Weekly photo contest finalists
A horse grazes at Throughquest Acres Barn in South Barrington last month.
Taylor Spoonholtz of Palatine
A bench among the fall leaves at the Chicago Botanic Garden at McDonald Woods on last week.
Tom Chiakulas of Arlington Heights
The fence stands in the middle of tall sea oats having seen better days, twisted and blown over by the wind and surf over the years in Cape Hatteras, NC last summer.
Kim Vander Yacht of Gurnee
Milkweed in a field in Lake Villa.
Dale Rose of Lake Villa
A frog in the water near the new docks at the Wauconda Park District.
Cassandra Gordon of Wauconda
I found two deer in the Blanco River in Colorado, with the San Juan Mountains in the background on a trip to Pagosa Springs, CO.
Veronica Batterson of Aurora
This sunflower brightens up my backyard.
Lynn Zilinsky of Willowbrook
I took this shot at Pratt's Wayne Woods Forest Preserve on Labor Day weekend.
Kelly Quenzer, DuPage County
The warm autumn sun shimmers through the tall grassy foliage at the Chicago Botanical gardens.
Susan Birr of Carpentersville
This photo was taken a couple of weeks ago at the Dundee Crown Homecoming game. I was looking to take a photo of my friend blowing bubbles when two other girls wanted to get into the picture.
Kirk Hanselmann of Sleepy Hollow
I took this picture of my 12 year old daughter during a horse show at Timmermanns Ranch in Island Lake.
Lisa Gomoll of Algonquin