"My wife has always wanted to see where the Woodstock Festival was held," said Jim Stocking. "The two of us, along with my brother and his wife and daughter, made a pilgrimage out there on a day that began as rainy and overcast. By the time we got there, however, the sun was breaking through and we saw a beautiful rainbow."

"I took the picture with my Canon S80 using program mode with white balance set to cloudy, then I checked the histogram to make sure the exposure did not clip at either end. I used the Curves adjustment in Photoshop to tweak up the image, trying to darken the rainbow and lighten the landscape."

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"I grabbed this shot at the Getty Center in Los Angeles," said Julianne Fishell. "My son was tired, and his feet hurt, so he collapsed on the bench while the rest of us looked at the paintings. I took a quick shot of him with my camera because I liked the way the empty room looked. I didn't realize until I uploaded the photo that his tie dyed shirt matched the colors of the gallery, and his state of collapse mimicked the position of the nude in the painting behind him."

Julianne used a Canon 30D with the Canon EF-S 10-22mm lens. ISO 1000, shutter speed 1/80, aperture f/4.0. There was no flash allowed, so she had to use the super high ISO. She had the camera on shutter priority and had been snapping shots around the interior of the museum to try out her lens, which was brand new at the time.

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"It was only after the Lamborghini Diablo sped past that I saw that it had SIN as the license plate," said Andrew Burke... "and a beautiful blond passenger!"

Andrew captured this grab shot with his brand new Nikon D50 camera at 1250th of a second, f4.5, using the 70-300 lens at 135mm.

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"While eating lunch at a port-side fish restaurant in Acco/Acres (near Haifa, Israel)," said Yuval Yeret, "I noticed some local boys jumping from the old city walls into the water. I switched into continuous-shot mode and tried to grab some interesting shots. This was in the afternoon (15:06 to be exact), and since we were in daylight savings time, the sun was already on its way down. We had significant backlighting there, which makes this an almost total shilouette. It adds to the shot I think."

"I think the best of the bunch is this one, capturing the act of takeoff..."

Yuval used a a Nikon D80 and a Nikkor 18-200 VR lens set to 135mm. ISO 250 in aperture priority mode.

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"I captured this moment after a troup of beach-goers had staked out their spot, set up their chairs, and immediately left to take a walk," said Francine Kunkel. "Left on their own at the empty beach, I thought the chairs truly had a wonderful, peaceful view of the ocean."

Francine captured this shot with a Canon Powershot 2 IS, f4 at 1/1000, at a Northern California beach.

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"I took this shot from the Golden Gate Bridge on a Friday bike ride," said Brad Immanuel. "Two jets, F-18s, I think, were flying formation around the bay. They flew toward the east side of the bridge and then over it while I checked the view out. I had a lot of trouble getting my Digital Rebel to auto-focus, and by the time I got a shot off, they were right overhead. So it's a hastily composed image, but I think the tower, planes, and glare all play well. I turned up the color in Aperture."

Actually, Brad, this might be an instance when the shot you could get was the best composition. Brad recorded this photo with his Digital Rebel XT set to ISO 400.

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"Snatched this picture while in Milan," said Jennifer Tofani. I was thinking of it for the circle assignment, but it is really a grab shot even though it has all the circles. I just couldn't believe the blue arrow pointing to this guy with a video camera and on the phone. What a world."

Jennifer used a Nikon D200 in RAW mode, 1/130 at f/4.5. The ISO was set to 100. Focal Length was 70mm on the 18 -70 mm Nikon lens.

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"On my way back home from work, I stopped my bike and shot few pictures of three birds flying after that deltaplano (no idea what you call it in english)," said Nish. "They took him for the Chief! They kept flying wing to wing for almost 10 minutes."

Nish captured this shot with a Canon PowerShot A530, 1/400th at f-5.5.

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"This shot was taken on an early summer day in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado," said Scott Elias. "As you can tell the coyote is still a bit scruffy from his winter coat."

"It was a gray, overcast day so we decided to do a shorter trail from the Bear Lake Trailhead up to Dream Lake. Since rain (or snow!) was a possibility, I decided not to bring my Digital Rebel on the hike. All I had was my trusty old Canon G1."

"Good thing, too, since as soon as we got to Dream Lake (only a mile from the trailhead) it started to thunder. We practically ran back down the trail to get back in the truck and decided it would be best to head into Estes Park for lunch and a nap. On the way down from Bear Lake, this guy wandered lazily onto the road in front of us. Since I didn't have a long zoom, I had to get pretty close for a decent shot. I stepped out of the truck keeping the door open between me and the coyote, steadied the camera in the window frame, and squeezed off this shot before he bolted back into the forest."

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"I'm drawn to texture wherever I travel," said Jane Lang. "This shot was taken at the Rockport harbor in Maine. The situation started out less than pleasant. The keys got locked in the car, and while we were waiting for the key savior to arrive, I roamed off with my trusty Canon Rebel XT and came upon this groovy metal ramp leading down (low tide) to a dock. I was struck by the geometric form and its unexpected presence in this haven of natural beauty."

Jane used a Canon Rebel XT set to 1/250th at f-13. ISO 400 and focal length at 34mm.

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