Daily Herald Drone Photos of the Year
Posted December 30, 2023 7:00 am
Every Sunday, our Daily Herald photojournalists bring you a drone photo we call Skyview.
We bring you a unique perspective of our suburbs from our drones.
From the demolition of Arlington Park, to Independence Day fireworks, we are proud to show off our best drone photos of 2023.
If you have suggestions for something you'd like to see our drone pilots photograph, email skyview@dailyherald.com with your idea.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.comArlington Park demoliton progress on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023 in Arliington Heights.
A Jurassic Park themed corn maze at Richardson Farm in Spring Grove, dwarfs the homes next to it. The maze takes about 1 1/2 hours to complete and covers 28 acres. (Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com)
A single maple tree shows off its peak fall colors along Barberry Lane near Norge Parkway in Fox River Grove. Some trees hit peak mid-October while many tree did not change until weeks later. (Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com )
Children hone their basketball skills in the warm afternoon sun Friday April 7, 2023 at Maple Park in Palatine. (Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com)
A light dusting of snow surrounds people as the walk their dogs Sunday January 22, 2023 at Fox River Bluff West Forest Preserve in St. Charles. (Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com)
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Montrose Beach Thursday August 10, 2023 in Chicago. Uptown Chamber of Commerce photos. (Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com)
Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.comFrozen fog clings to trees and farm land west of Geneva on Monday, January 9, 2023
The setting sun becomes part of the first Friday Night Lights event of the new high school football season as Barrington and Warren Township teams line up to face each other at Barrington High School Friday, August 25, 2023. (John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com)
Grotesques, which as legend has it ward off evil spirits, adorn a seven-story building in downtown Arlington Heights. (Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com)
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A bicyclists passes by the Mundelein mural next to a colorful outdoor dining area on Park Street in downtown Mundelein. (Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com )
Smoke rises high into the sky as flames burn the prairie grass at Peck Farm in Geneva. The control burn by the Geneva Park district helps to keep the prairie grass healthy. (Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com)
The new Darrell Road roundabout Wednesday October 11, 2023 in Wauconda. From about 380 feet straight above the center of this roundabout, this drone shot makes vehicles look like children's toys as they circumvent the new roadway, which opened nearly two weeks ahead of schedule.The Darrell Road corridor improvement has been in the planning stages since about 2015. The word roundabout has been in use since the mid 14th century and has had a few different definitions during that tenure: "by a circuitous route," "on all sides, all about," and "in a ring or circle." It was also used for other things, such as "circular course or object," "a plump, rounded figure," "a detour" and even "a merry-go-round."The traffic circle, as it was called circa 1927, provides safer and more efficient traffic flow in many locations because traffic tends to move slower and in only one direction. (Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com)
The Fox River Forest Preserve in Port Barrington provides a public launch and 169 slips, giving boaters easy access to the Fox River waterway. (Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com)
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Unseasonably warm February temperatures on Monday made it the perfect day for a walk across the Larry Gabriel bridge on the Fox River Trail running through Island Park in Geneva. The bridge is named in honor of Larry Gabriel, the former Superintendent of Parks in Geneva. (Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com)
The skies just above Carpenter Dam on the Fox River were filled with gulls, ducks, Canada geese and in this case one of the Daily Herald’s DJI Drones.Hovering directly over the dam I made a few photos for another story and then pointed my camera north to see the beautiful sky reflected in the water.A recent U.S. Army Corps of Engineers report recommends the removal of nine dams from the Fox River to improve water quality, restore habitat and reduce pollution.Those dams are in Carpentersville, Elgin, South Elgin, St. Charles, Geneva, Batavia, North Aurora, Aurora and Montgomery. (Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com)
Brian Hill
Hundreds of umbrellas create the Umbrella Sky Elmhurst at Schiller Court at York and Schiller streets in downtown Elmhurst. The art installation is part of a bigger Umbrella Sky project and will remain through the summer. (Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com)
The skies just above Carpenter Dam on the Fox River were filled with gulls, ducks, Canada geese and in this case one of the Daily Herald’s DJI Drones.Hovering directly over the dam I made a few photos for another story and then pointed my camera north to see the beautiful sky reflected in the water.A recent U.S. Army Corps of Engineers report recommends the removal of nine dams from the Fox River to improve water quality, restore habitat and reduce pollution.Those dams are in Carpentersville, Elgin, South Elgin, St. Charles, Geneva, Batavia, North Aurora, Aurora and Montgomery. (Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com)
Brian Hill
Josh Roberts, 13, of Batvia, works on his skateboarding technique at the skate park in Batavia. (Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com)
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