If ” good artists borrow, great artists steal” -I just made that up by the style-then for this week’s Shooting Challenge , I would like you to steal. And steal shamelessly.

The Challenge

Choose an iconic photograph of any era or style and do your best to fully duplicate it, like our lead photo by Mike Stimpson stole from the original Dali Atomicus by Philippe Halsman…

…who in truth stole from Salvador Dalí’s Leda Atomica [ quasi NSFW link to photo ] (and stole pretty well, as both Dalí and his painting appear in Halsman’s photo!).

The Method

There are just too many possibilities to cover here with regards to method, but I am going to say that there are three pretty obvious directions possible go:

1. You duplicate the photo as earnestly as possible, matching its tone or particular draw as authentically as you may (probably the most noble route, and I’m hoping many people go this fashion).
2. You could duplicate the photo with a couple of elements swapped out for others or maybe updated for the trendy era (in all likelihood, what many without costume and prop budgets will should do).
3. Or that you could try and simply go for a parody (that’s almost like option 2 but soaked in hyperbole).

I’m not trying to limit your inspiration here, so know that each one of these submissions are fine by me. I just ask that you just push yourselves technically and creatively to get a good stolen shot.

The Rules – READ THESE

1. Submissions should be your individual.
2. Photos should be taken since this contest was announced.
3. Explain, briefly, the equipment, settings, technique and story behind shot.
4. Email submissions to contests@gizmodo.com, not me.
5. Include 800px wide image (200KB or less) AND a 2560×1600 sized in email. (The 800px image is the only judged, so be happy to crop/alter the larger image for wallpaper-sized dimensions.)
6. One submission per person.
7. Use the fitting SUBJECT line on your email (more info on that below)

Send your best photo by Monday, November 15th at 8AM Eastern to contests@gizmodo.com with ” Steal” inside the subject line. Save your files as JPGs, and use a FirstnameLastnameSteal.jpg (800px wide) and FirstnameLastnameStealWallpaper.jpg (2560px wide) naming conventions. Include your shooting summary (camera, lens, ISO, etc) within the body of the email along side a story of the shot in a couple of sentences ALONG SIDE A LINK TO THE ORIGINAL PHOTO. And don’t skip this story part because it’s often essentially the mostsome of the most enjoyable part for us all beyond the shot itself!

When I’m not running Shooting Challenges, I’m curating my new site, Life, Panoramic . Also, I are inclined to eat, sleep and watch TV a good deal.

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