby the tree to relax, watch the sunset and smell the sweet fragrance of spring.
Beautiful!
Thanks
Aw, I wish I could smell it too!
In the spring, a special joy floods our heart upon its coming. An amalgam of feelings, flavors, colors and hopes. Spring is the miracle of all creation, it is proof that good always overcomes, that youth overcomes old age, that love overcomes the coldness of people, that joy overcomes sadness. No matter how long it is in winter. What's more, the longer and the cold the winter, the better the spring seems. And the first sign of spring, snowdrops flowers encountered while walking in the park.
this photo I can in the yard of the house. white orchid flowers are entrusted as a symbol of love or luxury, and beautiful when viewed. In addition, this flower is a flowering plant that can produce fragrant.
Spring can be a little tricky where I live near Lake Tahoe. I was out shooting this camas wildflower field the day before this shot and when it started snowing, I rushed back out there again. Fortunately my timing was perfect, a few hours later the camas were crushed by the weight of the snow. Even though it was spring, I didn't mind the return of a stubborn winter this time.
Location: Sagehen Meadows, just north of Truckee, California.
So unique!!
Thank you @jayclar30! It was a pretty special scene that made me happy.
SPRING MEANS HANAMI SEASON
I had the great opportunity to go to Tokyo to do engagement pictures. While we were there it was the Cherry Blossom festival or HANAMI there were great opportunity for beautiful flower shots every where you went even in the city there was great opportunities, I can only imagine what it's like in the countryside or in Okinawa where where it happens first because it's the most south island.
I want to go to there.
Photo - Edition by: @leticiapereira
Camera: Olympus fe
Location: (AP/SVCS) Caracas "Oscar Machado Zuloaga" Airport, Miranda, Venezuela.
Date: March 21, 2018
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I chased a few of these little lovelies around for over an hour while testing out a new external flash unit. They were feeding on flowering vines growing on our fence. I took over 100 shots and only had a couple that I ended up liking, so here is what I believe to be my best overall image. Like photographing insects close-up, I find flash to be essential for decent captures.
Oh at least you got some good photos! haha. :D
Thank you. It was fun.
Excited to join the contest and see everyone's spring photos! Here is a photo I took just outside my house in Anchorage, Alaska. It was 2016 and we had just had a massive rain storm come in. The next day though, we were greeted with sunny skies and bright flowers. I took this with my iPhone and edited it using VSCO. I can't wait for spring to come to Alaska. Only a few more months ;)
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Winter has been missed in Wuhan China. in the winter part of living in China filling vacations to other countries because the winter activity on campus is closed. I also like that when the peak of winter comes I also take a holiday back to my country to Indonesia. I went back to China to continue my studies. now have entered the spring, cherry blossoms began to bloom with my favorite color is pink. I enjoyed it This beautiful spring. because in Indonesia my country there is no beauty like in China.
Bunga yang indah. Ingin suatu saat saya akan ke tempat anda
Bunga yang indah
Winter had its snow and frost , but now the sun has come out with its beautiful rays. The ground is thawed out and ready for new growth. The rains come and the soil becomes fertile once again. Buds become present everywhere. Then everything erupts with flowers and leaves. I took the picture at a nature park along a hiking trail near my home. I spotted it among the grass and had to take a picture.
This place is in the highlands of one city in Aceh, Indonesia. For some time this place is very cool, even often rain, seen in this photo I still use a jacket when visiting one of the tourist attractions there, this photo was taken using a camera phone and without edits, when the day began to brighten, this looks natural is not it? start to warm and calm for a heart that tired of the hypocrisy of the world.
Terlepas dari kamu menang atau tidak dalam kontes ini,yang terpenting buat saya kamu telah mempromosikan Aceh yang kita ketahui bersama adalah salah satu surga dunia alam yang masih sangat alami, Terimakasih..., Semoga kamu bisa menang di kontes ini
Iya sobat! Mempromosikan Aceh adalah salah satu tujuan, jika ada yang berkenan mengunjungi daerah kita ini maka ini adalah sebuah kebanggaan. Hehe...
A Timid Little Hummingbird Moth;
I shot this photo in my father's garden in a rural part of western France, about a one hour drive in-land from La Rochelle. The garden is abundant with wildlife and all kinds of fascinating insects. My favourite of which being the Hummingbird Hawk-Moth. These little guys beat their wings at a rate so fast they produce a clearly audible humming sound, quite cute! They are attracted to all kinds of flowers that produce a lot of nectar, and suck it all up using their long proboscis!
Studies have shown that they have a pretty remarkable memory, as they will return to the same flowers consistently at the same time every day.
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The colors and the spring light always invite us to celebrate it. In this case I chose this photo of this beautiful orchid because I believe he identifies to the the first, fresh, colouring, radiant, it is to extract your better suit of colors to give him the welcome to this hot epoch of the year. @zailecita!
It´s Springtime !
Spring is coming and today, as the sun was shining for the first time all week, we took our dog for a walk and suddenly I catched a sight of this lovely flowers. Spring is a time of rebirth and renewal. I love spring because the daylight hours are noticeably longer now and temperatures is warming up.
So beautiful!
Last Sunday I was on a day trip with my girlfriend at Lake Bled in my Slovenia. We walked all around the lake and when I saw these beautiful violet roses whose buds just started to open a bit and with well known island on the middle of the lake with the church build on it in the background, I simply had to stop and take a photo for Tomas’s Spring special photo contest.
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Hi! This beautiful flowers was shot in suburbs of Moscow near Serpukhov.
Found that spot on today's hike through the local German forests while testing my new lens, right beside a small stream with still some ice floating on it.
This should be what's called Bear's garlic or Wood garlic in English and explains why the whole area smelled quite heavily like garlic.
I am sending you a Bougainvillea from my from backyard. They are in full bloom right now. They grow very fast and can get out of control. When it’s time to trim them, it’s quite an adventure. Underneath their brilliant colors they have huge thorns. Even though I am careful, by the time I am done, it looks as though I have been in a fight with a bunch of street cat, all scratched up.
What I find interesting is that the bright pink parts are not the flowers. They are called bracts and feel like thin tissue paper, especially when they fall. That little white thing you see in the middle is the actual flower.
Happy Spring!
Hermosa flor, acá en Venezuela les llamamos Trinitarias. En el jardín de mi casa tengo de muchos colores.
Thank you for your comment. I don't speak your language but I think I understood. They come in different colors here too. I like them very much, and they always remind me of my late grandmother, so they are special to me :)
Last April I had these tulips growing in front of my house. Unfortunately this year the winter has been longer than usual. I am looking forward to see the tulips coming up as soon as the 40 cm of snow will melt. This year I may see them only in May, as April is only a few days away and it's still bloody winter.
I found this beautiful tulip in my garden, and decided to take my favorite to throw a few pictures, I take this photo and it is more spectacular with a touch of drama. For me, spring means a new beginning or growth, because it fascinates me to see all the colors of the plants that bloom, that accompanies them with a bright sun and a charm with all the birds that spend their time singing everywhere they go flying. It is a very wonderful time.