Tag Archives: Illinois

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An Atmospheric Morning

AwakeningMorning sunlight streams through lifting fog on November 1st, 2022. Despite the rural feel, this photo was taken on the side of a six-lane county highway in Illinois’ second most populous county. As soon as […]

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New Work – Grain Elevator Sunset – Meriden, IL

The unique grain elevator with the twin headhouses in Meriden, IL witnesses a nice sunset on the tail end of a low pressure system that moved through earlier in the day on September 11th, 2022. […]

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New Work: Lichen on Gears

A lichen colony is forming on some old gears on an abandoned machine at the Fischer Farm in Bensenville, Illinois. Photo taken November 4th, 2021.Nikon Z7, Tamron SP 90mm f2.8 VC, 10 Image Focus Stack […]

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New Work: Autumn Splendor at Churchville

The maple tree next to the old Churchville Schoolhouse in Bensenville, IL is just about at its peak autumnal glory on October 26th, 2021.Nikon Z7, Nikon AF-P Nikkor 70-300mm f4.5-5.6E, Singh-Ray Warming Polarizer I’ve been […]

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Two Panoramas

I’ve been in a panorama kind of mood lately, so here are two recent efforts. One’s a little older from a 2016 trip up to Kebler Pass in Colorado and the other was taken recently […]

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New Work: Monarch in Bearded Beggarticks

A migrating monarch butterfly makes use of a large field of bearded beggarticks in early September, 2021.Nikon Z7, Nikon AF-P 70-300mm f4.5-5.6E VR ED on FTZ Adapter The monarch migration seems to in full swing […]

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Never Forgotten

Capt Patrick J Waters There’s a display of flags in Oak Brook today commemorating every life lost 20 years ago. Each flag is tagged with a ribbon (yellow for civilians, red for fire fighters, blue […]

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New Work: Boneset Neighbors

A bumblebee and an ailanthus webworm are seen on some tall boneset in a patch of Illinois tallgrass prairie on September 4th, 2021.Nikon Z7, Tamron SP 90mm f2.8 VC Macro on FTZ Adapter I’ve really […]

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New Work: Blue in Yellow

Blue in YellowA great blue heron framed by out of focus goldenrod on September 4th, 2021 in Northern Illinois.Nikon Z7, Nikon AF-P 70-300mm f4.5-5.6E VR with FTZ Adapter Just a quick shot taken today while […]

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New Work: Oaks in Downpour

A grove of oak trees in Northern Illinois as seen in a downpour on August 29th, 2021.Nikon Z7, Z Nikkor 50mm f1.8S A grove of oak trees as seen during a downpour from some late […]