The O'Hare Airport parking lot with a beautiful sunset reflected from the tops of cars.

Corinne Howey of Inverness

A horse grazes at Throughquest Acres Barn in South Barrington last month.

Taylor Spoonholtz of Palatine

A bench among the fall leaves at the Chicago Botanic Garden at McDonald Woods on last week.

Tom Chiakulas of Arlington Heights

The fence stands in the middle of tall sea oats having seen better days, twisted and blown over by the wind and surf over the years in Cape Hatteras, NC last summer.

Kim Vander Yacht of Gurnee

Milkweed in a field in Lake Villa.

Dale Rose of Lake Villa

A frog in the water near the new docks at the Wauconda Park District.

Cassandra Gordon of Wauconda

I found two deer in the Blanco River in Colorado, with the San Juan Mountains in the background on a trip to Pagosa Springs, CO.

Veronica Batterson of Aurora

This sunflower brightens up my backyard.

Lynn Zilinsky of Willowbrook

I took this shot at Pratt's Wayne Woods Forest Preserve on Labor Day weekend.

Kelly Quenzer, DuPage County

The warm autumn sun shimmers through the tall grassy foliage at the Chicago Botanical gardens.

Susan Birr of Carpentersville

This photo was taken a couple of weeks ago at the Dundee Crown Homecoming game. I was looking to take a photo of my friend blowing bubbles when two other girls wanted to get into the picture.

Kirk Hanselmann of Sleepy Hollow