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TechRepublic's camera phone challenge: Beaches

By // August 17, 2010, 12:32 AM PST // sonjathompson

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  • Hatteras, North Carolina

    A couple of weeks ago, we encouraged the TechRepublic community to submit beach photos that they had taken with a camera phone.

    Again, the TechRepublic editorial staff had a difficult time selecting the best photos, as there were several really good ones to choose from.

    The winning snapshot was taken by clementsk with an Apple iPhone 3 last summer in Hatteras, North Carolina. According to clementsk, "The beauty of this photo is that it was NOT posed. This is my daughter, son, and niece checking out the waves before we left to come home."

  • Ocho Rios, Jamaica

    The second place photo was taken by jbeaver with a Droid Incredible in Ocho Rios, Jamaica.

  • Bandon, Oregon - Face Rock

    The third place photo was taken by Robert Graham with an Apple iPhone 3G, Model MB704LL, of the fog moving in over "Face Rock" and "Cat and Kittens" sea stacks.

  • Great Otway National Park in Victoria, Australia

    This photo was taken by Kelseyvh with an Apple iPhone 3G of the Great Otway National Park in Victoria, Australia.

  • Port Dickson in Malacca, Malaysia

    This photo was taken by Murphy Chan with an iPhone 3G of Port Dickson in Malacca, Malaysia.

  • Newport Beach in Sydney, Australia

    This photo was taken by Peter Mc2 with a Sony Ericsson K750i of a sunrise over Newport Beach in Sydney, Australia.

  • St. Petersburg area, Florida

    This photo was taken by Plainbroke with a HTC Touch Pro 2 of the St. Petersburg area in Florida.

  • Bandon, Oregon

    This photo was taken by Robert Graham with an Apple iPhone 3G, Model MB704LL, and the AutoSticth Panorama app of Bandon, Oregon.

  • Bandon Light House

    This photo was taken by Robert Graham with an Apple iPhone 3G, Model MB704LL, and the AutoSticth Panorama app of the Bandon Light House in Oregon.

  • "The Jetty" where the Coquille River meets the Pacific

    This photo was taken by Robert Graham with an Apple iPhone 3G, Model MB704LL, and the AutoSticth Panorama app of 'The Jetty' where the Coquille River meets the Pacific.

  • Bandon, Oregon's small boat harbor in the evening

    This photo was taken by Robert Graham with an Apple iPhone 3G, Model MB704LL, of Bandon's small boat harbor in the evening.

  • The Coquille River, Oregon

    This photo was taken by Robert Graham with an Apple iPhone 3G, Model MB704LL, and the AutoSticth Panorama app of the Coquille River with the Pacific Ocean at the right, shot from Bullards Beach State Park.

  • Del Mar, California

    This photo was taken by Shoshana with an Apple iPhone 3G (8GB) in Del Mar, California. According to Shoshana, "I wanted to get the water in the background to put the size of the jellyfish into perspective."

  • Columbia River walkway in Vancouver, Washington

    This photo was taken by brianwool with a Samsung Gravity II along the Columbia River walkway in Vancouver, Washington.

  • Bonita Springs, Florida

    This photo was taken by doug.witsken with an Apple iPhone 4 in Bonita Springs, Florida.

  • How many miles to Heaven?

    This photo was taken by dwfancy with an HTC Droid Incredible.

  • Life is a beach

    This photo was taken by dwfancy with an HTC Droid Incredible.

  • Point Lobos State Park near Carmel, California

    This photo was taken by egrant3 with a Verizon HTC Imagio XV6975 in Point Lobos State Park near Carmel, California.

  • Deception Pass on Whidby Island, Washington State

    This photo was taken by eltopia with a Motorola Backflip of Deception Pass on Whidby Island, Washington State.

  • Eastbourne, England

    This photo was taken by g_telfer with a Sony Ericsson W595 in Eastbourne, England.

  • Destin, Florida

    This photo was taken by hbloss58 with a Verizon Wireless Blackberry Storm 9530 of Destin, Florida.

  • Brigantine

    This photo was taken by herleymark with a BlackBerry 8530.

  • Punta de Mita, Mexico

    This photo was taken by hethen90 with a Samsung of Punta de Mita, Mexico.

  • Pismo Beach, California

    This photo was taken by hethen90 with an LG Shine of Pismo Beach, California.

  • Weymouth, UK 1

    This photo was taken by james.atkin with an HTC Hero 5M at the beach in Weymouth, UK.

  • Weymouth, UK 2

    This photo was taken by james.atkin with a Blackberry Perl 8120 2M at the beach in Weymouth, UK.

  • Vero Beach, Florida

    This photo was taken by EIC Jason Hiner with an Apple iPhone 3GS and the Pano app (for panoramas) of Vero Beach, Florida.

  • Sunset on Vero Beach, Florida

    This photo was taken by EIC Jason Hiner with an Apple iPhone 3GS of Vero Beach, Florida.

  • Galveston, Texas

    This photo was taken by nigel.hickey with an Apple iPhone 3GS (model MC135LL) of Galveston Island near the San Luis Pass in Texas.

  • The seawall in Galveston, Texas

    This photo was taken by nigel.hickey with an Apple iPhone 3GS (model MC135LL) in Galveston, Texas.

  • The end of the seawall in Galveston, Texas

    This photo was taken by nigel.hickey with an Apple iPhone 3GS (model MC135LL) in Galveston, Texas.

  • Hillary's Marina in Western Australia 1

    This photo was taken by raycraft with a Nokia 6288 during a "day to the beach" at Hillary's Marina in Western Australia.

  • Hillary's Marina in Western Australia 3

    This photo was taken by raycraft with a Nokia 6288 during a "day to the beach" at Hillary's Marina in Western Australia.

  • Near San Diego, California

    This photo was taken by Brosiut with an Apple iPhone GS3 near San Diego, California.

  • Cape Cod beach 1

    This photo was taken by rwbyshe with an LG Env Touch while visiting Cape Cod.

  • Cape Cod beach 2

    This photo was taken by rwbyshe with an LG Env Touch while visiting Cape Cod.

  • Exuma, Bahamas

    This photo was taken by shavon with a Nokia E61 of Exuma, Bahamas.

  • Cat Island, Bahamas 1

    This photo was taken by shavon with a Nokia N85 of Cat Island, Bahamas.

  • Cat Island, Bahamas 2

    This photo was taken by shavon with a Nokia N85 of Cat Island, Bahamas.

  • Cat Island, Bahamas 3

    This photo was taken by shavon with a Nokia N85 of Cat Island, Bahamas.

  • Cat Island, Bahamas 4

    This photo was taken by shavon with a Nokia N85 of Cat Island, Bahamas.

  • Long Beach Island, New Jersey

    This photo was taken by stephaniemoss with a BlackBerry Storm 9550 of Long Beach Island, New Jersey.

  • Ocean City, New Jersey

    This photo was taken by icecreman with a 32gb iPhone 4 on the beach at Ocean City, New Jersey.

Hatteras, North Carolina

A couple of weeks ago, we encouraged the TechRepublic community to submit beach photos that they had taken with a camera phone.

Again, the TechRepublic editorial staff had a difficult time selecting the best photos, as there were several really good ones to choose from.

The winning snapshot was taken by clementsk with an Apple iPhone 3 last summer in Hatteras, North Carolina. According to clementsk, "The beauty of this photo is that it was NOT posed. This is my daughter, son, and niece checking out the waves before we left to come home."

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By Sonja Thompson

Sonja Thompson started at TechRepublic in October 1999. She is a former Senior Editor at TechRepublic.