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Useful information for new photographers on steemit + a list of all the photography contests

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Introduction: rediscovering Zen one picture at a time on Steepshot

I have, of late, lost my photography mojo. Disheartened with Instagram and its follow for follow or, worse, follow to unfollow, I have been floundering on what ...

A word on INTERNATIONAL Women's Day: You're not doing it right

International women's day was established in 1909 to celebrate the success of the women's rights movement. It was mostly celebrated in the USSR until the mid-70...

OCD Daily: Issue #207

https://steemitimages.com/DQmSb25YrGzRjsyWGAU7NBRqwRN9VuPDTD58rf8Ca445AKT/ocdnewnew.png OCD DAILY - Issue 207 Welcome to the 207th issue of @OCD Daily! Issue 20...

What is your Steemit Legacy? : writing in permanent marker on the blockchain

When you die the people who love you, acquaintances, old high school friends, and your enemies will storm your Social Media. I know this because two years ago m...

More than a Monolith: the desecration of Australia's sacred heart (SWC)

She rises in the distance, still in the desert heat. Not a hint of sweat as the sun begins its morning beat. She is home here, nestled in the crevices of earth ...

#2 Minnowhelper Writing Contest!!!!

Hello Steemians, The previous contest had a good resonance and we want to help the different authors to create original content in Steemit. For this reason we h...

The Battle of Bombo: in search of a Blood Moon on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia

If something happens once in a lifetime and you don’t see it did it happen? This is the question I ask as the freeway winds whip at my hair while I watch clouds...

The call of the wilderness: South Coast dreaming

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Sunset casts across an Uluru sky: Outback Australia

http://steepshot.org/api/v1/image/48096f2b-660e-4fc3-96b2-d8e39a78dd82.jpeg - -- - - --- -- - - -- - - ----- -- - - ---- - - - -- Uluru's changing colours refle...

The Daily Whistle Stops, Issue #15. (1/13/18)

~~~~~~~~~~~ The Daily Whistle Stops is a curation post brought to you by @thesteemengine! This post features the best posts from our members selected by our mas...

Travel Digest #96

If you enjoy our work consider to:- Follow the trail we just set up- Delegate some SP to @steemitworldmap We only vote on the traveldigest post and the posts fe...

Zen Disrupted: drop toilet wars and meteor showers on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia

The sun beats down as the car sways through coastal curves. I've hit the road with my camping buddy Chantel for an ingeniously timed mid-week getaway. Our hands...

State of The STEEM Engine, Volume 1

Just a few weeks ago, The STEEM Engine was just a vision born out of the desire to promote undervalued content and promote engagement among Steemians across the...

The Bringing of Night: magic and mayhem across an Uluru Sky

Each night I plant my feet in the red sand dunes of this lookout. I feel the rhythm of the centre of Australia rise through my chest as I wait. Ready to watch w...

On Being Nice: how racism thrives in the polite society of rural Australia

Not much has changed in Cobar since settlement. The main street is an avenue of colonial architecture, wide enough to land a small plane. Empty except for the o...

Stalking the edge: life and death in the Australian Outback

The maps lay whisper still as I scan them by torchlight. An occasional dingo howl breaks the silence. Danger stalking the periphery. It is time to move, but whe...

The Unmentionable Playground -- a Selection of Frolickin' Fun Stuff Vol. 1

Warning: This curation list may cause an insatiable desire to join The Unmentionables and improve your writing -- reader beware. The best of The Unmentionables ...

A Deluge for the Dead and the Dying

https://res.cloudinary.com/hpiynhbhq/image/upload/v1511629536/skjd53ddsinjt8jcbpeh.jpg A friend came to me last night in a lucid dream, dead eight months now, s...

Team Australia new recruits update 21/11/17 and the Steemit Growth Forum!

Morning Aussies! Regular hello everyone else. Well, it's been two weeks—again—since my last update. Sorry about that. A couple of reasons:  I only had...