Welcome to Smartphone Picture of the Week! Each week, we select and share the best of your smartphone photography in an online feature here on our website, and on our social media. This week’s smartphone photograph is by Ester Iovine using a Samsung Galaxy S9. 

Ester Iovine, Samsung Galaxy S9

waxing moon surrounded by light cloud taken using a samsung galaxy s9

‘I’m 27 years old and I live in Italy, in Abruzzo in a small town called Raiano. All of my photos are taken with my phone as I don’t have a professional camera yet. I took this photo of the waxing moon from my town with my Samsung Galaxy S9 and Zenith Binoculars 10×15.

I love photographing everything, from mountain landscapes to sunset with its thousand colors. The narrow and characteristic alleys of the small towns of my region Abruzzo and the fantastic sea. Macro photography with flowers and insects. And then there’s my passion for the Moon, which I manage to photograph thanks to the Digiscoping technique.’

Social media:

Instagram: @ester_iovine_

Submit your photos

Want the chance to feature here on our website and across our social media? All you have to do is share your smartphone photographs on social media with the tag #APSmartphonePicoftheWeek. You can also send in photographs to ap.ed@kelsey.co.uk with “Smartphone Pic of the Week” in the subject line.

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