I took this photo during a summer trip to Glacier National Park in Montana, we watched a small tour boat cruise up beautiful St. Mary Lake toward the continental divide mountains as we continued on our hike to St. Mary Falls.
Mike Weimer of St. Charles
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 December 8.
I took the picture of this Cooper's Hawk while it sat on my fence waiting for a small bird to visit a bird feeder. I liked the wet and windblown look this guy has because of the wet snow and wind of that day.
Milton Hoskins of Hampshire
I took this photo on a trip to New York City last month when my wife and I went to the top of Rockefeller Center just before sunset. The photo is of Manhattan and the Empire State Building is in the foreground and the Freedom Tower is in the back.
Curt Sriver, of Geneva.
A red ornament sits in the snow in Ellison Bay, Wisconsin in March, 2012.
Sheila O'Gara of Buffalo Grove
A Dahlia in bloom on a September Saturday morning at Madison Farmer's Market.
Heidi Skorin of Arlington Heights
A cardinal is bright red against the green foliage in Florida.
Mitchell Burkart of Grayslake
This photograph was taken last month on Washington Island in Wisconsin at the Marina during sunset, it was one of the most beautiful sunsets I have seen!
Maggie Newlin, of Naperville
The St. Louis Blues score on Chicago Blackhawk's goalie Antti Raanta in the Hawks victory on December 3 at the United Center.
John Wysocki of Mount Prospect
Saturday morning gathering of tourists near Gruuthusemuseum, a museum of applied arts in Bruges, Belgium, last October.
Deanne Stacey of Wauconda
Kiersten Lopez stretches on the beach at sunset on Anna Maria Island, Florida.
Stephanie Lopez of Hawthorn Woods
I recently took out-of-town visitors to see the Fabyan Japanese Tea Garden in Geneva, Illinois. It was the last week the garden was open this season.
Mark Sand, of Wheaton
Snowflakes were heavily falling this morning on Halloween. I walked outside with my macro camera setup and searched for a decent surface to capture a snowflake photo, however the snowflakes were too wet and melted almost instantly upon impact. I then realized that my plaid shirt made the perfect surface to photograph a snowflake. I waited until a snowflake landed on my left sleeve, and then took the photo one-handed. I used a Canon MP-E 65 mm lens with a ring lite flash.
Angela Cichosz, of Carol Stream