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Week 8, February 23 – March 1, 2025 – Garfield Conservatory, week 4

March 1st, 2025

“Sheltered Home” – Garfield Conservatory, image 24

February 25th, 2025

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Week 7, February 16-22, 2025 – Garfield Conservatory, monochrome

February 22nd, 2025

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monochrome conservatory

One of my favorite things to do in the winter in Chicago is to visit one of the conservatories to see the plants and blossoms. The splash of color does wonders to invigorate my spirit.
But then I tend to create monochrome images out of my trips because I love the textures.

“Grey Winter Outside” – Garfield Conservatory, image 16

February 17th, 2025

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Week 1, January 5-11, 2025 – Matthiessen State Park

January 11th, 2025

“Discolored Bowl”

January 7th, 2025

not everything is pretty

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There is something fascinatingly unattractive about this photo. It’s not that humans have ruined a scene – so many beautiful vistas are ruined by power lines, trash, or other remnants of humanity. No, this is just the backwater area of a creek that is very low right now; as you’ll see in a photo later in this series, barely a trickle.

The stone wall is muddy and inaccessible, and the water was murky and dirty. But I still love the location and the reminder that not everything is pretty – and it doesn’t have to be either.

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“Sliver of Sunshine”

January 6th, 2025

hiding place

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If you visit the lower area of Matthiessen State Park, you can walk through a naturally carved tunnel on the left side of the canyon to get a unique view of the waterfall and cliff face. While I was standing there, I felt like this was my little hiding place, so I edited this monochrome image to match that feeling.

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“Edge of the Bowl”

January 5th, 2025

sunlight & clouds

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I first visited Matthiessen State Park back in 2014 on a day that I photographed 4 of the waterfalls at Starved Rock as well. You can see how sunny it was in quite a few of the photos, but the sunshine made it almost impossible to get a longer exposure of Cascade Falls – that is, until a cloud drifted overhead. The same thing happened throughout the day on this trip to Matthiessen; the clouds drifted overhead allowing for some longer exposures.

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Week 3, January 21-27, 2024 – Matthiessen State Park

January 27th, 2024

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“Junior Explorer”

January 22nd, 2024

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birthday hike

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Cynthia and I share the same birth month and when she was younger, we would plan trips for our birthdays. This was a hiking trip to Matthiessen State Park; evidently I never posted all of the photos. You can see the other images here.

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