Category Archives: Nature

Day 346: Beautiful

What a beautiful sunset. The rich colors fill the sky as the sun sets behind the Aragon.

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Day 341: Behind the Trees

Lightning strikes behind a group of trees in Uptown.

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Day 340: Remember the Snow

The bean in Millenium Park covered in snow from the February 2011 blizzard.

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Day 339: Caution Falling Ice

It’s about to hit that time again- time of snow and ice and the Caution Falling Ice signs.  This one was taken after the Blizzard of 2011 in the alley by the John Hancock building.

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Day 338: Bye Bye Fall

Fall is officially over.  In it’s remembrance, here is a great shot that captures a picture of fall down at Starved Rock- although not necessarily in Chicago, this is one of the greatest places near Chicago to go and experience … Continue reading

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Day 312: Foggy Skyline

In lieu of today being a dreary, cloudy and rainy day, here is an HDR photo from the Lakeshore path of the fog rolling in over the skyline. HDR really shows the detail in the clouds and waves in the … Continue reading

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Day 309: South Pond

Here is a great one done in HDR.  It’s the South Pond at Lincoln Park Zoo with the skyline in the back.

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Day 291: Crashing Waves

Fall is the peak time for wave height, partially because the lake is at its warmest after soaking up the sun all summer. When the colder air within a storm system moves down the 200 to 300 miles of the … Continue reading

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Day 276: Reflecting on the City

A view from the United Center as the sunset reflects on the skyline.  

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Day 250: Leafy Bug Dude

I found this little guy on my balcony the other day and couldn’t resist a photo shoot. The usually rather slender and delicate bugs known as “leafbugs” or “true plant bugs”, having two cells in the wing membrane, belong to … Continue reading

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