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This picture was taken at Herrick lake back in early December. It looks like black and white, but is just the colors of the day. I stopped there on my way to work because I like the sight of wet snow sticking to the trees. I took the picture with my cellphone.
Ken Olp of Wheaton
I took this picture on an African Safari at the Shamwari Lodge in South Africa. We were quite close and also I was able to zoom in to get the expressions of the Cheetah. It was lying down but looked up at us. It did not seem to bother him we were there watching.
Latha Nemani of Naperville
I happened to grab a photo of the Stable Pair on the east side of Elgin while they were enjoying their grass snack together. With the snow just gone maybe it is a little tastier.
Mary Lou Roder of Elgin
I took this photo of a bald eagle at Lock and Dam #14 near the Quad Cities. The photo I took just after it show that he did get the fish.
Sharon Kurth of Elgin
I took this photo of a Red-bellied Woodpecker along the Fox River in Carpentersville.
Leo Estrada of Carpentersville
A pagoda in Lanai, Hawaii is surrounded by beautiful lush trees and flowers that were reflected in the water on an overcast day with fog in the mountains.
Deb Marak of Arlington Heights
Two swans swim on the French River Seine at twilight on August 2. The orange color is the reflection of a bridge above the river.
Paul Dix of Arlington Heights
A lone hiker is dwarfed by the scale of the terraces carved by the Incas into the steep slope high above the Urumbaba River in Peru in June 2010.
Ken Simpson of Arlington Heights
Molly Braskich of Palatine is silhouetted as the sun sets in Discovery Bay, Jamaica on April 2, 2015.
Jim Huskey of Libertyville
An owl takes off during the Rapture Show at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum last November.
Nancy Giardina of Libertyville
Alexander Calder's statue, "Flamingo," is lighted at dusk in Chicago's Federal Plaza on the first day of February.
Denise Mattson of Libertyville
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