World Photography Day mini-challenge
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For World Photography Day on August 19, we gave our readers a simple mission: go out and photograph the world around you, wherever you happen to be, all on the same day. Mission accomplished.
The DPReview community is filled with incredibly talented photographers, as we’ve learned from our Editors’ Photo Challenges. This time was no different; you all delivered some truly stunning work. While we can’t feature every entry here, we encourage you to check out the forum thread to see all the great photos your fellow readers submitted.
You’ll find our editors’ favorite photos on the following pages, presented in no particular order. And if your photo wasn’t chosen, don’t be discouraged. We’ll be holding more spontaneous mini challenges in the future, so keep an eye out!
Birds and blossoms
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Using a Nikon D7100, Larry Khan captured this image of a juvenile Ruby Topaz hummingbird as it fed from a Chaconia flower in Trinidad and Tobago.
Ominous clouds
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When Ryan Schwartz saw our call for photos, he went outside to shoot the first thing he came across, gravitating toward the clouds as he likes to shoot skyskapes, thunderstorms and aurora. To make World Photography Day even more fun, he decided to use his first DSLR, a Nikon D5000, that’s still going after 15 years.
Yellow infrared
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After two years of research, JeanPierre Martel developed a new style of infrared photography called “Yellow 3629 infrared.” Its unique feature is that it reveals the secondary pigments of the plant kingdom responsible for the vivid colors that deciduous trees adopt in autumn, resulting in a unique vegetal polychromatism in infrared photography. This photo was taken using a full-spectrum infrared Olympus OM-D E-M5.
Everton
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ian_harris had spent the entire day shooting headshots of his colleagues for a company website. At the end of the day, the company cleaner, Everton, came in and asked what he was doing. When Everton told Harris, “I haven’t had my photo taken in 20 years,” Harris put him in front of the camera and captured this powerful photo using a Nikon Z7 II.
Lilly macro
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HemingJ108 wanted to shoot a landscape or a seascape, but got off work late and couldn’t go far. The lily in the front yard was at its peak, providing a perfect subject. To capture this stunning beauty, the photographer took 15 frames using focus stacking with a Nikon Z7 II.
A gray day
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Stuck at home on a gray World Photography Day, Eduard began goofing around on the patio, capturing this colorful leaf with a Fujifilm X-E5 and a Viltrox 15mm lens.
Abbey Road
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Photographer Bob Janes used World Photography Day to channel The Beatles. Friends visited on the anniversary of the last day of recording the Beatles’ Abbey Road album, and three of them recreated the album cover.
Stunning still life
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Frenchfx recently took a still life master class and captured this painterly image on World Photography Day using a Canon R6 Mark II.
Sensual harvest
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Farmers’ markets are full of amazing fresh produce, including this interesting specimen above, but as User7201588310 explains, big ugly tomatoes don’t have to be ugly; if one looks carefully, they can be quite sensual, as evidenced by this image inspired by the works of Group f/64, captured on a Sony a7 IV.
Complimentary
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DPReview Editor Abby Ferguson belongs to a local photography group that celebrated World Photography Day with an evening photo walk. The orange glow of these lights, contrasted with the blue hour light and water, caught her attention and became the perfect target for her Sony a7 III.
A beautiful day!
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Par Mims Books captured this impromptu selfie using a Samsung AG13 smartphone to celebrate World Photography Day. We can’t argue with the title.
Haunted
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Despite rumors of being haunted, DixonLau felt picturesque vibes upon entering this old abandoned building called Crag Hotel in Penang Hill in Malaysia, and captured this perfect morning sunlight filtering through this room using a Sony a7R III.
Fifteen-love
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DPReview Managing Editor Dale Baskin was inspired by other photographers who shared photos captured with older digital cameras, so he grabbed his trusty Panasonic LX7 for an evening walk around his neighborhood. Determined to get a picture on World Photography Day, and with light fading quickly, he framed the shapes and colors on this tennis court to create an abstract shot.
Green lizard
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DrummerJim caught this small lizard peaking its head out from the undergrowth and captured it with an Olympus OM-1.
Alps view
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This World Photography Day image of the Alps was captured by Serieux on a flight from Paris to Milan using an iPhone 15.
Owl in flight
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CheeYong took this photo during an evening walk using a Sony a1 to capture this great horned owl leaving a barn.
Simple street
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Thirdmort didn’t even know about our World Photography Day challenge when taking this photo, where clear lines in the sidewalk and street to draw the eye. We love the colors and the evenly spaced trees, which create a sense of rhythm and order. Captured with a Fujifilm X100V using a Kodak Portra 160 film recipe.
Aerial arts
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World Photography Day came at just the right time for hschnee, the official volunteer photographer for Upside Aerial Arts & Fitness in Burlington, NC. Unsatisfied with photos captured using basic lights in the studio, the photographer brought in a recently acquired pair of monolights and softboxes to try out. If this photo is any indication, those lights passed the test with flying colors.
Right side of the tracks
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DPReview Editor Mitchell Clark headed for the Spokane River in Spokane, Washington, searching for inspiration but found nothing special. Thinking he had run out of time, he packed up his camera, climbed back up the embankment and got on his bike just in time to notice a train about to cross this bridge. He pulled the OM System OM-5 II back out of his bag just in time to catch the train cross.
It’s a dog’s world
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Having the time of its life while hunting in beach grass, a dog named Blue became the central character of this photo by sbruni, creating an image of subtle light and story.
Our DPREVIEW Tribute:
After nearly 25 years of operation, DPReview closed on 10 April 2023. This difficult decision was part of the annual operating plan review that parent company, Amazon, shared earlier this year.
Over the course of 25 years, DP Review built up a reputation as being one of the most informative places to go for information about that new camera or lens you’re after. DP Review began as an independent reviews site based in the UK in 1998, the brainchild of Philip and Joanna Askey, but it was eventually purchased by Amazon in 2007 and relocated over to Seattle in the USA in 2010.
Cheers DPReview – thanks for the great work and content that guided photographers, videographers and techno junkies the world over!
See the winners of our World Photography Day mini-challenge