For Fenced Friday

Photographed at Busse Forest Nature Preserve, Cook County, Illinois.

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For Sliders Sunday

Here’s a view through the bramble as the sun sets on a lake at Busse Forest Nature Preserve, in Cook County, Illinois.

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For Our Daily Challenge: A Photo Walk Shot

I went on a photo walk at a nearby lake on Tuesday, and just as night fell and I was packing up to head home, I spotted deer moving along the water's edge. By the time I got my camera back out of my bag, they had already passed by. Then I spotted this straggler, a young buck, bringing up the rear. He had spotted me too, of course, and was quite skittish, but was moving more slowly than the others.

It was getting quite dark, and I was changing lenses and fumbling with my camera settings. But while doing so, I was able to follow this guy along the lake for maybe 75 yards to a point where he was silhouetted by the water. As he emerged from behind a line of trees, I managed to get this one fairly clear shot of him. A moment later, he bounded away into the darkness.

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Pedestrians pass by a garbage receptacle near a crosswalk on Chicago’s North Michigan Avenue.

For Our Daily Challenge: Radiating Lines

Also for Sliders Sunday

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For Sliders Sunday

The evening sun drops near the horizon over a lake at a nearby forest preserve.

I did some tweaking in Nik’s Capture NX2, then applied a dose of Picnik’s posterize effect and a thin vignette. HSS!

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