

Phan says she captured the photo in her hometown of Long An in southern Vietnam with a DJI Mavic 3, which features a 4/3 CMOS Hasselblad camera.Įxplaining that she wanted to share a time-honored tradition of her ancestors, Phan says, “They have worked as water lily pickers for many years, having learned the craft from their mothers and grandmothers. The photo is a bird’s-eye portrait of two women wading in a pond as they collect a harvest of water lilies, whose white and magenta blooms create the illusion of a floating floral dress. The photo judging panel included renowned photographers and publication editors, and they chose Khánh Phan’s photo Floral Dress as the grand prize winner of a Hasselblad 907X Anniversary Edition Kit, a trophy, and an award certificate.

The SkyPixel 8th Annual Photo & Video Contest, co-organized by DJI, attracted over 65,000 submissions, which is a 120% increase from the previous year. With a central theme of “The Story Behind,” DJI and SkyPixel called upon drone pilots to share what mattered to them most.
