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TechRepublic's camera phone challenge: Resolution

By // January 17, 2011, 8:55 PM PST // sonjathompson

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  • Simeone Foundation museum in Philadelphia

    What better way to start out a new year than to challenge the TechRepublic community to submit quality resolution camera phone photos. Take a look at the entries.

    The first place photo was taken by TR member John.Greenstine with a BlackBerry 8930 at the Simeone Foundation museum in Philadelphia. The display commemorates various Alfa Romeo race cars that actually won the famous Italian Mille Miglia 1000 mile road race. The car in the shot was the 1937 race winner.

  • Malta Harbour

    The second place photo was taken by TR member bjswm with a Nokia 6500 Slide phone of the Malta Harbour. This photo is actually five photos stitched together with fotoxx (under Linux) and with a little touch up by GIMP.

  • Full bloom

    Tying for third place is this photo by TR member samir_34, which was taken with a Samsung I7500.

  • Butterfly rescue

    The other photo that tied for third place with taken by TR member The.ShaDoW with an iPhone 3GS.

    He said, "I was going in to work on very windy day when I found this little critter struggling on the sidewalk. Not wanting him to be accidentally squashed by pedestrian traffic, I transferred him to a nearby rock, but not before snapping a few pictures."

  • Droplets of milk

    This photo was taken by TR member DanielRP with a Sony Ericsson Satio (U1i). He said, "[I] Took it whilst at a nice little eatery in Liverpool. Ordered a cup of tea and got the most amazing Milk Jug! So had to get a snap of it in action and was amazed with the result. I was impressed that a phone camera could capture the droplets of milk like that too!"

  • Wild Tiger Lillies

    This photo was taken by TR member JamesRL with an iPhone 3GS. He said, "These Tiger Lillies grow wild where I grew up, and this shot was taken steps from my house."

  • Cassidy's Public House in Ireland

    This photo was taken by TR member John.Greenstine with a BlackBerry 8930 at Cassidy's Public House in Carron, County Clare, on the west coast of Ireland.

  • Suburban Philadelphia

    This photo was taken by TR member John.Greenstine with a BlackBerry 8930 in suburban Philadelphia.

  • Taylor in the sun

    This photo was taken by TR member John.Greenstine with a BlackBerry 8930 in suburban Philadelphia. This is a closeup study of Taylor - his self-possessed, sun-loving feline.

  • Marine sea slug

    This photo was taken by TR member Karin with a Samsung SGH-E250 at the Port of Bremerton marina in Washington state of a marine sea slug (nudibranch), Dendronotus iris, that was moving along just under the water line on one of the docks.

  • CPU Heatsink

    This photo was taken by TR member Madsmaddad with a DC5900 Traveler in Macro mode. He said, "The picture is of a friends CPU Heatsink. I don't want to say any more about the state of his computer."

  • London, England

    This photo was taken by TR member snowless1 with a Motorola RazorRAZR 2 9x looking from the Tate Modern Museum 2nd floor through a dirty window on a cloudy day across the Millennium Bridge toward St. Paul's in London, England.

  • Petit Jean Mountain

    This photo was taken by TR member susan.mordecai with a BlackBerry Torch of icicles and rock formations on Petit Jean Mountain in Arkansas. This was the Cedar Falls trail hike.

  • Butterfly on a rock

    This photo was taken by TR member The.ShaDoW with an iPhone 3GS.

    He said, "I was going in to work on very windy day when I found this little critter struggling on the sidewalk. Not wanting him to be accidentally squashed by pedestrian traffic, I transferred him to a nearby rock, but not before snapping a few pictures."

  • Leftover spaghetti noodles

    This photo was taken by TR member Tink! with a Motorola Droid 2 Global of leftover spaghetti noodles that were in the pot for who know how many days. Her resolution is to hopefully keep this from happening in the future!

  • Sleepy snail

    This photo was taken by TR member ange_e41 with a Nokia N97. She said, "Sitting on a sleeping bag in the garden last summer, noticed a snail sleeping, woke him up, and this is the result!"

  • Malta Harbour entrance

    This photo was taken by TR member bjswm with a Nokia 6500 Slide phone of the Malta Harbour entrance. This photo is actually two photos stitched together with fotoxx (under Linux) and with a little touch up by GIMP.

  • Malta marina

    This photo was taken by TR member bjswm with a Nokia 6500 Slide phone of the Malta marina.

  • Office resolutions

    This photo was taken by TR member cebrooks3 with a Motorola Droid 1. He said, "[The] Picture is my office desk (Resolution is to get better organized, upgrade computer, and acquire two monitors)."

