Editor’s Photo Challenge: ‘Happy Holidays’
The theme of our December Editors’ Photo Challenge was ‘Happy Holidays’: we asked you to show us what the year-end holiday season looks like through your lens. And you definitely focused on the festive spirit, capturing heart-warming moments and scenes filled with holiday cheer. From twinkling lights and decorated trees to snowy landscapes, your photos truly capture the essence of the holiday season.
Did you miss this challenge? Stay tuned for our January challenge announcement! In the meantime, consider participating in these current and upcoming challenges hosted by other members of the DPReview community:
open challenges
- underwater photography (Closes on 16th December)
- DPReview | your best photo of 2024 (Closes on 16th December)
- repetition (Closes on 20th December)
upcoming challenges
- a big year 2024 (Starting from 16th December)
- Crepuscular Rays (God Rays) (Starting from 17th December)
- Colorful landscape in portrait mode (Starting from 21st December)
Drumroll, please! Here are our top picks from the December Editors’ Photo Challenge.
window shopping
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Photographer: Morelens
Description: Window shopping in Beacon, NY, a small town on the Hudson River in NY state.
equipment: canon eos r + unspecified 35mm lens
New Year’s Eve, Mount Hood, Oregon
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Photographer: rainrunner
Description: New Year’s Eve in Mount Hood, Oregon Every year, weather permitting, we snow camp on New Year’s Eve and watch the fireworks show at Timberline Lodge.
equipment: Sony A7 IV , Tamron 70-180mm F2.8 Di III VXD
Christmas card
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Photographer: Alexey Syrkin
Description: A small surprise for my wife, which reflects our life and home environment at that time.
equipment: Canon EOS 5D Mark II , Canon EF 85mm F1.8 USM
winter Wonderland
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Photographer: Mangaram
Description: My winter holiday tradition is to take long walks in snowy landscapes. There is nothing happier for me than the cool breeze and sparkling snow in the forest.
equipment: Ricoh GR IIIx
yes! yes! Happy holidays little friend
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Photographer: huyt
Description: The boy was looking at the children standing in line to take pictures with Santa Claus. Santa saw that the boy was looking at him for a long time. He was alone with his mother. Santa came over, peeked around the fence, and told them he would take a picture with the boy… for free and at the front of the line. happy holiday.
equipment: NIKON Z6 II ,Nikon Nikkor Z 24-70mm F4 S
List
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Photographer: jaberg
Description: I think this is the “good” list, but one can never be sure. It is part of the American Swedish Institute’s 2024 holiday experience, Tomte: The Myth, the Gnome, the Legend.
equipment: fujifilm x100v + Fujifilm WCL-X100 II
winter in winterland
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Photographer: viking60
Description: Norway’s capital Oslo is already lit up with lights signaling the arrival of Christmas.
equipment: leica sl2-s +Terrissen 50mm F0.95
Christmas lights!
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Photographer: Zerodam
Description: A traditional Christmas village in France.
equipment: Fujifilm X-T5 , Sigma 16mm F1.4 DC DN | C
a round world
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Photographer: xenophon
Description: This ball was at a height of 10 meters (or more) on the tree. As a result, the entire square, the fountain, even the Parliament in the background, are all painted in ball in a spectacular and unique way.
equipment: Canon EOS R10 + unspecified lens
new year in the rockies
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Photographer: atroutman
Description: Long exposure at a remote cabin near Aspen, CO, just after New Years in 2022.
equipment: Sony A7R IV , Sony FE 20mm F1.8G
