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Ten photographs taken using the macro feature of the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max have won Apple’s latest “Shot on iPhone” contest.
Apple’s macro challenge accepted entries from around the world from late January 2022, to a closing date of February 16, 2022. An international panel of judges have since been reviewing the entries ahead of unveiling the final ten.
“The winning images demonstrate that the beauty of macro photography is its ability to turn the ordinary into the extraordinary,” said Apple in a press release, “and capture the little things in a big way.”
“[Winning photos] include incredible nature shots that might be overlooked by the naked eye,” it continued, “like dewdrops on a spiderweb, snowflakes on a dog’s hair, a cavernous hibiscus flower, and a strawberry engulfed in tiny soda water bubbles.”
Finalists come from Argentina, China, Hungary, India, Italy, Spain, Thailand, and the US. Four of the final ten are from the US, with photographers from New Jersey, New York City, San Francisco, and Boston.
For this year’s “Shot on iPhone” contest, Apple has published comments from the judges on every shot. San Fransisco photographer Ashley Lee’s “Strawberry in Soda,” for instance, was praised for how it used macro photography to bring its subject into life.
“This photo takes my breath away at first glance,” said judge Kaiann Drance. “The clarity with motion and the brightness of the strawberry really come through so delightfully.”