How fast can you beat my photography crossword?

Black and white crossword tiles displaying photography-related words
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I’ve put together another photography-themed crossword to test your general knowledge, assuming you’ve already beaten the first one. Simply scroll down and click ‘Play Now’ to get started.

If you’re struggling, you can choose from three hints to reveal the letter or word you’re stuck on, or simply reveal the entire crossword. But you don’t need those! Right?

I cover a range of themes from famous photographers to gear and techniques so, if you don’t know all the answers, you can boost your photography knowledge to boot. Good luck!

Crossword clues (across)

  • 1: Cropped sensor (4)
  • 6: Editing tool that selectively increases saturation (8)
  • 8: This famous photographer’s surname is a sea creature (3,3)
  • 9: Analyzing a photo at unnecessarily high magnifications (5,7)
  • 10: Astrophotography device that compensates for the Earth’s rotation (4,7)

Crossword clues (down)

  • 1: Fujifilm Film Simulation that sounds like a row on a crossword and a religious symbol (5)
  • 2: Loss of detail in the shadows or highlights (8)
  • 3: Technique used to create an ultra-shallow depth of field with a wide-angle field of view (8)
  • 4: Can be served hot or cold (5,11)
  • 5: Compositional rule that guides you towards the subject (7,5)
  • 7: Nikon metering mode that shares its name with 1999 action flick (6)

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Mike Harris
How To Editor

Mike studied photography at college, honing his Adobe Photoshop skills and learning to work in the studio and darkroom. After a few years writing for various publications, he headed to the ‘Big Smoke’ to work on Wex Photo Video’s award-winning content team, before transitioning back to print as Technique Editor (later Deputy Editor) on N-Photo: The Nikon Magazine.

With bylines in Digital Camera, PhotoPlus: The Canon Magazine, Practical Photography, Digital Photographer, iMore, and TechRadar, he’s a fountain of photography and consumer tech knowledge, making him a top tutor for techniques on cameras, lenses, tripods, filters, and more. His expertise extends to everything from portraits and landscapes to abstracts and architecture to wildlife and, yes, fast things going around race tracks...

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