Your Best Shot: Today's Best Shot comes from reader Arvic Macapagal who lives off Homestead Road in Chapel Hill. "I took this photo at my house late 2012. I came home one day to find this enormous spider, clearly a die-hard CHHS Tigers fan, engineering this curious web pattern. Research reveals it to be an Argiope aurantia; commonly, Black and yellow garden spider. Pleased for its placid nature, I leaned in and took this snap. Hope you enjoy!"
Published: May. 15, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Your Best Shot: Today's Best Shot comes from Terry Jones of Durham. "I took this photo of the interior of St. Mary's Chapel in Hillsborough. Since the chapel was closed, I cleaned off a window pane near the altar and snapped this image with my iPhone. The glass reflected the trees and sky behind me and appear as part of the interior of the chapel. I was amazed."
Published: May. 11, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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Your Best Shot: Today's Best Shot comes from Jason Damweber, who lives in the Finley Forest neighborhood in Chapel Hill. "I took this picture as the sun was setting over the Coinjock Bay in Currituck, N.C. We'd spent most of the cold winter's day outside around the bonfire - as evidenced by the camping chairs – which you can still see smoldering in the shot. "
Published: May. 7, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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Your Best Shot: Today’s Best Shot comes from Susan Lutz of Chapel Hill. “I took this picture while hiking the Battle Branch trail from the Community Center to UNC campus. Our good friends Jack and Kathy Kemp were visiting from Ohio, it was 70 degrees in January and all seemed right in the world. Jack Kemp (11), holds my girls Claire Lutz (13), Kate Lutz (8), and Quinn Lutz (11) in the palm of his hand. I love how Jack seems like he is concentrating so hard to perform such a feat!”
Published: May. 4, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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Your Best Shot: Today's Best Shot comes from Dan Kaufer of Chapel Hill. 'I was out walking my dog at the crack of dawn on New Year's Eve. I noticed an eerie glow to my left coming from behind me. When I turned, looked up, and saw this view, it struck me that it looked more like a sunset than a sunrise. A fitting way to start the ultimate day of the year.'
Published: Apr. 30, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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Your Best Shot: Today's Best Shot comes from reader Philip Sloane of Chapel Hill: "We had to take down a dead oak tree in our backyard and called in a tree removal expert. To minimize damage caused by felling trees the traditional way, tree surgeons will climb a tree and bring it down piece by piece. Our backyard slopes downhill, so I was almost at eye level with the climber and caught the moment when a section he had cut began to fall. For safety, the climber is also roped to a nearby healthy tree -- you can see the rope extending up and to the right on this photo."
Published: Apr. 27, 2013 12:00 AM | Full story
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Your Best Shot: Today's Best Shot comes from reader Karen Jenkins: "Briggy, my Morkie (Maltese/Yorkie), was uncomfortable with the straps on her carseat. I took the carseat in the house to adjust the straps but since Briggy is very possessive about her carseat, I was unable make any adjustments. Remembering that the fire departments check carseats, I took Briggy on a field trip to Fire Station 2 on Hamilton Road in Chapel Hill. Firefighter Roberts, in the hat, checked the straps. Firefighter Drayton was an instant hit with Briggy and both “girls” played in the station so the carseat was forgotten and the strap adjustments could be made. Lt. Russell oversaw this new activity as his department had never before adjusted a carseat for a dog!"
Published: Apr. 23, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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Your Best Shot: Today's Best Shot coms from reader Bruce Griset of Chapel Hill. "My stepson Joseph McGuire has a cat named Baxter. Baxter has a pet squirrel named Grantham, who lives in a bird house on the outside of the screen porch, about two feet away from Baxter’s sunning perch."
Published: Apr. 20, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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Your Best Shot: Today's Best Shot comes from 10-year-old Michael McLaughlin, a fifth grader who took this photo of his kitten Brady at 10 weeks old. "Brady is very playful and fell asleep cuddling with a stuffed animal."
Published: Apr. 16, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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Your Best Shot: Today's Best Shot comes from reader Natasha Dalmia. "I took this shot (in January) with my iPhone while walking home from school. Because of the ice storm that occured, the ice that froze on the leaves was very easy to peel off, while the ice maintained the perfect shape of the leaf."
Published: Apr. 13, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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Your Best Shot: Today's Best Shot comes from reader Aggie DaCosta of Hillsborough. "I enjoy sharing my flowers. These lovely double pink camelias normally bloom in front of our house in February, but we enjoyed a few in mid-January."
Published: Apr. 9, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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Your Best Shot: Today's Best Shot comes from reader Jennifer Singleton. "This photo shows Joshua Singleton, 9 years old, fourth grader, sketching at the Guggenheim museum Picasso exhibit on Dec. 30. He lives with his family in Chapel Hill."
Published: Apr. 7, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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Your Best Shot: Today's Best Shot comes from reader Barb Hall: "I wanted to share the attached photo taken Nov. 26 of four friends who buried themselves in a pile of leaves. From left to right are Phoebe Fraser, Elizabeth Hall, Lula Fraser, and Lucetia Wolstenholme."
Published: Apr. 2, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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Your Best Shot: Today's Best Shot comes from reader Kimberly Roberts. "At the end of a soccer game in Efland the sky was filled with a full rainbow arch."
