Hello fellow Steemians I am excited to return with a new theme, which I have been inspired to curate through all the outstanding photography on display through Steemit. The notion is to help promote fantastic photographers, providing them with exposure, sharing photos in the community and offering SBD prizes. The winner will receive 1 SBD for their work. Now this is just a starter, the more upvotes I receive for the post, the bigger the prize I will be able to reward. So if all goes well, I shall be able to award a much bigger prize. If we could get some whales to support in the future, multiple prizes could be awarded.

Each week I will post a new theme on Saturday and you will be able to post your entries all week until the post reaches 7 days old. I shall pick the winner and they will be announced and rewarded the following day. Hopefully if there is enough interest I shall be able to add more themes to the competition and have 2 or 3 themes running each week.

This Week’s Theme - Pathways

I took this shot from a viewing tower, the pathway that can be seen is part of a treetop walkway in a new conservation project on the outskirts of Bangkok. A petrol company reclaimed some wasteland to create the project. My guess is that the company are trying to soften the blow of all the damage they have already caused to the Earth. But anyhow at least they have done something, even though it is pretty insignificant if you look at the bigger picture! So I shall be looking forward to seeing your pathways and where they lead to!

This Week's Winner - @thinkit

My eyes were instantly attracted to this shot, there is so much going on and screams out 'texture' to me, so well done to @thinkit! Please go check out his blog, it is filled with adventures, drone material and Educational posts. Congratulations!!!!!

How to Enter

• Follow @theexplorer
• Upvote this post
• Create a post with your entry using the #tepchallenge as one of your 5 tags tag (The Explorer's Photo Challenge)
• Write about 50-100 words explaining your photo, it is always fascinating to hear the stories behind the photos

The Rules

• Make sure you have completed all the steps of how to enter, or you will not be eligible to win
• Don't try to pass off work of other's as your own, you'll be flagged and you ruin it for others
• Follow the weekly theme
• One entry per person
• You will only be eligible if you post your entry within the seven days

Make Yourselves Bigger Prizes!

• Invite fellow Steemians to enter the contest, sharing and showcasing their fantastic work
• Resteem the the weekly theme, more exposure, bigger prizes, a bigger community, more opportunities for views on your own pages, as the contest grows I'll be able to support more people with upvotes, mentions and resteems
• Donations towards the prize funds would be hugely appreciated to get this photo series popping! There are so many fantastic photographers that deserve more exposure and I hope that this project will be able to help them out

Good luck everyone, I can't wait to see your fantastic entries and award some of you prizes for your awesome work!