Contest winners: Apple chooses the best pictures shot on the iPhone

On Tuesday, Apple unveiled the 10 winning photographs, selected by a panel

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of judges consisting of professional shooters such as Pete Souza, who was

chief White House photographer under President Barack Obama, as well as Apple's senior vice president for worldwide marketing Phil Schiller, himself a photographer.

The chosen images will be featured on Apple billboards in select cities and in Apple retail stores and online.

Without disclosing the amount, Apple says shooters will receive a licensing fee for the billboard photos and their use in other Apple marketing channels.

During the challenge, which ran between Jan. 22 and Feb. 7, participants could email the pictures directly to Apple or post their best shots to Instagram, Twitter or Weibo. Under the rules, the photos could come straight from the iPhone (any model) or, prior to being submitted, edited through Apple's tools in the Photos app, or with third-party software. And iPhone photographers who chose to edit the images were required to state the apps or filters that were used.

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