Double Rainbow, A Tulip 'Living Large' And Patio Owl: IL In Photos

ILLINOIS — Take a look through this set of images from across Illinois. We're seeing many great opportunities for readers to get some memorable photographs throughout the state this spring.

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Judy Hoffman, of Skokie, sent in this photograph she got of a tulip "living large" in front of Skokie Village Hall.

Jill Compton, of Oswego, saw this long-eared owl sitting on a patio chair in her backyard and took a photo. "I got close to him while his head was facing away from me," she tells us. "When he turned his head and saw me, his eyes focused in on me. He stared at me for a few seconds and then flew away."

Maryann Gates captured this moment during some storms last week in the parking lot of her job in Naperville.

Paulette Shimer saw this great blue heron and grabbed her camera at Middlefort Savannah Forest Preserve in Lake Forest.

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Russ Sharp calls this photograph he took "The Canyons of Chicago."

Leann Enneking, of Genvea, tells us she was looking for cicadas when she came upon this dragonfly outside her home.

Cliff Vadnais photographed a coyote near a pond in Wedgewood.

Sandra Biringer got a great nature shot of this family at Lake Katherine Nature Center and Botanic Gardens in Palos Heights.