Images: Photo Contest Finalists
"Pelican Over Gulf Sunset" was taken in Treasure Island, FL.
Michelle C. Edwards of Gilberts
Every Spring the Bleeding Heart plant on the west side of our house produces these lovely strings of bright pink flowers. The challenge was getting the whole string of 1-inch blossoms in focus, because they constantly sway back and forth with any wind.
Mike Weimer of St. Charles
Nothing finishes out a day better than an awesome sunset. This photo, was taken free of charge, and viewable from our back yard during a staycation moment I will always remember.
Tony Pocewicz of Carpentersville
This photo seems to contrast a welcoming, yet foreboding building entrance. The unaltered object was taken in the late evening while I was in Bemidji, MN earlier this month.
Allen Panek of Naperville
This is a photo of a recent meteor shower.
Dave Neesley of Naperville
A dragonfly rests on a Hosta plant in an Island Lake garden during August of 2012.
Joan Farrell of Island Lake
A bird walks near the hot geysers in the West Thumb Geyser area at Yellowstone National Park last summer. It was hard to believe that anything could eat in such a harsh environment.
Nancy Giardina of Libertyville
Two sandhill cranes and their chicks walk through the wetlands at Volo Bog on May 11.
Michael L. Wilson of Grayslake
Children play at the beach on North Beach in Waukegan at the beginning of May.
Butch Law of Des Plaines
Beautiful blue skies and billowy clouds reflect in a lake at the Chicago Botanic Gardens in Glencoe.
Deb Marak of Arlington Heights
In a whimsical play of nature, a Wheeling naturalist hung a quaint birdhouse feeder amidst colorful beads.
Susie Lee of Wheeling
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