Published: Mar. 30, 2013 12:00 AM | Full story
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Your Best Shot: Today's Best Shot comes from Steve Balcom. "Carrboro Coffee Roasters developed a special PTA Thrift Shop Blend Coffee to help raise money for the Community Building Campaign back in the fall. Fourth graders at Carrboro Elementary School sold the coffee to fundraise and recently visited Carrboro Coffee to learn about coffee origin and roasting.
Published: Mar. 26, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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Your Best Shot: Today's Best Shot comes from reader Laura Tomkins.
Published: Mar. 19, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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Your Best Shot: Today's Best Shot comes from Randy Jones, who lives south of Chapel Hill off U.S. 15-501. "My daughter, Miranda, and I spent a glorious day watching a high-scoring football game. Unfortunately, our team was losing, hence the title 'Poor Little Waif.' Awww, isn't she cute ?"
Published: Mar. 19, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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Your Best Shot: Today's Best Shot of the new Chatham County Justice Center comes from Superior Court Judge Allen Baddour.
Published: Mar. 16, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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Your Best Shot: Today's Best Shot comes from Patrick Matherly, 18. " This is a cool tree chilling in my neighbor's yard in Chapel Hill. I decided to lurk around my street at night taking pictures of nature and came across a tree."
Published: Mar. 12, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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Your Best Shot: Today's Best Shot comes from Jerri Greenberg, owner of Girl With 3 Dogs Photography, which donates 10 percent to to animal rescue. "This photograph was taken during the Christmas holidays at Mardi Gras bowling in Chapel Hill. My daughter and her family was visiting from Wisconsin and we decided to go bowling as a family activity. Even though Grandma, my mom, couldn't bowl she was the best cheerleader! Years ago she bowled on a league and said her scores averaged around 200."
Published: Mar. 9, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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Your Best Shot: Today's Best Shot comes from Beth Clyde-Andersen, who took it during the snowfall Feb. 16. "I love snow and when it occurred l was taking pictures in our back yard watching all the birds on my feeders. Cardinals look the prettiest in the snow because of their bright red color against the snowy gray background."
Published: Mar. 5, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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Your Best Shot: Today's Best Shot comes from Nina Hoffmeyer. "I took these pictures near Asheville in October. This reflection one was taken at Lake Powhatan Campground!"
Published: Mar. 2, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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Your Best Shot: Today's Best Shot comes from Greg Lind: "I am sending you a photo taken from our kitchen window on the morning of Jan. 26. We don't normally see bluebirds on our regular feeder, but I had put out some extra sunflower seeds in that cracked pot base because of the way ice was covering everything. Bluebirds showed up and managed to stay long enough for me to get my Pentax Kx, get the 55-300mm zoom lens on, and catch this shot."
Published: Feb. 26, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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Your Best Shot: Today's Best Shot comes from Karen Bender of Raleigh, who titles it 'Rare First Edition': "Apparently life in a bookstore is no page turner. Blissfully asleep in the shop window of The Bookshop on Franklin Street, this orange tabby is completely oblivious to both his edified environment and the colorful display he inhabits. Nor does he notice the clusters of visitors who stop to ooo and ah at him. A sign outside cautions passersby not to tap on the glass."
Published: Feb. 23, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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Your Best Shot: Today's Best Shot comes from Perry Collette. "This is my daughter Carly, an East Chapel Hill High senior. She participated in the Charlotte Avon Breast Cancer walk again this fall. She walked the equivalent of one and a half marathons in just two days (39.3 miles), which is more than an average person walks in an entire month. She and her teammates were the top fundraisers, putting together $61,000 between them. The event overall raised $1.75 million ($125,000 went to Duke Hospital). The photo is her crossing the finish line with a friend she met on the walk. The organizers pointed out that someone is diagnosed with breast cancer every 3 minutes. So, they hand out a sash every three minutes to someone throughout the weekend. That is why Carly's sash in the photo says ‘3 minutes’ on it.”
Published: Feb. 19, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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Your Best Shot: Today's Best Shot comes from Melissa Dean: "This is a shot of Buddy at a friend's fish pond in Manning, S.C. Taken in December, 2012, we were out for an early morning walk on the farm and Buddy was running free, living the good life!"
Published: Feb. 16, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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Your Best Shot: Today's Best Shot comes from Gary W. Kramling, who took the photograph Nov. 2 at home in Carrboro. "Dad had just finished raking up the fallen leaves from our enormous red oak. The pile was so tall, the kids disappeared as soon as they jumped in. Subject is son, Benjamin (5)."
Published: Feb. 12, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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Your Best Shot: Today's Best Shot comes from Bruce M. Gillooly of Chapel Hill, who took this photo from the Bynum Bridge after a heavy rain with a Cannon EOS20D and 400mm lens.
Published: Feb. 9, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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Your Best Shot: Today's Best Shot comes from Mike Collins of Durham, who photographed this Northern Water Snake (Nerodia Sipedon) at Jordan Lake.
Published: Feb. 2, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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Your Best Shot: Today's Best Shot comes from Jim Jorge of Chapel Hill. "Hello, I wanted to share my photo that I took of my dog playing in the snow. This was taken in Chapel Hill during the snow that we got this week. My dog, we call him Ovaltine Jenkins by the way, is a border collie that loves to play with toys, especially snowballs. It took a couple of tries but I finally got a shot that we both are proud of. Thank you for letting us share it with you!"
Published: Jan. 29, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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Send Us Your Best Shot
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