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The Photographer: E. Paul Huisking, of Asheville, North Carolina

Getting the Shot: I took this on Feb 22, 2000, while independently traveling for five weeks through New Zealand. During my travels I visited the Fox Glacier on the South Island, and while there took a helihike. Twenty-two of us, along with several guides, were transported onto the glacier by helicopters for a three hour hiking excursion. Once we were dropped, we split into two groups. I was with the more adventuresome group, and the culmination of our hike was a descent into this ice cave from the surface of the glacier. The cave exploration involved slogging knee deep through ice melt waters. To get this shot I stepped back away from the others in a small side tunnel.

The Details: One should never let cold feet stand in the way of a good adventure! It was a warm sunny day, so many of my fellow hikers were dressed in light clothing, but we were all supplied with boots, ice creepers and walking staffs. The light in the cave, filtering through from the surface, was awe inspiring. The experience was one of the highlights of my trip.
    
The Camera: My camera at the time was an old Canon A-1 SLR with a 28-200 zoom lens and Kodak Royal Gold 200 film. This image was then printed as a 8x12 and digitally scanned with an Epson 4490 scanner.

We Love: How surreal the shot looks - doesn't it look like another planet?

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Photographer: Nara Rocha from João Pessoa, Brazil

Getting the shot: The picture was taken around March 2008 in the colorful streets of Hoi An, Vietnam.

The Details: This beautiful Vietnamese old woman was selling flowers on the streets of Hoi An, Vietnam. The picture was taken during the early morning; on my way to the fish market I saw this woman fighting to balance the heavy flower basket on her skinny shoulders in front of a perfect yellow wall. For a second I hesitated between help her or take this shot...Fortunately I could do both.

The Camera:  A Nikon D50, 55-200mm lens.

We Love: The bright colors, and the delicate balance of the baskets.

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Photographer: Christina Jacobs, from Wilmington, Delaware.

Getting the Shot: "This photo was taken in San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica, on August 5, 2008, at the end of a two week vacation touring many areas of Costa Rica."

The Details: "San Gerardo is a wonderful little town in the Savegre River valley. The term "Shangri-La" gets thrown around a lot, but I think it applies here, especially for birders. My husband and I took a private tour with one of the guides at our hotel, who helped us find and identify many types of birds, but the Resplendent Quetzal was the highlight! Their range spans cloud forests throughout much of Central America, although they can be hard to find in many places. We ended up seeing a number of these birds, both male and female, including one male who still had his long mating plumage. Vivid contrasting colors, iridescent feathers and an unbearably cute, spiky "hair-do" make this one of the most photogenic birds I've seen."

The Camera: The photo was taken with a Nikon D50 and a 70-300mm Nikkor zoom lens at 300 mm, 800 ISO (to allow a faster shutter speed), 1/90th second exposure and f/5.6 aperture.

We Love: The spiky hairdo!

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Photographer: Linda Lane, Seattle, Washington.

Getting the Shot: I was waiting for a plane to depart from Seattle International Airport after meeting with my independent study professor at the University of Washington. I remembered that I had wanted to photograph the transparent panels installed at the airport under the 1% for Public Art ordinance.

The Details: I shot several photos with an automatic night setting on my trusty Nikon (love Canons too!) while hauling my carry on-bag and gear. Shooting photos in airports is more difficult since the security lockdown. The security officers who watched me realized pretty quickly that I was shooting "art shots" but they did stand and watch me just to make sure. Not wishing to cause any problems, I finished up pretty quickly.

This particular shot I loved because of the person reading - from his side he probably could barely make out the iconic image flying over his shoulder but from my perspective it was quite beautiful and relevant to the airport situation. This is from the same series taken throughout the hour I was in the airport.

We Love: The way you can find beauty even in the otherwise harried airport experience. And we dig Seattle's 1% for Art ordinance!

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