Merit Award: Blake Shaw Canon Rebel K2 camera and the National Geographic Photography Field Guide. Ophthalmologist Blake Shaw of San Diego, California, had no trouble focusing on Route 66, his favorite photo subject. "Painted emblems periodically mark the highway in California's Mojave Desert. I used a slow shutter speed to capture the motion of a truck speeding past this emblem. The pink sky followed sunset. It tells an interesting story," he says. (Nikon D100, Nikkor 35-105mm lens, digital image.)