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 August 16.
Three-year-old Emily Hanrahan enjoys dancing in the Crown Fountain at Millennium Park in Chicago on Saturday, July 25.
Rebecca Hanrahan of Wauconda
The Ferris wheel at night at the Lake County Fair earlier this month.
A. M. Spicuzza of Mundelein
A blue moon as seen from a Schaumburg home on July 31. A blue moon is the second full moon of the month.
Norbert J. Majewski of Schaumburg
A Monarch butterfly feeds on a milkweed bloom. He is being watched by a granddaddy longlegs spider on a nearby leaf. This plant is close to 8 feet tall, probably having shared the fertilizer in our flower garden where it grows.
Gib Van Dine, of West Chicago
We loved attending the 2015 75th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, but it is truly the beauty of the Black Hills that never cease to amaze us.
Jim & Joanne Warkentien of West Dundee
A figure flies several stories above the ground floor in an atrium like space at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. It is part of a sculpture by Jonathan Borofsky called "I Dreamed I Could Fly".
Nancy Giardina of Libertyville
A woman stands by the ocean at the Grand Cayman Islands in February 2015.
Ken Janota of Elk Grove Village
Mirror image of two pelicans preening themselves near the water.
Fred Share of Arlington Heights
This cardinal seems to be going for a swim.
Glenn Domovic, of Aurora
I took this photo at the Lost Palms Oasis in Joshua Tree national park during a spring break trip with my daughter. I was lucky to catch the moon in the background. The eight mile hike was well worth it.
Andrew Ward of Hampshire
I took this photo of the blue moon in July with my new Nikon COOLPIX P900. It has amazing zoom capabilities, and I had fun testing out its limits.
James Paskiewicz of Algonquin
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