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Great Outdoors Photo Contest Winners Gallery
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Grand Prize: Hillary Atiyeh, Lyons, Oregon
Seven-day trip for two to the Big Island, Hawaii, including six nights at the Waikoloa Beach Marriott Resort & Spa on the Kohala Coast, two round-trip tickets from Honolulu to Kona on Hawaiian Airlines, a Budget rental car, and one dive with Jack's Diving Locker.
Hillary Atiyeh's travels have taken her from her home in Oregon to Holland, Lebanon, Cambodia, and beyond. While on a live-aboard diving trip in Indonesia photographing fish and coral, Atiyeh snapped photos of these local children. "The kids are always the curious ones," she says. "They were playful and I found them much more interesting to photograph than the fish. I think they thought I was interesting, too."
When photographing this scene in Indonesia, Atiyeh was on the small island of Alor. The kids there make their own goggles using coconut shells, glass bottles, and rubber bands. "Alor is a very obscure place," says Atiyeh of the Indonesian island. "Rarely do [these kids] see anyone visit the island, let alone someone who can breathe underwater." She ran out of film, but stayed as long as she could to play with the curious kids. "Even though there was a language barrier, laughter is universal," she says. (Nikon N90x, Nikon AF 20mm lens, Aquatica Underwater Housing, Fuji Velvia film)
After considering images taken by a wealth of talented amateur photographers, the judges chose these six winners in Traveler's first-ever Great Outdoors Photo Contest. Polish your photography skills at one of our photo seminars, and click here for expert photo tips.
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