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 January 19.
This is a photo from summer of 2014 hiking The Grandview Trail in the Grand Canyon. It was a breathtaking view!
Maggie Stoltz, of Naperville
On the last day of our trip to Italy last fall, as we approached the Augustinian Gardens on the Isle of Capri, I noticed this familiar character guarding the entrance. About forty members of our tour walked by without recognizing him at full size. Everyone I showed the picture to on the little screen immediately identified Mickey … got us in the mood to come home!
Tom Kotlarczyk, of Wheaton
The photo of this webmaster was taken in the summer in the field behind our house in Huntley.
Bob Williams of Huntley
I took this photo of a railroad bridge over I 24 outside of Chattanooga this old dark bridge surrounded by beautiful December trees. Alexis.
Alexis Snow, of South Elgin
I took this photo before all our snow possibly melts away this weekend. I wanted to capture this. I've been noticing the different shadows and textures illuminated in the snow by our outdoor patio lights. This was from this morning before dawn.
Maria A. Crawford of Elgin, Il 60124
Sunrise at Waukegan Harbor on a cold morning on January 10.
Butch Law of Des Plaines
A butterfly earns the friendship of Patrick after landing on him in Falls Creek Falls, Tennessee in June 2010.
Patti Ortwerth of Hoffman Estates
A polar bear rests in the snow in Churchill, Manitoba on a chilly November morning.
Debra Ferguson of Kildeer
An abandoned but not forgotten Jeep in North Carolina last November.
Lory Zimmerman of Libertyville
A snowman seems to have lost the rest of his body at Busse Woods earlier this month. If the snowman could talk perhaps he would be saying, "How did I get here? Where's the rest of my body!"
Deb Marak of Arlington Heights
A beagle puppy named Cooper plays in the snow in a Lake Zurich backyard in December 2013.
Jamie Bond of Lake Zurich
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