Apple announces winners of the Shot on iPhone contest

Apple’s Shot on iPhone contest ran from January 22 to February 7 and today the Cupertino technology giant officially announced the winners whose works will be featured on billboards in select cities, in Apple retail stores and online.

The winning images came from a range of models, from iPhone XS Max to iPhone 7. The top 10 winners came from countries including Singapore, Germany, Belarus, Israel and the US.

All winners will receive a licensing fee from Apple.

According to Apple’s press release, the hand-picked photos capture colorful city scenery, curious animals, creative reflections, the beauty of the ordinary and more.

Apple’s international panel of judges included:

  • Pete Souza
  • Austin Mann
  • Annet de Graaf
  • Luísa Dörr
  • Chen Man
  • Phil Schiller
  • Kaiann Drance
  • Brooks Kraft
  • Sebastien Marineau-Mes
  • Jon McCormack
  • Arem Duplessis

And now, check out all of the winning photographs (click for larger).

Be sure to read Apple’s press release for commentary from the judges.

According to Apple:

iPhone offers tools to help anyone take great photos with state-of-the-art cameras that offer advanced photography techniques. Innovations like Smart HDR create photos with more highlights and shadow detail.

Depth Control allows users to adjust the depth of field both in real-time preview and post-capture and advanced depth segmentation in Portrait mode enables more sophisticated portraits with professional-level bokeh using the A12 Bionic chip and its next-generation Neural Engine.

Depth Control and Smart HDR are the new features that require the latest models like iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR.

What’s your favorite image, and why?

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