82 Striking Photos of Smoke [Photography]

Like water, smoke is beautiful, powerful and unpredictable. The 82 photos from this week’s Shooting Challenge not only capture smoke as smoke, but smoke as demons, jellyfish and…OK…sometimes just as smoke. More »

158 Sinuous Silhouette Wallpapers [Photography]

You’d think that a figure of pure darkness would look like the essence of evil. But the 158 silhouettes from this week’s Shooting Challenge are active, earnest, understated, funny, friendly, sexy…and yes…occasionally a little bit evil, too. More »

22 Experiments With Disposable Cameras [Photography]

In just about a decade, much of the world has forgotten that film cameras ever even existed. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, not only did participants shoot on film—they used crumby, often expired disposable cameras to do it. More »

30 Impossible Scenes That Actually Happened [Photography]

The photos that follow are impossible. But they actually happened. The entries for this week’s Shooting Challenge are composites, stacking subjects from the same place at different moments in time. The results will bend your brain in the best ways: More »

51 Radiant Ray Wallpapers [Photography]

When planning this week’s Shooting Challenge, I hadn’t been so forward-thinking to realize that it coincided with New York’s “Tribute in Light” 9/11 memorial. Having said that, these entries definitely added an unexpected depth to the results: More »

60 Photos of Relaxation at its Purest [Photography]

Over Labor Day, many of you went to work with your cameras to capture the ultimate moment of R&R. More »

69 High Velocity Wallpapers [Photography]

You accelerate, hit maximum velocity and the world blurs. Whether you’re driving a sports car alone or a moped packed with your entire family, this week’s Shooting Challenge participants always made the experience epic. The results: More »

369 Absolutely Adorable Pet Wallpapers [Photography]

Cats. Dogs. The occasional lizard, pig or rock. These are your pets, Gizmodo readers. And for this week’s Shooting Challenge, you photographed them brilliantly. More »

71 Dual-Wielding Diptychs [Photography]

There are two sides to every story, but photos only contain a single image. The dual-imaged diptychs from this week’s Shooting Challenge show us perspectives otherwise lost…along with a very strange trend/phenomenon. Can you spot it in the results? More »

171 Absolutely Abstract Wallpapers [Photography]

What is abstract photography? We could debate the nuances of the definition all day—as many do. But it’s so much more fun just to look at the mind-bending pictures from this week’s Shooting Challenge, isn’t it? More »