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Cubs Game 2023 | Cubs Win!
Cubs Game 2023 | Cubs Win! Cubs win; time to celebrate! Each image from Cubs Game 2023 | a 7 Image Story will be posted individually this week with a bit more narrative under category Cubs Game 2023 Note: I post an image most days at hankconrad.com.
Cubs Game 2023 | Before the Strike Out
Cubs Game 2023 | Before the Strike Out He's going to swing for the fences! Each image from Cubs Game 2023 | a 7 Image Story will be posted individually this week with a bit more narrative under category Cubs Game 2023 Note: I post an image most days at...
Cubs Game 2023 | And the Pitch
Cubs Game 2023 | And the Pitch Look at the intent in his face; he is focused! Each image from Cubs Game 2023 | a 7 Image Story will be posted individually this week with a bit more narrative under category Cubs Game 2023 Note: I post an image most days at...
Cubs Game 2023 | Ready on 1st Base
Cubs Game 2023 | Ready on 1st Base First baseman was really ready! Let's hope a ball comes his way soon. Each image from Cubs Game 2023 | a 7 Image Story will be posted individually this week with a bit more narrative under category Cubs Game 2023 Note: I post an...
Cubs Game 2023 | Ready in Right Field
Cubs Game 2023 | Ready in Right Field He's intent; let's hope a fly ball comes his way! Each image from Cubs Game 2023 | a 7 Image Story will be posted individually this week with a bit more narrative under category Cubs Game 2023 Note: I post an image most days at...
Cubs Game 2023 | Swing & a Miss
Cubs Game 2023 | Swing & a Miss Yup, a giant swing and a miss with no time remaining on the clock! Each image from Cubs Game 2023 | a 7 Image Story will be posted individually this week with a bit more narrative under category Cubs Game 2023 Note: I post an...
Cubs Game 2023 | Batter Up
Cubs Game 2023 | Batter Up Christopher Morel takes the plate with 15 seconds on the clock. Each image from Cubs Game 2023 | a 7 Image Story will be posted individually this week with a bit more narrative under category Cubs Game 2023 Note: I post an image most days...
Cubs Game 2023 | a 7 Image Story
Cubs Game 2023 | a 7 Image Story A Cubs game on a beautiful afternoon makes for nice day especially when the Cubs win. Batter Up Christopher Morel takes the plate with 15 seconds on the clock. Swing & a Miss Yup, a giant swing and a miss with no...
Remembering Oshkosh | a 7 Image Story
Remembering Oshkosh | a 7 Image Story Oshkosh Air Adventure 2020 did not happen, of course, due to the pandemic. It's hard to grasp remembering Oshkosh in only the past tense. Although these images have been posted in the past, this week's posts remember some of...
Labor Day Potpourri | a 7 Image Story
Labor Day Potpourri | a 7 Image Story The Labor Day this year saw another unusual holiday. These images were captured just because they happened to be along my travel path during the holidays. My travel paths were again close to home. Social distancing gets much...
Oshkosh Seaplane Base | a 7 Image Story
Oshkosh Seaplane Base | a 7 Image Story The Seaplane Base at the Oshkosh AirAdventure provides seaplanes calm waters to dock. It's nestled in a picturesque cove of Lake Winnebago. Pilots and passenger can stay the day or pitch a tent and spend the night in quiet...
Halloween Scare | a 7 Image Story
Halloween Scare | a 7 Image Story In a couple of days, it’s Halloween. Are you ready with a new costume? Don’t forget to take the camera along as you go trick or treating. Halloween can be a demanding subject for almost any photographer. Dim light and moving...
Back to Blakesburg AAA Fly-in | a 7 Image Story
Back to Blakesburg AAA Fly-in | a 7 Image Story The Antique Airplane Association Fly-in is held annually at Antique Airfield (IA27) over the Labor Day weekend. Vintage airplane lovers and owners come together to enjoy beautiful old airplanes including some rare...
Christmas Light | a 7 Image Story
Christmas Light | a 7 Image Story His light shines upon us in many ways. These images come from walkabouts and holiday visits. They are all handheld, simple clicks. Sure, a tripod would have produced better images. Still, these simple clicks were part of the...
70th Annual Threshermen’s Reunion | a 7 Image Story
70th Annual Threshermen's Reunion | a 7 Image Story The annual gathering of steam and early gasoline powered agricultural tractors and implements is held in on Labor Day weekend at Threshermen's Park, located just north of Pontiac on Illinois Route 23. The event will...
Chicago Air & Water | a 7 Image Story
Chicago Air & Water | a 7 Image Story Before the air show gets started, there's time for a nice Chicago skyline image. Of course, skydivers start the show displaying the American flag while the National Anthem is played. The Leap Frogs executed some amazing...
Oshkosh 2018 | a 7 Image Story
Oshkosh 2018 | a 7 Image Story Picking seven images to represent Oshkosh Air Adventure 2018 feels like mission impossible. To narrow it down a bit; for this story, it's all about warbirds! Also, "Doc", one of 1644 B-29 Superfortresses built in Witchita during WWII,...
Floatplane Weekend | a 7 Image Story
Floatplane Weekend | a 7 Image Story On the weekend before Oshkosh, a small group of some of the world’s finest pilots, ranging from military pilots to heavy iron pilots to bush pilots, get together for back to the basics float plane flying. I'm honored to just fly...
Fireworks over the Lake | a 7 Image Story
Fireworks over the Lake | a 7 Image Story 4th of July fireworks always makes for a great time unless, of course, it rains. A couple of hours before fireworks time the skies looked foreboding. After a thunderstorm and rain showers, the rain stopped long enough for...
Lake City Fly-in 2018 | a 7 Image Story
Lake City Fly-in 2018 | a 7 Image Story The Lake City grassroots fly-in attracts many local planes in beautiful condition. This Piper Cub fired up after a good breakfast at the fly-in/drive-in breakfast at the 2018 Lake City Fly-in held each year on the Sunday...
TBM Avenger Gathering 2018 | a 7 Image Story
TBM Avenger Gathering 2018 | a 7 Image Story A cloudy IFR morning gave way to a nice, hazy VFR afternoon for the 3rd Annual TBM Avenger Gathering held this weekend at the Illinois Valley Regional Airport in Peru, IL. Eleven Grumman TBM Avengers beat the weather to...
Doolittle Raiders Reunion | a 7 Image Story
Doolittle Raiders Reunion | a 7 Image Story On 18 Apr 1942, 16 brave flight crews took off from the USS Hornet aircraft carrier in B-25 bombers to strike the Japanese mainland in a daring mission early in WWII. Today, only one of the 80 men on the mission,...
Sandhills on the Platte | a 7 Image Story
Sandhills on the Platte | a 7 Image Story Every year from mid February to the first week of April, most of the planet’s Sandhill Cranes converge along 75-mile stretch of the Platte River near Kearney, Nebraska. The gathering represents the closest thing to the...
Ski Plane Weekend | a 7 Image Story
Ski Plane Weekend | a 7 Image Story Usually, the lakes are frozen and there’s plenty of snow for the annual Ski Plane Weekend. Some of the finest pilots from around the country take leave from their heavy iron and bush flying to gather together on this weekend to...
Husky Dogsled Party | a 7 Image Story
Husky Dogsled Party | a 7 Image Story Each year in January or February, the Free Spirit Siberian Rescue organization hosts a Husky Dogsled event in northern Illinois, with Huskies galore. Jake and Elwood have gone for the past several years. They love to run and...
Thanksgiving with Nick the Pug | a 7 Image Story
Thanksgiving with Nick the Pug | a 7 Image Story We Pugs love Thanksgiving; perhaps even more than Christmas. Why? Pugs love food; people food. In fact, some Pugs I know seem to think they are really furry people. Of, course, the rest of us know; people are just...