Category Archives: Plants

Super Macro Sunset

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Roger

I got to wondering what would happen if I walked off the path into the prairie a little ways, laid down in the tall grass and took photos of the sunset with my camera set on super macro. I got … Continue reading →

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Summer Afternoon

Posted on July 26, 2009 by Roger

On a lazy Sunday afternoon in late July, I took a seven-mile stroll through the prairie at Silver Creek Conservation Area. I had all 580 acres to myself for the entire two hours I was there.

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Lincoln Park Conservatory

Posted on July 1, 2009 by Roger

After touring the zoo, we took a stroll through the Lincoln Park Conservatory. The greenhouse was built in 1895 to display exotic plants and to grow plants for the Chicago Park District.

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Purple Coneflowers

Posted on June 29, 2009 by Roger
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American Bittersweet

Posted on November 20, 2008 by Roger
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