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Delicate dahlias at garden center in Lake Zurich on May 16.
Kathleen Murtz of Lake Barrington
A sailboat against the sunset near Siesta Key, Florida earlier this month.
Tom Seeger of Kildeer
The bottom of a bottle of flavored water as seen from the top of the bottle.
Frank Vitucci of Arlington Heights
I took this photo during a camping trip to Shawnee National Forest in Southern Illinois with some buddies. We decided to go on a late night hike up in Garden of the Gods. We climbed the highest rock formation and saw nothing but stars.
Jared Chimil of St. Charles
I took this really neat shot of a butterfly landing on a blooming crab tree last week. The colors were great and really came together!
Gayle Wede of Elgin
These are the last two baby owlets left in a nest at Fabyan Park this past week. Their other sibling fledged earlier in the week. They dozed periodically, but I was able to catch both Great Horned Baby Owlets with their eyes wide open for this shot.
Dulcey Lima, from Lombard
This is a photo taken at approximately 5 a.m. on May 3 in my front yard in Wheaton while taking my old dog out for a break. I looked up and saw the moon, and had my iPhone 6 in my pocket, so I then snapped one pic.
Tom Hansen, from Wheaton
This is a sunset in Madison Wisconsin.
Sean Dawoodi, from Carol Stream
A boat family on a lake outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia in August 2010.
Rich Kapsch of Palatine
I took this photo in the fall of 2014 at the Chicago Botanic Garden, I spotted this brightly colored yellow finch enjoying an afternoon snack of seeds and flower petals.
Susan Birr of Carpentersville
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