Source: https://pixabay.com/photos/moon-raven-tree-black-night-dark-919612/
Let's have a contest!
Have a dead, ugly, diseased tree?
Post photos of it decorated for Halloween.
Get festive, and decorate to make it scary, spooky, eerie, weird, or cute.
Be creative!
As long as the tree is clearly displayed in a photo, it qualifies for entry.
See Rules below...
Ideas
Here are some example illustrations of various spooky Halloween trees to inspire you.
For this contest, you have to provide an original photograph of a tree that matches the Halloween theme.
Source: https://pixabay.com/illustrations/bats-spin-the-witch-tree-moon-5615891/
Decorate your tree with spider webs, spiders, bats, an owl, or crows.
Source: https://pixabay.com/photos/tree-dead-winter-nature-200221/
Paint your tree.
Black, green, or purple to fit the Spooky Halloween theme.
Glow in the Dark paint would be awesome!
Experiment by photographing it from different angles or times of day to show off the best colors.
Source: https://pixabay.com/illustrations/castle-ghost-castle-creepy-862700/
Give the tree some eerie lights.
Photograph it at night with some accent lights around it.
Fog or clouds as a backdrop might look interesting.
Display the shadow of the tree on a fence.
Source 1: https://pixabay.com/illustrations/tree-dead-tree-winter-branch-1606489/
Source 2: https://pixabay.com/photos/pumpkin-halloween-frankenweenie-1789832/
Plant your dead bonsai tree in a Jack-O-Lantern.
Carve in a spooky face.
Scratch occult symbols into the bark of the tree.
Source: https://pixabay.com/photos/skull-axe-ax-tree-weird-scary-2567337/
Build an outdoor graveyard scene around the tree.
Props might include a shovel, murder weapon, dug-up hole, worms, Jack-O-Lanterns, black cat, and bones.
Source: https://pixabay.com/photos/vampire-vamp-gothic-goth-dark-3675862/
Dress up in a Halloween spooky costume in front of your tree and pose with props. Give us your best scary face.
Source: https://pixabay.com/photos/bark-layer-tree-cork-dead-plant-76484/
Come up with an idea of your own.
Feel free to use photoshop, make a video, or be as creative as you want. You can even use royalty-free stock photos to make a photo collage. Splice a haunted house and paste your tree photo on top of the scene...
As long as it includes your spooky tree as the centerpiece.
Source: https://pixabay.com/photos/halloween-witch-icon-witch-icon-5627096/
Rules
My goal is to make this contest easy to participate in. Let's have some fun.
Feature an original photograph or video of a real tree you have decorated for Halloween.
The tree should be clearly visible and be dead, sickly, dying, very strange, or very ugly.
No illustrated trees please. It has to be a real tree, captured by a camera.
Show us PROOF this is your original photo. I suggest an additional photo near the tree with a handwritten note or card displaying your Hive username and the date the photo was taken.
Contest entry is submitted in the form of a Hive post. It must appear in your own blog, or in the Team Bonsai community: #hive-193614. Provide a link to your post in the comments below to help me find your post.
Failure to follow any of these rules may exclude you from winning.
Multiple contest submissions are allowed. Participants are only eligible to win one of the prize rewards listed below.
DEADLINE: November 1st, 2020
All submissions must be posted before, or as late as the deadline date, but no later.
I will post winners on November 2nd, and hand out Hive rewards soon after.
Source: https://pixabay.com/photos/candy-chewy-colorful-food-gum-2363/
Bonus Rewards
10 Hive: Award to the winner.
50 Hive: Award to the winner, if more than 5 contest participants.
20 Hive: Award for a second place winner, if more than 10 contest participants.
10 Hive: Award for a third place winner, if more than 15 contest participants.
All top placement entries will be featured in my rewards post, with additional beneficiary rewards.
If this little contest grows into viral popularity, I may adjust the rewards to higher levels.
Anyone can help out by promoting this contest anywhere within your post entries. Add a link back to this post, if you want to. Feel free to title your post anything you want. Take bold, creative liberties in helping to promote the contest to boost participation in this festive event.
Let me know if anyone is interested in helping to judge by posting in a comment below. Fellow tree and Halloween enthusiast judges I may choose to highlight in the results post. Seeking enthusiastic people who maintain a reputable Hive blog known for sharing similar content: #trees, #bonsai, #gardening, #halloween, #art, #creative.
I also have an open discord channel listed below for the #teambonsai community for further communication opportunities.
Source: https://pixabay.com/photos/raven-silhouette-black-bird-2906968/
Conclusion
This is a promotional contest I am running on my own to boost participation and awareness of the Team Bonsai community: #hive-193614.
All contest submissions are welcome here in the Team Bonsai Community.
As head judge, I 
All types of trees, and not just bonsai trees, are welcome and eligible to win the contest, so long as you follow the rules.
And if you want to post photos, illustrations, or paintings, but do not want to participate in the contest, you are more than welcome to share your creative creations in the comments below. Images posted below without an eligible post link included will not qualify for contest participation.
Photos in this post are all #originalworks by
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This is my way of thanking each of you for your friendship and support. By sharing my talents on Hive, I can also share to help with your needs.
Let my success also grant you some happiness too.
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