Special photocontest "Selfie With Your Favorite Tree" for 10 SBD: w...

Hello fellow Steemians,

One week has passed by really fast since announcing my special contest hosted on the occassion of becoming the main sponsor of Hive account@treeplanter and I was really pleased with your amazing response to the contest. The post received dozens of great entries. To see them all, you can attend the original post with all the submissions HERE.

It was very hard to decide on the winning image as they all were amazing but after some deliberate consideration, I picked this entry by Hive account@vinceboisgard:

While traveling Australia, I found a fantastic tree. A tree you thought only finding in movies! It had long branches running on it sides and not upward! Nature is very surprising and we should learn to love and preserve it and understand we aren't the only living being here!

Congratulations, Hive account@vinceboisgard! I am sending you 10 SBD as the main prize :)

Also, as I promised in the original post, I am sending all the remaining SBD from the payout of the original post (another 10 SBD) to Hive account@treeplanter, a voting bot that raises funds to save a forest in Africa.

However, due to the large amount of great submissions, I decided to mention three more competitors as the runners-up to get them some more exposure and publicity. These are:

Hive account@justdentist with this entry:

Jumping at Joshua Tree National Park. I chose this picture because it was taken at a "National Park" where the nature is already protected in a special way. Also it shows how much fun you can have when being outdoor and enjoying the nature. Please don't litter, try to reduce your personal use of plastic, use renewable energy if possible and use your feet and bike more often instead of jumping into your car every time:) Have a great day!

Hive account@pardinus with this entry:

Excellent initiative! And here goes my entry: the photo was taken in Costa Rica, and this very special tree is hollow! It belongs to the Ficus genus, and is climbable almost to the top, with an impressive view of the landscape.

and Hive account@fotostef with this entry:

Almost 5 years ago I decided to quit the urban life and live closer to the nature. Ever since I live in a small village and I occupy myself with farming. So last month that I shot a self portrait for the Hive account@photogames I chose my favorite olive tree to “frame” me :)

As a small token of my appreciation for their work, I will visit Hive account@justedentist, Hive account@pardinus and Hive account@fotostef blogs and upvote some of their posts.