Images: Photo Contest Finalists
A sunflower is offset against the brilliant blue sky with white clouds at Sterling Lake at Van Patten Forest Preserve in Wadsworth on June 17.
Kim Vander Yacht of Gurnee
A young deer walked through the forest in a forest preserve in Hoffman Estates.
Bob Esbensen of Palatine
Pelicans overlook the Gulf of Mexico in Fort Myers Beach, Florida last April.
Ken Lechman of Gurnee
Dancers with the advanced lyrical class of Dance Motions, Inc. practice during a dress rehearsal at the Hemmens Theater in Elgin on June 7. It was the dance studios annual recital.
Ellie Ryczewicz of Bartlett
A tiger lily glistens in the sunlight in a Wheeling back yard after a midday rain.
Susan Lee of Wheeling
Gateway to a park overlooking the Danube River in Bratislava, Slovakia in June.
Jim Jobes of Grayslake
This little Garter snake was sunning on the path the other day at Exner Marsh. It was kind enough to wait while I took some pictures.
Bob Williams of Huntley
close up detail of Union Pacifics steam locomotive 844, the Challenger. The railroad is celebrating 150 years this year and showing off this working engine. The locomotive was in Omaha, NE. I like the details of a working, and very well cared for and cleaned, steam locomotive.
Laurence Pearlman of Naperville
I took this photo in the White Otter wilderness area in Ontario Canada while on a camping trip with the Tri-City Family Services counseling agency. The trip is for at risk teens who need a boost to their self confidence.
Dudley Burgess of St. Charles
This photo is called Life is good when the gods are smiling at you.
Lena Conway of Naperville
A Dahlia flower.
Lena Conway of Naperville
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