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January 2007
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Cathedral Meadow by Douglas Eng
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When Wonderful West Virginia’s founding editor, Ed Johnson, passed the editorial torch to Arnout Hyde Jr., he had a long list of advice. Knowing Ed, much of it was probably unprintable, but this month we are following his maxim for winter issues––“Don’t freeze readers out with too many %*$! snow pictures”––and presenting a very special, extended Gallery.
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Last spring, forty-six photographers from nine states spent three intense days in West Virginia’s Allegheny Highlands region capturing nature’s beauty and learning from many of the state’s foremost professionals during the North American Nature Photography Association’s (NANPA) Appalachian regional event. Packed and ready by 4:45 AM daily, participants braved rain, snow flurries, and bone-chilling winds to photograph some of West Virginia’s most spectacular sites. In between field trips, they quizzed photographers Jim Clark, Steve Shaluta, David Fattaleh, Clayton Spangler, Don Saunders, and Bruce Haley in open forums and one-on-one sessions.
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“Many of the photographers had never visited West Virginia, and I think that they were surprised at the state’s diversity and beauty,” says Haley, who coordinated the gathering. “The event was all about photographers feeding their passion for what they do, readily helping each other, and taking what nature gives them without complaint.”
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In this expanded Gallery, we are pleased to present a sampling of photographs from NANPA’s Appalachian regional event. We had a difficult time choosing just a few of the many gorgeous photographs from the event for publication. In the end, we selected images that offer fresh angles on an often-photographed region of the state. Our thanks to the many photographers who shared their extraordinary work with us.
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For more information about NANPA, e-mail Bruce Haley at b.k.haley@verizon.net or call (304) 346-9360, or visit the organization’s Web site: www.nanpa.org.

Double Blossom by Mary M. O’Neill

Open Fields by Patricia Deege

Cathedral Grove by Bruce K. Haley Jr.

Cascade by Richard Eskin

Dolly Sods by Brian J. Zwit

Untitled by Gerald W. Hare

Blackwater Falls State Park by Debbie Steinhausser

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