Images: Daily Herald photo staff's 2021 drone pictures of the year
Posted December 30, 2021 12:00 am
See the best drone images of 2021 from our Daily Herald photojournalists.
Yoga instructor Holly Johnson of Elburn, front, leads a paddle board yoga class on a Kane County Forest Preserve pond on Wednesday, Sept 1, 2021.
Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com
Hundreds of cars file into the Lake County Fairgrounds to get either their first or second COVID-19 vaccinations administered by the Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center on Tuesday morning.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
St. Viator's class of 2021 graduates at Arlington Park kept social distancing protocols in effect during their fifty-eighth annual commencement ceremony on Sunday.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
A pedestrian pushes a stroller along the trail surrounding the 80-foot smoke stack Wednesday at Gelatin Park in Grayslake. For 60 years, the Grayslake Gelatin Co. was the village's industrial heart and one of its main employers. The factory was closed in the early 1980s and the site was converted into a park. The smoke stack was preserved which says Grayslake on one side and gelatin on the other. The park is located just west of the Grayslake Area Public Library.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
A couple of Blue Herons guard their nest in a batch of sun-bleached dead trees along Rt. 72 in Hoffman Estates.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Bonnie Duresa of Barrington Hills visits the grave site of husband, Robert Duresa, an Air Force veteran with friend, Debbie Brennan of Wauconda. The Fort Sheridan Cemetery was established in 1889 and more than 2,000 servicemen are buried there.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
The new sculpture called Hallow is located at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle. The sculpture is made of wood, steel and concrete by the South African artist Daniel Popper.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
The sun sets on the final day of horse racing at Arlington Park on September 25, 2021.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
The late-day sun casts long shadows of a man walking on of the paths at Peck Farm in Geneva on Tuesday, June 22, 2021.
Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com
Blanketed horses huddle together near the Cresswood Farm in Barrington as temperatures remain moderate under a partly cloudy sky throughout this first week in January.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Two gardeners, in opposing corners of this drone photo, work on their plot in the Palatine Community Garden in Frontier Park.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
A large star is painted on the grass at the intersection of quadrants of American Flags as people walk through the Healing Field of Flags at the Polo Soccer Fields in Oak Brook on Thursday, September 9, 2021.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Cross town rivals Naperville North and Naperville Central prepare to play in Benedetti Wehrli Stadium at North Central College Friday October 1, 2021 in Naperville.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
A long shadow is cast from a rider as they catch some air at The Hill BMX Tuesday July 20, 2021 in Elgin.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Sean Trowbridge harvests a 75 acre field of corn on Ellithorpe Road, southwest of Burlington on Tuesday, October 26, 2021. Kane County has more than 333,000 acres of farmland.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Foggy conditions greeted Karl and Kendra Fay of Palatine as they broke in their new snow shoes which was a Christmas gift from their mom in Deer Grove East in Palatine.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Tornado damage in the Woodridge neighborhoods after severe storms and a tornado ripped through the suburbs including hardest hit Naperville and Woodridge.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Cleanup continues in Naperville after a severe storm and tornado ripped though on Sunday night.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
The 12th annual Lake View Villa Association Ice Fishing Derby on Bangs Lake in Wauconda kicked off with the tournament going virtual this year.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
The "Field of Honor" display at Seven Gables Park in Wheaton consists of 2,000 American flags.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
A Great Egret is seen on the Fox River by Boy Scout Island Tuesday August 17, 2021 in St. Charles.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
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