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This was taken over at Blackwell forest Preserve. If you slide down the big hill on your sled (I hope), this winter, you’ll run into these wild flowers. They wont be as colorful at that time of year. but you will be in the approximate location this image was taken. Ta Da……

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This was taken at Hitchcock Woods, it’s a small preserve located off Yackley, next to the railroad tracks.I caught it at just the right time the lighting was terrific.

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This was taken at the West DuPage Woods. As you walk the main trail, you have a good sized stream flowing on your right, on your left is a fairly sharp incline with some tall trees and beautiful light.

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Early morning sunshine at the Morton Arboretum, created a special scene. This abstract silhouette of the tree in the foreground, which created (for me), a human figure stretching for the sun. It’s legs holding a curved abdominal region with a protruding chin at the top with the up-stretched arms leaving the image, remember, that is my view.

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It has been a while since I published a black and White image, so when I came upon this shot I couldn’t resist. I tilted my camera when I took the shot, then cropped it (in computer) to finish the scene. I think that the diagonal lines which the twigs created, pulls the eye nicely through the image from corner to corner.

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I caught this guy over at the Herrick Forest Preserve. He was a rather vain “Great Blue Heron”.

He just stood there and let me take image after image (all the same). Anyway, he thanked me for visiting and I was on my way.

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Had a chance to visit Niagara Falls for the first time just a week or so ago, scratch that off my bucket list. The shot shows the viewing tower on the US side, soaking up some mist from American Falls.

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I came across these wildflowers at the Oakhurst Forest Preserve located a half mile or so, west of the Fox Valley Mall. This was my first visit but I plan to return on a more pleasant day, it was so damn hot!