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 February 16.
The sculpted curves of an Acura NSX catch dramatic reflections at the Chicago Auto Show on February 15.
Ken Juranek of Des Plaines
After a snowstorm hit the area, the Crown Fountain at Millennium Park is a lonely area in downtown Chicago.
Deb Marak of Arlington Heights
I took this over at the Graue Mill in Oakbrook on one the rare sunny days we have had this month. I loved the reflections that produced a rainbow of color.
Todd A. Sherlock, from Downers Grove
In a flower bouquet, crisscrossed petals formed a heart. A macro lens was used with a ring light flash to create a soft background.
Angela Cichosz, of Carol Stream
I captured this shot of the milkweed seeds, actually known as the "coma," along the bike path in the Algonquin wetlands.
James Paskiewicz of Algonquin
I took this photo at the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Birthplace in Staunton VA. It is a wheel on his presidential limousine. I just liked the geometric pattern and the orange on black contrast.
Milton Hoskins of Hampshire
During our recent cold winter days, I have been photographing flowers in our kitchen. This is a macro shot of a button mum. The close-up view shows how this mum's tube-shaped petals retain moisture for the flower's growth.
Mike Weimer of St. Charles
An ice crystal clings to a tree branch in December 2012 in Gurnee.
Dee Marsh of Gurnee
A bold coyote hunts in a Hawthorn Woods yard having just emerged from Lakewood Forest Preserve.
Mark Hammerschick of Hawthorn Woods
A panda bear hangs from the branches in a tree at the San Diego Zoo five years ago.
Joan Farrell of Island Lake
A sunset on the evening of January 30 at Monument Lake camping area in Big Cyprus National Preserve, Florida.
Gary Carmichael of Des Plaines
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