Greetings,

How are you doing, my friends?

It is a pleasure to be back with the community of Shadow hunter.
I was at the beach on Saturday, so I walked on the sand near the Ocean. It was quite hot after 11Am, so my plan was to find shade under the trees.

The palm trees in the area were not too tall last time I visited the beach
You will see the shape of the shadow through the presentation in this article.

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The first photo above is my entry in the contest. I appreciate this opportunity allowing the publication of Shadows.

I specially chose the shadow of this small palm tree because it looks so strong in the face opposition in the stressful environment like the windy and dry place that this plant should grow in.

When the sun rises on the beach and the clouds are not thick enough to shield the area covered in town, the situation becomes difficult to manage.


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If you think that the heat is unbearable, what will you feel in the situation of the plant fix in the same spot whether it rains or snows.

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I searched for one palm tree large enough to set camp for the brief moment of cooling down before leaving the beach. 


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It was too early to leave, but the only remaining option was to reach the wet area near the waves on the coast.


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I find a nice place not too far from the entry point at the beach. I sit under a two-meter palm tree still in development. The shade around the tree was not as large as I would like to, but I found it enough to recover from the early heat wave.


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The spot under the palm tree in the first position in this article was the place where I waited 1 hour before heading to the waves.

I found that the maintenance team in charge of the palm trees on the beach was really competent in this difficult task to make sure that nothing is put away that can affect the growth of these palm trees.

It is a pleasure again to be present with you in this edition of the contest. I wish to all participants all the best of luck.


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If you have a beach around the area you live, do not hesitate to send me a photo in a comment section. In a meantime, I will scroll on the gallery album to regroup more shadow photo I collect from the photowalk at Cotonou Beach.

Thank you for your attention reading this post.

Submit your entry in the [contest here](https://ecency.com/hive-179017/@melinda010100/shadow-hunters-smash-contest-round-f9e05460192ce)

 Thanks to the support from #Archon community.

You can read a lot more article on my official page here on Hive [Official Page](https://peakd.com/@oadissin/posts)

It is a pleasure to share beneficiary with Ecency and Commentrewards support the active commenters on the section of discussion below. 

I used a Smartphone Huawei nova 3 to capture all the photos in this article. This publication is AI generated contents free. 

If you have a similar place in your country where beautiful Sea or Ocean Side are present, please send us one image in the community.

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Regards