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4th Annual Photo Contest Winners and Finalists

See the winning photos from our 2006 contest

WINNER: Americana
The 4th of July on Lake Austin
Trey Ratcliff
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FINALIST: Natural World
Hosta leaves and flower
Russ Martin
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FINALIST: Natural World
A macaque monkey sits on a wall in Kuala Lumpur
Trey Ratcliff
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FINALIST: Natural World
An aerial view near Madrid
Zoltan Balogh
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WINNER: Natural World
Junior needs help
Teng Wei
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FINALIST: Americana
Perfect combination: Cadillac and Rock & Roll
Fabrizio Vignali
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FINALIST: Altered Images
A diner in Salisbury, Massachusetts
Brian Lewandowski
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FINALIST: Americana
Caught in a February snow storm in Bismarck, Arkansas
Chris Boykin
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FINALIST: Americana
Cowboys playing poker in the chuck wagon
Henry Hamlin
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FINALIST: Americana
A street corner in San Antonio, TX
Gerry Burns
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FINALIST: Americana
A young girl singing
Jacqueline Cooper
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FINALIST: Americana
A roadside barn display in upstate New York
Kate Zacharewski
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FINALIST: Americana
Warm-up at the West Georgia Speedway
Richard Hill
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FINALIST: Natural World
Desert sands
Patrick Govaerts
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FINALIST: Americana
A naked cowboy plays guitar in Times Square
Tzu Cheng Liu
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FINALIST: Altered Images
Graffiti at Mission Beach, California
Hugh Forte
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FINALIST: Altered Images
Stick shifts and safety belts
Cindy Li
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FINALIST: Altered Images
Chrysanthemums in blue
Alicja Piwnicka
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FINALIST: Altered Images
Eat Rite or don't eat at all
Jane Linders
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FINALIST: Altered Images
Daydreaming in the silence of a snowy day
Matt Hanlan
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FINALIST: Altered Images
Dancing tree
Paula Guttilla
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FINALIST: Altered Images
Aspen dreamscape
Kathleen Johnston
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FINALIST: Altered Images
Images in her mind shine through
Shea Beebe
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FINALIST: Altered Images
Yellow and red tulip
Steve Ross
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WINNER: Altered Images
A white lion looks upward
Nicholas Edens
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FINALIST: People
Children cooling off from the summer heat
Lance Ramoth
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FINALIST: Travel
Walking the line in Death Valley, California
Diana Lemieux
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FINALIST: Travel
Folkdancers at the Pushkar Fair in Rajasthan, India
Asis Sanyal
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FINALIST: Travel
Sunrise behind the active Merapi Stratovolcano, viewed from Borobudur Buddhist Monument, Central Java
Gregory Shaw
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FINALIST: Travel
A silver Harlequin in Venice
Giancarlo Bisone
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FINALIST: Travel
Beach bungalows in Belgium
Raul Tobon
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FINALIST: Travel
Worshipers in Taipei, Taiwan
Tzu Cheng Liu
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FINALIST: Travel
Laundry at the canal in rural India
Sonal Dave
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WINNER: Travel
A photographer in action
Paul Hilts
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FINALIST: Travel
The sun sets over Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington
Phil Taylor
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FINALIST: People
Shoppers crossing a glass floor
David Mendelsohn
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FINALIST: People
Highland children bathing in the morning
Kiet Vo Anh
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FINALIST: People
A naturalist in Ryder Canyon, Arizona
Kyle George
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FINALIST: Travel
Sunrise in Canyonlands National Park
Diane Kroupa
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FINALIST: People
A portrait of a homeless man
Leroy Skalstad
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FINALIST: People
Hindu devotees pray to the Sun God at the river Ganges
Rathindra Nath Das
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FINALIST: People
Bird Lady
Viva Habbit van Assen
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FINALIST: People
A child shares a stair for an afternoon siesta
Sudipto Das
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WINNER: People
Sadhu in Madurai, India
Ezra Millstein
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FINALIST: People
Walking meditation
Casey Scholz
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FINALIST: Natural World
A foal's crest
Laura Rutkair
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FINALIST: Natural World
Botanical garden in Slovenia
Damjan Voglar
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GRAND PRIZE WINNER
A winter dawn in a New Zealand pasture
Joelle Linhoff
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FINALIST: Natural World
Got it!
Pang Piow-Kan
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FINALIST: Natural World
Oregon Storm
Marilyn Affolter
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