Celebrating the New Life into the world
This contest was all about new life coming into the world. It didn't matter if it was a plant sprouting up from the earth, an egg hatching out a little chick or bird, or a precious baby being born into this world. It was about celebrating in all forms.
There was some great submissions from all of the tiers. You all did awesome.
- Reminder If you got 1st or 2nd place in the previous contest the highest place you can get in this contest is 3rd place or Honorable Mentions. I am doing this so that many people have the opportunity to be rewarded with the top prizes.
Professional
Not only is this an great picture showing the beginnings of life for this small plant, but @fotostef wrote a really nice blog post about how life emerges from just a seed.
Such a peaceful photo. Great job. You can check out her post about how her photography has evolved from one of the first digital cameras to the camera she has now.
This is a beautiful image about how life has a tendency to want to thrive even the harshest and most unexpected environments. Many people wouldn't take the time to appreciate something like this, but in photography we have a tendency to slow down and find beauty in the least likely places.
Honorable Mentions
Amateur
This is such a great capture of a beautiful moment. You can almost feel the love radiating from the mother as she kisses her child for the first time. Remarkable shot.
This is an amazing macro shot that shows a mother (or father, I can't tell) bug corralling her newborns that just popped out of their eggs. This is a shot that required either a lot of waiting around for the eggs to hatch or getting lucky of being in the right spot at the right time with a camera.
These are such cool looking tiny mushrooms. I really like all the different shades of colors that they have and how the color of the ground contrasts the mushrooms. Great job.
Honorable Mentions
Beginners
Two siblings celebrating their love for each other. Such a fun shot.
So many cuddly little ducks. What is there not to love about this photo?
Such a special day when a new life comes into this world.
Honorable Mentions
Thank you all
Thank you all for participating. I am looking forward to the continued growth of the contest. Share the contest with your friends so we can continue to grow this to become the biggest photo contest on Steemit and help as many people on the platform as we can.
I want to thank my sponsors @czechglobalhosts, @pfunk, @spiritualmax, and @guiltyparties and the rest of the @steemcleaners team for helping to make this whole contest for you all possible. It would be awesome if you could all visit their pages and show them support as well.
For those that don't know, @czechglobalhosts puts on two daily photo contests that are open to anyone to enter. His contests cover the entire globe so that anyone can enter. The days and themes are:
Australian Monday
Antarctica and World's Oceans Tuesday
African Wednesday (My personal favorite)
European Thursday
North American Friday
South American Saturday
Asian Sunday
On top of the themed daily continent contests, he hosts a daily travel contests specific to the beautiful country of the Czech Republic. So make sure to follow @czechglobalhosts and participate in his contests because he is offering two daily photography contests that you can enter to win.
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Be sure to leave at least 50SP undelegated on your account. All delegations will go towards rewarding all of the participants of the contests by upvoting the entries. I am hoping to be able to reward everyone for taking part in my contests.
Thank you all for everything. You are awesome.
