Your Best Shot – April 2008
This month's winners and everything you need to know about our monthly photo contest.
April 1st Place
Catch of the Day
This photo by 25-year-old Hector Martinez (who worked as a workshop coordinator for Pop Photo’s Digital Days program in 2005) required two of the most important qualities a photographer can posses: patience and persistance. After studying the flight patterns of eagles, the New Yorker traveled to a remote area near Homer, AK, this past January and spent five hours in the cold to get his shot. After taking more than 1,500 “nice” images of eagles, the magic moment happened. The sky cleared just as this raptor landed with a meal. “I was only about 15 inches from his face, so I had to wor