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 December 15.
A young barn owl flies low at the Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum during a raptor show.
Nancy Giardina of Libertyville
A saxophone festooned with lights creates a merry and jazzy Christmas in December 2013.
Ken Juranek of Des Plaines
A moose calf eats breakfast on a rainy morning in Yellowstone National Park last September.
Aaron Sanfillippo of Hoffman Estates
A group of close friends takes an annual fishing trip up to Marmion Lake in Ontario Canada each September. One morning was foggy, overcast and drizzling and seemed to perfectly set the mood around the old fishing cabin. No longer in use, we did stay there years ago and it produced a lot fond memories of past trips.
Dan Baran of Carpentersville
I took this picture at Rocky Mountain National Park in September of 2014.
Ellen Gardner of Oakwood Hills
This is the Moon over Maui.
Charles Brown, of Naperville
In the Northwoods of Wisconsin, here are slugs on a mushroom.
Claire Tansley, of Glen Ellyn
A squirrel sits on a rail after raiding some food in an Island Lake backyard.
Joan Farrell of Island Lake
The sun sets on September 27th at the Grayslake Aquatic Center near the football field.
Angela Tobler of Long Grove
This photo was taken in our living room using a macro lens focused on the center candle, with our Christmas tree lights out-of-focus in the background.
Mike Weimer of St. Charles
This photograph was taken in September 2014 at Rocky Mountain National Park. It was a beautiful day for a fall hike.
Katie Sperl, of Lombard
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