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18th Annual Photo Contest Winners
2006 World In Focus Contest
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Merit Prize: Kenny Chu, Los Angeles, California
Nikon Coolpix S-Series Camera and a Bogen National Geographic Photo Package
Kenny Chu, a real estate broker, describes himself as "a very crazy amateur photographer." Chu has traveled to China on several occasions, where he took this photograph of "pull net" fishing in the village of Da Cheng. To get this image, he woke up at 3 a.m. to travel to the beach. "There were about 20 fishermen and women pulling the net from the ocean," he says. Chu adds that it took the fishermen more than an hour to pull the net back, but they ended up with only two fish. (Nikon D100 digital camera, 17-35mm zoom lens) Bogen Prize Package includes National Geographic Tundra Monopod, National Geographic Tundra Tripod with three-way head, and Earth Explorer Medium Shoulder Bag.
This year's 18th annual photo contest received nearly 15,000 entries, up from some 10,000 last year. Start polishing your skills early with one of Traveler's photo seminars and look for the announcement of our next contest in May 2007.
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