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10 Dark Photos of The Lights Turned Out
Every year, humanity turns off the lights for Earth Hour. Well, some of humanity. As we learned during this week’s Shooting Challenge, a lot of people leave the lights on. Winner: Vincent Thomas Bridge Took this picture of the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro, CA while on the way home. It’s normally very brightly … Continued
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Shooting Challenge: Lights Out
It’s Earth Hour this weekend. And no matter how you feel about its message, I think we can all agree that seeing cities blanketed in darkness is chilling. So for this week’s Shooting Challenge, photograph the darkness of Earth Hour. The Challenge Take a photograph during Earth Hour—March 28 from 8:30-9:30pm—when all the lights are … Continued
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21 Stupendous Photos of Spring
Many of us are still buried under snow, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t springtime, dammit. So enjoy these entries to this week’s Shooting Challenge, spring. Winner: Nanaimo This picture was taken on a rainy day in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada with a Canon EOS Rebel. Jillian Harrison Burst Taken with Nikon D3100. Eric Shwonek … Continued
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Shooting Challenge: Spring
Good news, everyone! We’ve survived. March 20th marks the first day of spring. So for this week’s Shooting Challenge, get outside and photograph it. The Challenge Photograph evidence of spring poking through the last drips of winter. Buds, flowers, signs of life itself. The Technique There’s certainly no one way to photograph a season. That … Continued
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16 Gorgeous Green St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations
Gizmodo reader-photographers assembled to photograph the color green in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, and what would you know, there’s not a toxic Miller Light in sight. Enjoy! Winner: Leprechaun Hallway No caption given. Steffen Ross Aurora Borealis This is a picture of the Aurora Borealis from my trip to Kiruna, Sweden. I used a … Continued
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Shooting Challenge: Green
Next week is St. Patrick’s Day, which means the celebrations will be in full swing by the weekend. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, let’s embrace the most iconic part of the holiday: the green. The Challenge Photograph something where green is the subject—it can be St. Patrick’s related, or it can be its own green … Continued
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30 Gorgeous Photos Of Timepieces
We survived Daylight Savings Time and the Apple Watch news cycle. As a reward, here are the gorgeous watches and clocks that all of you own. Winner: Time Distortion I thought this would be a great challenge the second I read it. I work in a jewelry store and have access to so many different … Continued
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Shooting Challenge: Time
This weekend, we’ll begin daylight savings time. Next week, we’ll get another peek at the Apple Watch. Time is on the mind. And so for this week’s Shooting Challenge, photograph this largely invisible phenomenon by photographing watches and clocks. The Challenge Photograph time, literally. We want to see clocks and watches, not figurative wilting flowers … Continued
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12 Bubblicious Photos Of Bubbles
Bubbles are micro-thin orbs of liquid suspended around gas. That’s nuts. And yet they’re never more than a squirt of dish soap away. These 12 photos from this week’s Shooting Challenge are a small reminder that the little things around us are pretty amazing. Winner: Magic Pop Honestly my goal was to capture a bubble … Continued
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Shooting Challenge: Bubbles
You left a few awesome habits behind when you grew up: Wearing dinosaur costumes, attending sleepovers, and maybe most importantly, blowing bubbles. So for this week’s Shooting Challenge, photograph bubbles. The Challenge Take a photo of a bubble. It can be a floating bubble you’ve blown, or you can always go with a soap bubble … Continued
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29 Photos Pyromaniacs Will Love
Fire! We’re drawn to it like moths to a flame. (Wait…does that metaphor still work when it references the allure of fire?) Regardless, for this week’s Shooting Challenge, you photographed flames, and here are the results. Winner: Fully Cooked Three fingers on my left hand are now fully cooked as it took me various attempts … Continued
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Shooting Challenge: Flame
Whether it’s a fireplace or a glowing candle, there’s nothing like a little pyromania to cut through the winter blues. So for this week’s Shooting Challenge, photograph flames. The Challenge Take a photo that features a flame. It can be an extreme close up, or it can be a tiny part of the image. Just … Continued
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12 Photos Of Love
Love. Is there anything more important? No. Which is why, even though Valentine’s Day may be over, you still have nothing more important to do then check out the 12 photos of love, submitted for this week’s Shooting Challenge. Winner: Haystack Rock For Valentine’s weekend, the girlfriend and I headed to Portland. This mostly involved … Continued
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Shooting Challenge: Love
Valentine’s Day is this weekend. And whether or not you believe in spending $5.95 on Hallmark greetings, hopefully, you still believe in love. So for this week’s Shooting Challenge, that’s what we’re celebrating: Love. The Challenge Take a photo that features love as the subject. (It doesn’t have to be pro love if you prefer … Continued
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35 of Your Most Dazzling Photos Of Lights
So bright. I…just…can’t…look…away. Here are your entries to this week’s Shooting Challenge, lighting edition. Winner: Aspiration Used a 5DMarkII with a 50mm prime lens to take this shot, intending to show a thoughtful symbiosis between nature and technology. Jordan Pirch Lasers I recently received the Wicked Lasers EVO for a Christmas gift. My thought was … Continued
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Shooting Challenge: All of the Lights
Cop lights, flash lights, spot lights, strobe lights, street lights: For this week’s Shooting Challenge, photograph lights. The Challenge Take a photo with any manmade light source(s) as the centerpiece. The Technique So, you step out your door, aim your camera at some light, and things will end up anywhere from abysmal to OK. Or, … Continued
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31 Irresistible Cups Of Coffee
Coffee. We owe it our lives and our sanity. And so for this week’s Shooting Challenge, we photographed the bejeezus out of it. Winner: Good Morning No description given. Rodrigo Ergueta Sharikat Biru-Biru It was a very chill sunday and we decided to check this new coffee shop in town called Sharikat Biru-Biru. My friend … Continued
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Shooting Challenge: Coffee
Coffee. You owe that shit. Big time. It gets you out of bed, keeps you employed, and only stains your teeth moderately. So for this week’s Shooting Challenge, we’re photographing coffee—in beans, brewing, and cups. The Challenge Take a photo with coffee as the subject. It can be any sort of scene you like—from an … Continued
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36 Tantalizing Photos Of Textures
Rough. Smooth. Sandy. Variegated. Machined. Organic. They’re the textures all around us, and for this week’s Shooting Challenge, you captured them with a keen eye. Winner: Obligatory Lego Canon 60D — f/10 — 1″ — ISO100 — 75mm Mike Case Subway Ceiling I like simple. I wanted to focus only on texture, so I chose … Continued
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Shooting Challenge: Texture
It’s horribly cold. So I won’t make you go outside this week. Instead, for this week’s Shooting Challenge, we’re going to call attention to something all around us that we take for granted: Texture. The Challenge Take a photo with texture as the subject. In fact, try to fill the whole frame with one texture. … Continued
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