TREES TUESDAY NATURE PHOTO CONTEST IS OPEN!

To participate, submit an original photo of trees and a short description in a comment on this post. The contest is open until 9:00 AM EST, March 14, and the winners will be announced on the same day. Looking forward to your submissions! BE CREATIVE and show us trees in unique ways!

The judge in today's contest is Maya Morgan (Hive account@alevaskye), "30 year old camera nerd from Anchorage, AK. I’ve always been into photography (even though I never owned a professional camera until 4 years ago). I actually got into filmmaking at an early age first. Worked on my first film when I was 18 then decided to go to film school and moved out to Los Angeles right after graduation at the age of 21. Been doing Camera Assisting on Hollywood features and Television Shows ever since."

PRIZES AND PAYMENTS

The SBD acquired on the winners announcement (to be posted tomorrow) at payout will be divided as follows:

First place: 20%
Second place: 12%
Third place: 7%
Seven honorable mentions: 3% each
Judge: 20%
Hostess: 20%

See also these stunning photo galleries featuring previous winners! Your upvotes and resteems will bring the talented photographers a better reward, so show them some love! :)

Mountains Monday Winners Week 2
Trees Tuesday Winners Week 2
Water Wednesday Winners Week 2
Time Lapse Thursday Winners Week 2
Flora and Fauna Friday Winners Week 2
Simple Sunday Winners Week 2

DAILY THEMES and judges for Week #3 (March 12 - 18)
Mountains Monday: Hive account@fivealive55
Trees Tuesday: Hive account@alevaskye
Water Wednesday: Hive account@scottshots
Textures Thursday: Hive account@markangeltrueman
Flora and Fauna Friday: Hive account@artizm
Simple Sunday: Hive account@jfolkmann

By submitting a photo, you agree to have it featured in the winners announcement post, and automatically entered in the weekly and monthly contests, should it be a winner.