First time new Winner of Beach Wednesday contest - Congratulations to all!

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A new Winner of the contest - love that!

Many thanks to all contributors to Beach Wednesday and to @kohsamui99 for judging and selecting a lady as winner that I know way before the Steem blockchain was invented, which was the basis of Hive (in case some folks do not know that!), so please join me in congratulating the final 3 winners who will receive an upvote prize by Commenting on this post.

The following users will receive their prize by our beloved Dan aka @theycallmedan vote as soon as they comment here.

Pay the winners a visit

Please take a look at the great photography skills of our winners and re-visit them frequently. Thanks also again to @dswigle as ongoing sponsor for the sister contest SunThursday!

🥇Winner #1 @joanstewart

https://peakd.com/hive-192501/@joanstewart/dancing-waves-hit-shoreline

🥈Winner #2 @tinman88

https://peakd.com/@tinman88/bon-island-beach-and-rawai

🥉Winner #3 @karbea

https://peakd.com/hive-192501/@karbea/beach-wednesday-contest-18

Rules for judging

For the next issue we ask our new winner @joanstewart to become the judge for edition no.whatsoever (lost track) which is starting November 24.

Bit background on the contest / tag

Guys, I decided to re-vitalize my #beachwednesday with an official bi-weekly contest like #SunThursday. It was about time to do so. The guys that know me from pre-blockchain communities are aware of that photography challenge I invented ages ago. I also introduced this to Steem / Hive early 2017 and was thrilled by all the great people using it posting about beaches around the world. At that time it was a fun photography challenge I curated with my votes and engagement - the lovely @lizanomadsoul took it over to curate after 2 years but we hardly had any posts since one year.

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Why a contest now?

Given the #SunThursday contest is now running since nearly 6 months with great submissions, a lovely small community and I often get asked how we can reward great photography on the blockchain I decided to also run a little bi-weekly contest for Beach Wednesday

Check the tag #BeachWednesday and jump to 2017

To get a feeling about this please search the tag via "recent" here on Peakd / Hive to see many submissions from 2017-2019. Even there was no prize money involved - many people joined as they love to post for fun. This one as well as my SunThursday and DanceWeekend challenges have their special little places in my heart and will always try to submit posts ongoing (sentimental moments lol - I know!).

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I still believe these little tags and micro-communities are fun and can connect many people from different regions - kind of small communities. BeachWednesday is not totally new - even before Steemit and later Hive I hosted this on other platforms. Feel free to keep using the tag and who knows, maybe this will become a Hivemind community (haha, nice one from the past!) soon 😂. I am always delighted to see the great moments and stories you post weekly.

So no prizes - Why should I bother to submit?

Well, as a community we first shall have fun, right? So I hope this contest will drive again some engagement around its niche topic and attract photography junkies (amateurs and professionals) to use this blockchain and this tag to show the beauty of our lovely world.

This contest will have some rules, no Hive prizes for the winner (hope you read on) but some decent votes from @theycallmedan - so the Top 3 will get some vote between 7.5 to 20% by one of the driving forces behind our blockchain - just as a small hint - a 10% vote currently is worth around $4 aka 20 Hive.

Rules for next edition - submissions to start November 24

Please create a post using the tag BeachWednesday showing your own original photography or video work covering the beaches from lakes, oceans etc or write about the topic, short or long stories are also welcomed. The three best submissions will receive their winner upvotes within one day after the winner post.

  • Post photography, video or written content covering the topic BEACH

  • Use the tag #BeachWednesday as your first tag

  • Add link to your submission in the comments on THIS post

  • Consider to "vote&reblog" this post to spread the contest (not mandatory but it might help)

  • Only original (your own) content will qualify

  • GOOD LUCK!

  • Contest submissions will need to be made until November 29, 10am CET to make sure we have enough time to select the winner

  • Decision on the winner will be made by myself for the first edition, might change with a jury later.

What to win (contest will be handled every two weeks)

This is a fun contest where I still am searching for sponsors - for now this is what the top 3 will receive:

**1. Prize: 12-15% Upvote by @theycallmedan
**2. Prize: 8-10% Upvote by @theycallmedan
**3. Prize: 6-8% Upvote by @theycallmedan

Always open for community sponsors

Please comment or DM me if you want to support great photography content creators. Ideally a community or whales join the party so we do not get stuck with small user pocket money only :-).




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Thanks Hivers appears I have a new task at hand 😆 you going to have to teach me tricks of the trade @uwelang and @kohsamui99 or the tide will run on full moon....

@tipu curate

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What trade you need help for?

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Will DM you if I get stuck, noted the new contest week has started already, does it run two or three weeks.

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Next beachwednesday starts next week, tomorrow the next #SunThursday

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Thanks Uwe taken down dates from above and will look forward to seeing the entries. Now to look for the sun 😁.... Have a great week.

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Haha, you have all the skills it takes @joanstewart your gifted in every aspect 😊

But I don't know about you @uwelang your one week behind....lol... what is this...edition no. 18 which is starting November 10 ????? 😂

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That is what I mentioned in the comment to him, I will go and check tomorrow, end of day here now!

Between water outages and rolling blackouts in South Africa we are doing swell!

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Oh no, I hope things calm down the blackouts are the worst.

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OK see the dates have been corrected, glad to assist with this magic to support. Big thanks to @theycallmedan for wonderful backup.

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Sorry but too many projects, edited this, glad someone reads posts actually, not used to this anymore

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Congratulations on your 1st place win, Joan!!! @joanstewart Woo hoo!! I love the view !! I am a huge fan of low shots, they really do add interest to the photos!

Congratulation @tinman88 and @karbea Awesome shots to garner those second and third places! Always fun to see the friendly competition going on here!

Happy #BeachWednesday!

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Thanks Denise beach always offers interesting views!

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Congratulations, @joanstewart, I'm so glad you were chosen the winner in this contest where all three photos are close in beauty and any one could have come first (actually, to be more precise, especially the first two). You brought something new, a view from the level of your toes in the sand of the beach, so closest to the beach.
If I were in a position to judge I would have chosen the same, because this photo made me miss the beach and the sea the most!
A special mention to @tinman88, who has an equally good photo and to @kohsamui99 who chose very well.
Congratulations to @karbea, very good picture but in this situation it couldn't have been higher.
Finally, thanks to @uwelang for continuing to support these wonderful contests where I also participated with pleasure. I can't wait for summer to come so I can gather material and participate again.

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Thank you @bluemon for this very good feedback

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With pleasure! I'm glad you didn't mind my opinion.

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Thank you @bluemoon for your feedback it was a tough one hope to see you join us soon 👍

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Thanks for kind words, seeing a cuttle laying on the beach was a first in some time and deserved being showcased. Getting down between the plants, shells or footprints is what I enjoy most.

Every photo tells a story of regions, all should wash up into Hive to be enjoyed!

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You're right, I feel the same way and that's why I'm here, otherwise I wouldn't have anything to talk about.

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Keeps ones sanity at the right level being outdoors away from people for a short spell. Unfortunately here one cannot go alone, so have to rope family member along who knows to give me some space...

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Thank you @kohsamui99 for selecting my blog for second place and like to congratulate @joanstewart and @karbea nicely done and a thank you to @uwelang , @dswigle and @theycallmedan for this great contest.

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