Images: Photo Contest Finalists
Rita Lopienski kneels down to photograph a moose along Indian Lake Trail at Denali National Park on July 14. A moose was seen in the same spot ten years previously.
Larry Lopienski of Bartlett
A country road exhibits vibrant colors in October of 2013 in Sister Bay, WI during the peak of fall.
Sheila O'Gara of Buffalo Grove
A bald eagle in Skagway, Alaska earlier in September.
Debra Ferguson of Kildeer
A storm forms along Route 52 near Manhattan, Illinois last Sunday as a car passes by the fields.
Donna Nylen of Hawthorn Woods
Mount Ranier is reflected in Saint Andrews Lake at sunset earlier in September.
Tony Filippo of Green Oaks
This is a picture from the medicine bow mountains southern Wyoming.
Michael Yates, of Carol Stream
I took this photo of an oriole visiting my orange feeder set up just outside our window when the light was just right.
Tony Pocewicz, of Carpentersville
I took this photo in a parking lot in East Dundee after the nasty storm on Sept. 5 that left this beautiful leaf with fresh raindrops behind.
Allison M. Kramer of Carpentersville
I took this photo early one morning at Weiss Park in Huntley while walking my dog. The sun was burning off the fog and it was just beautiful.
Donna Haage of Huntley
I pulled over on my way home to take this photograph of the sunset from the side of Honey Hill.
Kim Lemke, of Wayne
This was taken during my vacation in Michigan this August. It is of the lighthouse in Frankfort Harbor taken from the Bye Street lookout in Elberta MI right before sunset.
Christi Goba, of Lombard
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