STEEM PHOTO JOURNAL #10

Welcome to the next issue of the Steem Photo Journal!

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Captivating
Photographer's Story
Travel
Stats
Participants

CAPTIVATING
Finding visually exceptional photo posts on the Steem blockchain. No text needed.

by @amyalfatasya

by @travelshots

by @wojtczak.photo

by @pixelfan

PHOTOGRAPHER'S STORY (featuring @tattoodjay)

''I am originally from New Zealand, a country surrounded by beautiful beaches and the most stunning scenic landscapes and mountains. However, for over 33 years now I have lived abroad. I have lived in a total of 9 different Countries and visited over 60 countries each having its own special customs, cultures, religions and attractions all of which combined makes each of them so unique and special in its own way, good or bad depending on one’s perspective.

I started my photography Journey in my late teens when an Uncle gave me a film camera and some lessons, well quite a few lessons actually and also helped me to develop my film in his darkroom at home. I continued with film photography for about 10 years, until one day, whilst moving to another location, my box with all my camera gear went missing.

When the “point and shoot” digital cameras came onto the market, I did own a few, but never really got back into photography till 2007. At that point I started with a Fujifilm Bridge Camera, later upgrading to a Pentax DSLR which I used for a few years.

A few Years back I switched to a Sony Mirror Less starting with the A6000 and have just recently upgraded to the Full Frame A7iii as my main camera and the Sony A6500 as my backup/second camera when needed.

Although I have had prints sold and displayed on a few Magazines and printed larger for the Local Bank and Train Station, photography remains primarily a hobby for me. My favourite subjects are Landscape and Cityscape photography in Milford CT where I live as well as in NYC where I work. There is no shortage of stunning architecture and breathtaking landscapes all around, perfect scenes for awesome photography.''

TRAVEL
Showcasing visually entertaining travel post.

Arača, 13 Century Church - Photo and Video Story
by @bil.prag

STATS

TOP 20 Effective curators in Photography category

¹	Account	Votes	Authors	VAS(%)	Contr. (SBD)	Share %	Eff.
1	@esteemapp	181	103	3	178,96	1,1	11,47
2	@sweetsssj	23	9	95	1134,18	6,97	6,35
3	@liondani	78	53	100	161,33	0,99	5,32
4	@good-karma	181	103	3	72,21	0,44	4,63
5	@slowwalker	57	37	11	102,16	0,63	2,35
6	@steem-ua	133	63	2	57,4	0,35	2,25
7	@hendrikdegrote	35	28	3	86,52	0,53	1,51
8	@photoman	55	10	53	194,73	1,2	1,21
9	@redes	42	33	17	57,32	0,35	1,18
10	@newhope	33	25	17	71,91	0,44	1,12
11	@alexis555	34	28	16	63,55	0,39	1,11
12	@grandpawhale	164	63	3	27,1	0,17	1,06
13	@jawnz	57	9	100	168,38	1,03	0,94
14	@donkeypong	38	13	15	113,94	0,7	0,92
15	@mangos	49	31	17	45,89	0,28	0,89
16	@mmmmkkkk311	127	23	9	51,16	0,31	0,73
17	@kpine	14	5	36	223,62	1,37	0,7
18	@ripperone	35	24	16	42,48	0,26	0,63
19	@staticinstance	161	63	3	15,36	0,09	0,6
20	@candyboy	21	6	60	157,92	0,97	0,59

TOP of photography related categories from the TOP 200 categories by rewards

¹	Category	Authors	Posts	Reward (SBD)	Share %
1	photography	1606	4774	16434,418	4,913
2	travel	462	893	7348,736	2,197
3	photofeed	63	177	1749,046	0,523
4	colorchallenge	144	347	1706,335	0,51
5	photo	210	555	1524,189	0,456
6	monomad	85	263	798,934	0,239
7	goldenhourphotography	53	59	568,071	0,17
8	fg-photocontest	45	115	521,827	0,156
9	photocircle	20	113	438,241	0,131
10	macrophotography	49	82	335,86	0,1
11	vehiclephotography	22	29	311,097	0,093
12	landscapephotography	67	105	299,923	0,09
13	streetphotography	39	89	284,97	0,085

A table explanation
Votes - Each curator distributes a certain part of the reward pool with his votes (upvote / flag).
Authors - This part of the pool he distributes between a certain number of authors.
VAS (vote average strength) - For general awareness, we can estimate the average vote strength in percents (%), with which the curator votes.
Contr. (SBD) (Contribution in SBD) - The distributed part of the pool is the contribution of the curator, it is calculated in SBD. In this case, the author's reward is taken into account. The curator's reward is not taken into account.
Share % - The percentage of the curator contribution among the contributions of all curators, we can also estimate for information purposes in %.
Eff. - The effectiveness of the curator is estimated in conventional units.

PARTICIPANTS
COVER by @photovisions
Captivating by @fotogruppemunich and @photofriend
Photographer's Story by @claudiaz
Travel by @photofriend
Stats by @boddhisattva

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