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Taking off: Tips from those who know

March 24, 2012 at 10:29PM
Photographer: Nancy Schned of Minneapolis. The scene: Schned was visiting a bustling market in the Vietnamese city of Hoi An during a December trip. She explained in an e-mail how she came to take this striking photo: "It was very crowded and at one point, to avoid stepping on someone, I looked down just as this woman was paying for her vegetables. It was a great opportunity."
Photographer: Nancy Schned of Minneapolis. The scene: Schned was visiting a bustling market in the Vietnamese city of Hoi An during a December trip. She explained in an e-mail how she came to take this striking photo: "It was very crowded and at one point, to avoid stepping on someone, I looked down just as this woman was paying for her vegetables. It was a great opportunity." (Special to the Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

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