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 October 6.
Frost highlights the imprinted pattern on a Mason jar sitting by a window as the sun shines behind it.
Deb Marak of Arlington Heights
Turtles sun on a log on September 28th at Spring Valley Nature Sanctuary in Schaumburg.
Pamela Larson of Arlington Heights
A hummingbird's shadow bounces around under the bird as it was picking spider webs off the wall at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum. Hummingbirds use the webbing to make their nests.
Nancy Giardina of Libertyville
A chipmunk jumps over a "Beware of Dog" sign along a Wauconda street on September 22nd.
John Klerman of Wauconda
Rays of the sun shine through the trees at a park in Mundelein on November 26th.
Cindy Madson of Mundelein
I took this photo in late June during a trip to Wyoming. What you don't want to see when approaching a six degree downward grade. Our 18 hour journey was filled with bright sunny skies: that is until mother nature decided to add a little excitement to the end of our journey.
Tony Pocewicz of Carpentersville,
I took this photo while at a July summer family birthday outing this year to Otter Cove Aquatic Park in St. Charles, my 1 year-old son, Jack, became so fascinated by the water fountains, he decided to "occupy" one. It made for one hilarious photo.
Michelle C. Edwards of Gilberts,
I took this photo while walking with my three sons, I spotted this sweet duck and her ducklings on Lake Michigan in Sheboygan, Wisconsin this summer. Our four year-old pointed at them and said, "Hey a mom with her boys, just like us!"
Kelly Franzen of Saint Charles
This is 9 week old Gatsby, a Neapolitan mastiff.
Maggie Newlin, of Naperville
While on vacation near the town of Lake Louise in, Alberta, Canada we visited Moraine Lake. Climbing up a rocky path brought us to this beautiful overlook above the lake. No wonder a picture taken from this same spot used to be on the back of the Canadian $20 dollar bill. Gorgeous scenery!
Tony Lyons, of Wheaton
This was taken at Herrick Lake in Naperville.
Greg Newlin, of Naperville
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