A Fox Denning, Waiting To Bat And Silhouette Of A Shack: 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 winter.

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Rich Gomoll photographed his son waiting to bat on deck at a baseball field in Minooka. "The beautiful sun was going down and captured this," he tells Patch. "One of my favs."

Gary Bahnick said he took this photograph along the Batavia Riverwalk at sunrise.

Deb Garcia, of Bolingbrook, photographed "the stalking eye of a clever Coopers Hawk ... Hunting my neighborhood..."

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Billie Marcum, of Joliet, sent in this photo he took of the moon illuminated at 12 percent last weekend in the Waxing Crescent phase with his SeeStar S50 telescope from his backyard.

Kerri Pietras got this great shot of a silhouette of the shack behind Sportsplex at sunset in Orland Park. "It was taken from the parking lot on our way into soccer practice," she tells us.

Craig Davishoff saw some geese walking on a frozen pond in Long Grove and grabbed his camera.

Budd Bieber used a DJI Mini 4 Pro to get this shot about 200 feet above his house in downtown Oswego.