Photo of the Month -- December 2012 from Nat Goe

Do they look good?

Why are Nat Geo pictures such a pleasure to look at?

How do you take pictures as nice as Nat Geo?

Their photographers I think love nature and very passionate -  they will spend months and days jsut to get that one picture/photo of a lifetime.    Can you have the same kind of passion?

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