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18 Snowy Photographs That Will Make You Love Winter Again

The holidays are over, and we’re left dealing with the chilling hangover of Christmas-less winter. Luckily, we have these 16 photos you took of snow, too! Winner: Bumper Cars There is actually very little snow left in the St. Louis, Missouri area, so this became quite the challenge. It was too obvious to go to…

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Shooting Challenge: Snowy Scenes

The holidays are over, and we’re left with nothing to look forward to but a few more months of bitter cold weather. Oh, and snow! Lots of snow! So let’s take photos of snow! The Challenge Take a photo with snow as its subject—that can be a snowy scene, where everything is dusted, or a…

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9 Delicious Christmas Cookie Photos (With Recipes!)

It’s Christmas time. And no matter your faith, you’ll probably agree, it’s the most delicious cookie time of the year. Here are cookies that you baked and photographed. And if you’re so brave as to bake yourself, many have the recipe, too! Winner: Minted White Chocolate Balls My mom participates in a “cookie exchange” every…

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Shooting Challenge: Christmas GIFs

Praise consumerism. There’s no better feeling than ripping open present and seeing what’s inside. So for our Christmas Shooting Challenge, let us open gifts with you. Create GIFs, photographing a present at various stages of undress. The Challenge Make a GIF of a gift being unwrapped sequentially. The idea is to share your gift with…

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27 Photos Of Barenaked Trees

Our leaves may be gone, but the craggy silhouettes of the trees remain. For last week’s Shooting Challenge, you celebrated the tree without the leaves. Here are the photos: Winner: The Face Drive by this tree everyday on the way home. Taken with Canon Eos-M and 22mm. ISO-100, f/4, 1/1000sec. Eric Taylor Reach For The…

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Shooting Challenge: Christmas Cookies

It’s that time of year. Sugar, flour, butter, and a festive dose of red and green food colorings combine to create bite-sized Christmas magic. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, show us your baking and photography skills. Show us the cookies! The Challenge Take a photo of your holiday baked goods—cookies, gingerbread men, gingerbread houses, whatever!…

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Shooting Challenge: Spooky, Naked Trees

Our gorgeous fall leaves are gone for the season, and we’re left with bare trees over a sky of grey. But that, too, can be a beautiful thing in its own way. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, let’s celebrate trees without the leaves—in black and white. The Challenge Take a photo of a tree without…

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A Photographic Argument For And Against Thanksgiving Turkey

Thanksgiving is over. The post-Thanksgiving sales are over. And yet, turkey leftovers remain. For last week’s Shooting Challenge, we asked you to photograph your turkeys. Two of you found the time. And what resulted was a duo of turkeys—one which will make you never want to eat turkey again, and one that will inspire you…

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5 Time Traveling Timelapses

We don’t yet have time travel, but we can travel through time quickly through the power of timelapse photography. Here are your submissions to this week’s timelapse Shooting Challenge. Cocoon We have a butterfly garden and all of a sudden we had an explosion of monarch caterpillars in the milkweed. It is a little too…

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Shooting Challenge: Thanksgiving Turkey

It’s Thanksgiving. And that means a lot of us pretend we like turkey for a day. So for this week’s Shooting Challenge, let’s celebrate that poor bird and photograph it. The Challenge Take a hero shot of your turkey. Or your tofurkey. The Technique First step, roast a turkey. Second step, let it cool a…

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Shooting Challenge: Timelapse

Timelapse photography gives you a super fast version of events, as if you’re seeing the world the world through immortal eyes. So for this week’s Shooting Challenge, make us all feel immortal. The Challenge Take a timelapse. (Don’t know how? No problem! If you have a smartphone, it’s easy!) Then upload the finished version to…

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23 Dark, Dark Photographs

We live in a dull world, in which remarkable camera sensors and clever AI can balance exposure perfectly every time. But what is perfect, anyway? These 22 dark entries from this week’s Shooting Challenge ask just that. Winner: Dark Suburbs While the goal was to take a picture of darkness, the challenge is that every…

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Shooting Challenge: Dark Photography

It’s daylight savings time. And you know what that means. The world goes dark for the foreseeable future. Let’s make the best of it, and for this week’s Shooting Challenge, let’s photograph really dark stuff. The Challenge Take a low key photo. Or just photograph something that’s really dark. The Technique Low key photography is…

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10 of Your Amazing Halloween Costumes

You dressed up for Halloween. You photographed it. And we all got to watch. Here are the results from this week’s Halloween (and, sure, Dia de Los Muertos) Shooting Challenge. Winner: Monster on Main Street I put out the word on Facebook that I was looking for an awesome costume to photograph. This young man’s…

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Shooting Challenge: Halloween Costumes

It’s the greatest holiday of the year. You get to freak people out, and you get unlimited candy for it. So for this week’s Shooting Challenge, photograph a fantastic Halloween costume. The Challenge Take a photo of someone (or someones) dressed up for Halloween. And, you know, make it look cool or interesting somehow. The…

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76 Stunning Photos Of Fall Leaves

The leaves of fall are one of the most gorgeous gifts from nature. Every year, we ask you to share your best photo of the season. And as usual, you didn’t disappoint. Winner: Norway Maple This is a photo of a Norway Maple tree trying to make it’s colors seen through the forest. Often confused…

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Shooting Challenge: Fall Leaves 2014

It’s a Gizmodo tradition. Every year, we ask you to photograph the beautiful colors of fall. So for this week’s Shooting Challenge, we want you to share your best fall photos, taken any time this year. The Challenge Take a photo of fall’s amazing leaves. Or share one you’ve taken it any time in 2014.…

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26 Gorgeous Cars Spotted On The Street

Cars. They’re art that we get to propel forward at 80mph, or just eat a burrito in at a stoplight. And for our last Shooting Challenge, we asked you to photograph them. Winner: Porsche I would love to submit my Porsche 911t shot to the Cars on the Street challenge. Currently I reside in London…

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Shooting Challenge: Cars on the Street

It’s fun to go to a dealership or car show and check out the cool rides. But it’s even more gratifying to spot some beauty just casually parked out on the street. So for this week’s Shooting Challenge, photograph a car you spot on the street. The Challenge Take a photo of a car you…

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3 Football Photos Worthy of a Celebration Dance

It’s football season, so we challenged you to photograph some pigskin. Winner: The Falconer 8th grade football Effort from both sides…Shot low from the end zone – Canon EOS-!D X, 200mm, F2.8, 1/1000″ ISO 2000. Image processed in DxO Optics Pro. 80% JPG w/ Prime Noise reduction. – Tim Storm Number 4 Picture taken last…

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18 Snowy Photographs That Will Make You Love Winter Again

Shooting Challenge: Snowy Scenes

9 Delicious Christmas Cookie Photos (With Recipes!)

Shooting Challenge: Christmas GIFs

27 Photos Of Barenaked Trees

Shooting Challenge: Christmas Cookies

Shooting Challenge: Spooky, Naked Trees

A Photographic Argument For And Against Thanksgiving Turkey

5 Time Traveling Timelapses

Shooting Challenge: Thanksgiving Turkey

Shooting Challenge: Timelapse

23 Dark, Dark Photographs

Shooting Challenge: Dark Photography

10 of Your Amazing Halloween Costumes

Shooting Challenge: Halloween Costumes

76 Stunning Photos Of Fall Leaves

Shooting Challenge: Fall Leaves 2014

26 Gorgeous Cars Spotted On The Street

Shooting Challenge: Cars on the Street

3 Football Photos Worthy of a Celebration Dance

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