“Strawberry in Soda” by Ashley Lee

From the other side of the U.S. comes this cool image of a strawberry in a soda from San Francisco’s Ashley Lee. “Using photography to transform everyday items into something more extraordinary is always a fun puzzle that brings out my creativity,” Lee says. In this case, just two items from the kitchen fridge combined to create this unique macro photo. Kaiann Drance, Apple’s VP of Worldwide Product Marketing, said this one took her breath away with its “clarity with motion and the brightness of the strawberry.” Apple’s aesthetics and visual storytelling lead Pamela Chen saw this as a very creative use of macro “to celebrate the intricate texture of the humble strawberry.” She loved “the energy of the air bubbles, captured at peak fizziness.”