This picture was taken at Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park in September of 2008. For me the fly fisherman in silhouette made the picture.

Milton Hoskins of Hampshire

While in Monterey Bay California my family and I went on a whale watch tour where I caught this photo of a humpback whale tail. I had waited a long time to catch a photo like this.

Gayle Wede of Elgin

Dad (David) waits for the bus with his oldest son Braxton as he heads to Bell-Graham School in St Charles for his first day of kindergarten.

Magen Iwanski of St Charles

This four leaf clover was found in McDowell Grove in Naperville.

Charles Fisher of Naperville

Here's a Screech Owl at the Willowbrook Wildlife Center in Glen Ellyn who's molting but looks rather disheveled.

Rick Ryan of Naperville

This was the view during one of our hikes near Devils Head in Colorado.

Caylin Smaga of Warrenville,

A spider spent hours in construction of its web on a hanging flower basket in a backyard in Hoffman Estates.

Brett Ekblad of Hoffman Estates

Fishing boats during low tide on the Isle of Skye in Scotland where they were in water just a short while before in May 2009.

Dutch deGroot of Mount Prospect

The reflection of a little boy admiring a fire truck with his father as seen in a Palatine fire engine wheel on display at the Palatine Street Fest.