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TechRepublic's camera phone challenge: Holiday lights

By // January 3, 2011, 12:00 AM PST // sonjathompson

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  • Koping, Sweden

    Over the holiday season, we challenged the TechRepublic community to submit camera phone photos of holiday lights. The winning photo was taken by TR member simpsonjon with a T-Mobile G1, looking through a kitchen window in Koping, Sweden.

  • Denver Civic Center

    The second place photo was taken by TR member kevinmeis with an Apple 3GS iPhone of the Denver Civic Center.

  • Holiday lights in Singapore

    The third place photo was taken by TR member huiboonlim with an HTC Desire.

    He said, "A beautiful stretch of 'Christmas Blues' greeted me after exiting from the famous Ngee Ann City Shopping Mall of Singapore. Whip out my camera phone to take in the sights."

  • Rockefeller Plaza lights

    This photo was taken by TR member JPALM with an iPhone 4.

    He said, "I've always wanted to visit New York City during the Christmas season. I wanted to make this year the year I finally did it. I invited my friend, took off work, and boarded a MegaBus in Baltimore at 5AM and made the 3 hour trip to New York. My friend and I spent the entire day walking around New York exploring the typical touristy stuff. We visited Rockefeller Plaza twice - during the day and then again at night. The panorama was created using 5 vertical pictures stitched together with an app called 'AutoStitch'."

  • Christmas decoration

    This photo was taken by TR member TobiF with an LG GX200.

    He said, "This is *all* the Christmas decoration I set up at home this year. (And it's much more decoration than I've had any time during the last ~10 years!)"

  • More holiday lights in Singapore

    This photo was taken by TR member huiboonlim with an HTC Desire of holiday lights in Singapore.

  • Yard light shot towards house

    This photo was taken by TR member kevinmeis with an Apple 3GS iPhone. His yard light consists of a white globe with a "bulb" inside that he made from a multicolored string of LED lights. In the background, you can see the lights through his living room window.

  • Manger scene with blue LED string

    This photo was taken by TR member kevinmeis with an Apple 3GS iPhone of a manger scene at his home, lit by blue LED string.

  • Manger close up

    This photo was taken by TR member kevinmeis with an Apple 3GS iPhone. Here's a close up of a manger scene, lit by blue LED string.

  • "Hula Mouse" scene

    This photo was taken by TR member kevinmeis with an Apple 3GS iPhone of his living room "Hula Mouse" scene.

  • Westminster City Building

    This photo was taken by TR member kevinmeis with an Apple 3GS iPhone of deer and lights at the Westminster City Building.

  • Oxford Street, London

    This photo was taken by TR member mike with an Apple iPhone 4 of Oxford Street, London, at night.

Koping, Sweden

Over the holiday season, we challenged the TechRepublic community to submit camera phone photos of holiday lights. The winning photo was taken by TR member simpsonjon with a T-Mobile G1, looking through a kitchen window in Koping, Sweden.

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