53 Dark and Sometimes Twisted Images

Film noir. The sharp, stoic imagery is almost self-parody, this overly masculine compensation for maudlin emotion. It’s also just really creepy when someone photographs a baby this way. More »

79 Celebrations of Pyromania

Fire. It’s what separates Man from the animals, warming our hearts, fueling our engines, propelling our species to fates greater than our mammalian brethren. It’s also just really neat to look at, as proven by these 79 Shooting Challenge entries. More »

36 Incredible Photos…That Move

They’re not quite photos. They’re not quite movies. They’re cinemagraphs, you made them and they’re so much more incredible than your run-of-the-mill animated gif. (Note: Give these images time to load, they’re quite large More »

15 Photos Painted by Hand

What happens when you take a photo, rip away its color and fill in the chromatic gaps with paint (or Photoshop)? You can create vintage-style, hand-colored photos. And sometimes you can barely even tell the new coloring isn’t real. More »

143 Awesome Photos of Clouds

Fluffy clouds! Wispy clouds! Sunset clouds! Xtreme clouds! The 143 photographers who entered this week’s Shooting Challenge have all your basic and custom cloud needs covered. More »

71 Failed Photographs…That Turned Out Incredible

Some of the best scientific discoveries have been encountered by mistake, and photography is really no different. Here are 71 photo screw-ups that should, for all intents and purposes, be wretched to look at. But they’re not. They’re downright beautiful. More »

Shooting Challenge: Cinemagraph

The photograph is a powerful form to capture a moment in time. But with new digital technologies, can we do more within a photo? For this week’s Shooting Challenge, you’re going to blend still and motion pictures. You’ll create cinemagraphs. More »

71 Photos from Directly Above

If you could fly, life would look a lot like these 71 photos from this week’s Shooting Challenge. Well, we’re pretty sure, at least. No one on staff can actually fly to fact-check that point. More »

45 Different Views of the Summer Solstice

In the northern hemisphere, yesterday was the summer solstice – the longest, lightest day of the year. Here are 45 different photos that you took in full-out pagan celebration. More »

30 Glimpses Into Infinity

Infinity. It’s an idea too large for our consciousness, and how can you see that which cannot be contemplated? These 30 photos from this week’s Shooting Challenge answer that question, giving us the faintest glimpse of the limitless. More »