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 November 24.
Light shines into slot canyons creating a colorful light show in Page, Arizona.
Fred Share of Arlington Heights
A peahen looks peaceful while getting sleep at the Winter Wonderland Event, November 15, at the Summerfield Zoo in Belvidere.
Doris Krandel of Palatine
Several otters rest on ice sheets in Alaska on Prince William Sound.
Tracy R Sefcik of Wheeling
A hummingbird hovers in search of food at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe.
Kate Scott of Lake Zurich
A squirrel carries away a corn cob across a Wauconda backyard on November 15.
Sean Balke of Wauconda
Fall foliage on the road into Devil's Lake State Park in Baraboo, Wisconsin on October 19.
Dave Carpenter of Grayslake
This photo was taken In July 2014 just outside of Omaha Nebraska, as the sun was rising and a storm moving in.
Susan Birr of Carpentersville
Attached is a picture I took at the Milwaukee Zoo. I was waiting for that exact moment when the flamingos would come together - and they didn't disappoint me.
Eileen Valek, of Roselle
I found this spider web at Herrick lake. It had a Halloween look to it.
Todd A. Sherlock, of Downers Grove
I like the look on this Red-bellied Woodpecker as I caught it looking right at me. It's like it is saying, "who do you think you are taking my picture".
Bob Williams of Huntley
A macro lens can reveal hidden worlds. This photo shows the inside of a colorful Oriental Lily taken by soft window light in our living room.
Mike Weimer of St. Charles
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