See the winning images from our weekly photo contest
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 July 6.
A wall hanging in the lobby creates interesting colors and shadows at the Sonesta Beach Resort in May.
Kathleen Murtz of Lake Barrington
I took this photo last summer. These flowers weren't happy in my yard and decided to grow through the fence and show off for my neighbor. That's all right since there were many still happy to be on my side of the fence.
Milton Hoskins of Hampshire
This Photo was taken at the new Wild Encounters Exhibit at Brookfield Zoo. The Red Panda in the picture is one of their newest residents. Contrary to popular belief the Red Panda is not related to the black and white Giant Panda but is a member of the raccoon family.
Diana Tomasiewicz of Sleepy Hollow
I took this photo when a group of us took a recent trip to Willowbrook Wildlife Center, a wildlife rehab facility in Glen Ellyn, IL. While touring the outdoor cages, I photographed this colorful hawk, which is a permanent resident of the center due to its debilitating injury.
Mike Weimer of St. Charles
A blue heron flies over Channel Lake in Antioch with it's reflection on the lake on June 24.
Jim Huskey of Libertyville
The village of Wauconda fires off it's annual fireworks display on July 3 over Bangs Lake.
John P. Kelly of Wauconda
The prickly needles pop out in a detailed view of a cactus from the Chicago Botanic Garden Arid Greenhouse in Glencoe.
Deb Marak of Arlington Heights
A ladybug suns itself on a coreopsis bud in a Palatine backyard garden on a sunny day in June.
Nancy Maraz of Palatine
A squirrel poses in a tree in Wheeling on June 28.
Bonnie Bell of Wheeling
For this photo of the Wheaton fireworks, I used manual settings on the camera, which was set on a tripod, to capture the shot with a 300 mm zoom lens. I also cropped in on the image in photo editing.
Randy Link, from Winfield
I have been watching an Eagle nest for the past month. There are two adults and two babies in this nest.On the day this photo was taken I think this baby was ready to fly. The other baby eagle is sitting next to this one who has spread its wings.
Todd A. Sherlock, from Downers Grove
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