Editors' Choice Photo Challenge: The blue hour

Our November Editor's Photo Challenge theme was 'Fog', and your entries rolled in thick and fast. We were astounded by over 500 photo submissions, many of which demonstrated exceptional quality and creativity. While we can only showcase a limited number here, you an view the complete collection and see how your peers voted on the challenge page.

Did you miss this challenge? Stay tuned for our December challenge announcement! In the meantime, consider participating in these current and upcoming challenges hosted by other members of the DPReview community:

• Just a Sec (closes Nov. 18)
• Macro (1:1 +) - Flowers (closes Nov. 21)
• A Big Year 2024 (closes Nov. 24)
• Close-up/Macro – Bugs (closes Nov. 28)

Without further ado, we present our picks for the November Editors' Photo Challenge.

Three paddlers at dawn

Photographer: hapster

Description: Three friends set off into the fog at sunrise for their normal morning paddle on Marsh Creek.

Equipment: Sony a99 II + Tamron SP 70-200mm F/2.8 Di VC USD

Sogi-no-Taki waterfall

Photographer: gnohz

Description: On this day, temperatures dipped below freezing point. I was initially disappointed to see the entire location covered with a thick mist upon arriving before dawn. Having taken landscapes primarily with an ultra-wide angle lens, I opted for 85mm on this occasion to frame the shot. When the sun rose (out of frame on the right), it lit up the falls beautifully and cleared away some of the mist.

Equipment: Nikon D850 + Nikon AF-S Nikkor 85mm F1.4G

Sunrise Bromo volcano caldera

Photographer: JeffryzPhoto

Description: Local Tennger horseman surveys the caldera of the Bromo Volcano in eastern Java in Indonesia

Equipment: Fujifilm X-T4 + Fujifilm XF 16-55mm F2.8 R LM WR

Halloween night in Paris

Photographer: dmullen

Description: Halloween night in Paris.

Equipment: Nikon Z6III + Nikon Nikkor Z 40mm F2

Bulls

Photographer: Bill Ferris

Description: Bull elk take shelter in a morning fog while grazing the Grass Flat Tank meadow in northern Arizona.

Equipment: Nikon Z9 + Nikon Nikkor Z 800mm F6.3 VR S

Night passerby

Photographer: Vlad Khodakovsky

Description: As we stepped out of the club into the cold April night in Helsinki, the surreal lighting amidst the deep fog instantly captivated us. The streets, slick with moisture, reflected lights from all directions, and the light sources themselves were shrouded in dense mist. I quickly seized my camera and began capturing the scene.

Equipment: Nikon Z8 + Nikon Nikkor Z 40mm F2

Roo family in fog

Photographer: Phil Belbin

Description: Roo family in fog.

Equipment: Canon EOS 5D Mark III + Canon EF 135mm F2L USM

Midnight oasis

Photographer: nbobinchak

Description: I made a wrong turn on a foggy night and ended up in a film photographer's dreamscape.

Equipment: Leica M4-P + Leica Summicron-M 35mm F2 v3

Hudson corridor

Photographer: Rreynolds1

Description: My friend and I were flying the Hudson when the fog crept in like cats' feet, a spectacular flight in 159 papa golf. As we were buzzing around Miss Liberty, my buddy handed me his tank, and I got off a few shots. Unfortunately, he had it on JPEG.

Equipment: Canon EOS 5D Mark III

Fog from above

Photographer: Embrace Living

Description: On this foggy morning, I knew I had to send the drone up. Having a drone on a foggy morning almost feels like a cheat code.

Equipment: DJI Mini 3

Soulmates circles

Photographer: Pierre Lagarde

Description: Buren's rings in Nantes (France) by a misty night.

Equipment: Nikon D5500 + Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm F4G ED VR

Morning fog

Photographer: Ralf68

Description: I shot this photo on my way to work in the morning, a few minutes after sunrise.

Equipment: Nikon D5500 + Sigma 8-16mm F4.5-5.6 DC HSM

Floating

Photographer: nikkista

Description: A small medieval tows sits on a sheer cliff above the fog.

Equipment: DJI Mavic 2 Pro

Morning fog on Riggs Rd

Photographer: arizonaphotoadventures

Description: Fog is a very rare occurrence in the Phoenix area and seems to happen even less frequently recently... This is a sunrise in the desert south of Phoenix, Arizona, on a cold December morning. Not much vegetation grows there, but what does created this eerie image.

Equipment: Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM

Slide and fog

Photographer: PAVBA

Description: Taken at Algonquin National Park, ON, Canada. Early morning, and the water in the lake is completely still, like a mirror. As the sun rises, the fog reveals an eerie scene.

Equipment: Fujifilm X-T5 + Fujifilm XF 18-55mm F2.8-4 R LM OIS

Mason Lake God rays

Photographer: tonerbaloner

Description: Taken on a trail headed home from Mason Lake in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness near Seattle, Washington, during a September backpacking trip last year. Morning mountain fog made for spectacular "God rays" through the alpine forest.

Equipment: Fujifilm X-T5 + Fujifilm XF 27mm F2.8 R WR

Tancarville Bridge

Photographer: Jerodum

Description: Fog, sun and the Tancarville bridge, Normandy, France.

Equipment: Fujifilm X-E2 + Neewer 35mm F1.2

Swiss lowlands

Photographer: Antonx1973

Description: Sunset over fog filling the Swiss lowlands taken from the ridges of the Jura hills.

Equipment: Sony a7 IV

Green reach

Photographer: JT26

Description: The trees in the first part of the forest look almost arm-like as if they are reaching out to the other side. Everything in this area is very green and very damp, making for a very colorful landscape.

Equipment: Leica M11-P + Leica APO-Summicron-M 50mm f/2 ASPH

Mount Mythen above the fog

Photographer: Fabian from Swizzy Land

Description: This is a photo of Mount Mythen at night, towering over patches of fog that lie over the town Schwyz beneath it. The photo was taken on a clear night, several hours after sunset. The landscape in the foreground was lit up by a nearby village. The mountain in the background is in the dark, but the night sky reveals its contours.

Equipment: Sony a7 IV + Sony FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS