Each Friday, the Echo Press features a reader-submitted photo in its Photo of the Week section. Here are some of the photos that for whatever reason have not yet been featured. They show just some of the talent and unique views held by local photographers.
If you have a photo you would like to be considered for Photo of the Week, here are some tips: Photos should be sharp and in focus, be properly exposed and show an interesting subject. It also usually helps to get close enough to the subject. Send full-size images along with information such as the photographer's name, where and when it was taken, and who is in the photo to landerson@echopress.com.
1/9: Kara Williams took this photo of some hungry baby birds in a nest her 5 year old niece found over Memorial Day weekend last year.
2/9: Kathy Akenson took this photo of a bee on a coneflower in early August.
3/9: Jennifer Anderson took this photo of her dog, Finley, jumping through the air near Turtle Lake on June 6.
4/9: Jim Elsey took this photo of a wet bald eagle after a rain shower near Alexandria on April 8.
5/9: Paul Huso took this photo of turtles crowded on a turtle sunning raft on Lake Connie on May 11. He used an iPhone through one side of a pair of binoculars to get the photo.
6/9: Eric Stenborg took this photo of some loons swimming by his dock on Lake Latoka in August.
7/9: Jeff Roste took this photo of morning fog along Highway 28 near Lake Amelia in September of last year.
8/9: Lou Ann Marks took this photo of raindrops on an evergreen branch in April of last year.
9/9: Terri Monette took this photo of a monarch butterfly she released in her flower garden in Alexandria in August.