Images: Photo Contest Finalists
Each week you submit your favorite photo. We pick the best of them and select the finalists. Here are the finalists for the week of September 8.
A bear sleeps in a pool at the Milwaukee Zoo last week.
Deb Tischendorf of Gurnee
A sailboat makes its way across the lake and into the sunset on Pistakee Lake on August 14th
Marty Krogh of Ingleside
The terraces at Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park on August 17th.
Fred Aichele of Mundelein
During a White Sox Game in July, half way to Christmas, the team brought out a player to be named later. A jolly, seasoned veteran who came up from the North Pole League came out to pitch. They announced his last name as Kringle.
Joe Petykowski of Palatine
A Sarus crane appears to be teaching a young chick to dig at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, Wisconsin in August.
Jeanne Garrett of Arlington Heights
I made this photo when we went on a recent trip with friends to Peck Farm's Butterfly House in Geneva, IL. We watched this Swallowtail butterfly gather nectar from the abundant flowers that are grown as its food source.
Mike Weimer of St. Charles
I made this photo of Gold Finch who was taking a bath in the creek at Pleasant Valley Nature Preserve. I felt a little like I was invading it's privacy.
Bob Williams of Huntley
I took this photo of a hummingbird feeding on Black and Blue Salvia in our backyard garden.
Paul McDonough of Algonquin
This image was taken of the Bow Glacier above Bow Lake along the Icefields Parkway in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
Ron Biondo of Naperville
My wife had just finished picking some garden items and came in to get some water. I looked out and saw this little thief swiping a cherry tomato.
Dave Hoffrage of Lombard
In late August we road our bikes along the I&M canal near Utica Illinois. The I&M Canal was built in 1848 to connect the Illinois river to Lake Michigan. We saw lots of wildlife like these turtles sunning themselves on a log floating in the stagnant algae waters of the canal.
Eugene Bordelon of Warrenville
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