  • 1965 Pontiac Parisienne Convertible

    This photo was taken by TR member chris.gillham with an iPhone 4 of his 1965 Pontiac Parisienne Convertible on the New Years Day Car Cruise in St. Louis, Missouri.

  • Winter scene 1

    This photo was taken by TR member dcolbert with a Droid 2 of various winter scenes around his house.

  • Winter scene 2

    This photo was taken by TR member dcolbert with a Droid 2 of various winter scenes around his house.

  • Winter scene 3

    This photo was taken by TR member dcolbert with a Droid 2 of various winter scenes around his house.

  • Frozen water

    This photo was taken by TR member dcolbert with a Droid 2 of frozen water from the downspout.

  • Beaver Creek state park pioneer village

    This photo was taken by TR member dcolbert with a Droid 2 of an old barn at the Beaver Creek state park pioneer village in Ohio.

  • Golf ball

    This photo was taken by TR member edgar.sampson with a Nokia N8.

  • Sunset from a balcony

    This photo was taken by TR member felg1900 with a BlackBerry 8520 from his balcony before sunset.

  • Ashdod after sunset

    This photo was taken by TR member felg1900 with a BlackBerry 8520 from the south-west side of Ashdod shortly after sunset.

  • Russian church in Jerusalem

    This photo was taken by TR member felg1900 with a BlackBerry 8520 of the Russian church in Jerusalem on a sad-funny light.

  • Double rainbow

    This photo was taken by TR member jimd with a BlackGerry Storm model 9530 of a double rainbow right after a strong thunderstorm in central Minnesota.

  • Winter in Minnesota

    This photo was taken by TR member jimd with a BlackGerry Storm model 9530 from his office window.

  • Minnesota lake home

    This photo was taken by TR member jimd with a BlackGerry Storm model 9530 of the lake across from his home in central Minnesota.

  • Sunset over Crosslake

    This photo was taken by TR member jimd with a BlackGerry Storm model 9530 of a sunset over Crosslake north of Brainerd, Minnesota.

  • Eastern State Penitentiary

    This photo was taken by TR member joanne.fryer with an iPhone 3G at the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia.

  • Sunny summer evening in 2010

    This photo was taken by TR member mikeand00 with an iPhone 3GS on a sunny evening in the summer of 2010.

  • After the first snowfall

    This photo was taken by TR member nallentech with an iPhone 4. He said, "[It's a] Picture of the Upper Quad after the first snowfall and the School House Garden. Pretty rare to get much/any snow on the south coast and very rare to get so much."

  • School House Garden

    This photo was taken by TR member nallentech with an iPhone 4. He said, "[It's a] Picture of the Upper Quad after the first snowfall and the School House Garden. Pretty rare to get much/any snow on the south coast and very rare to get so much."

  • Frosty morning in Montana

    This photo was taken by TR member rpeaslee with a Motorola Droid of a frosty December morning in Helena, Montana.

  • Pretty flower

    This photo was taken by TR member samir_34 with a Samsung I7500.

  • Eyes closed

    This photo was taken by TR member samir_34 with a Samsung I7500.

  • Resolution #1 - diet!

    This photo was taken by TR member simpsonjon with an HTC Desire. He said, "Resolution #1 - diet!"

  • Community theater

    This photo was taken by TR member wwhitley with an HTC EVO, Model Number PC36100.

    He said, "[This is] Baytown Little Theater's production of Jason Robert Brown's 'The Last 5 Years.' Baytown, TX. No special lighting. Taken during Invitational Dress Rehearsal, from the audience. This kind of quality from a phone. Seriously. BTW – I'd be interested to know if there are other geeks out there actively involved in community theater." Please post your replies in the discussion thread.

  • Three Stooges

    This photo was taken by TR member xcel-pro with a Samsung Moment m900. He said, "Larry, Curly, Moe? Nope. Matt, Ryan, and Hobbes."

  • New Nikes

    This photo was taken by TR member xcel-pro with a Samsung Moment m900. He said, "Pee Wee Herman's Lost Shoe? Nope. Matt got some new Nikes."

  • Climbing the walls

    This photo was taken by TR member xcel-pro with a Samsung Moment m900. He said, "Spiderman? Nope. Ryan learned how to climb the walls. Who says there is no educational value from television?"

Simeone Foundation museum in Philadelphia

What better way to start out a new year than to challenge the TechRepublic community to submit quality resolution camera phone photos. Take a look at the entries.

The first place photo was taken by TR member John.Greenstine with a BlackBerry 8930 at the Simeone Foundation museum in Philadelphia. The display commemorates various Alfa Romeo race cars that actually won the famous Italian Mille Miglia 1000 mile road race. The car in the shot was the 1937 race winner.

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