Images: The monthly winners from the amateur photo contest in Cook
A photo collection of the winners of the Cook County amateur photo contest for the year 2017. Local photographers from across Cook County submitted pictures each week and the following pictures were chosen to be the best of the month. The photography staff would like to thank everyone who entered and to those who won.
An eagle grooms itself at the Brookfield Zoo during the first weekend of spring.
James Kristof of Lake Barrington
A bright green insect stands out against the orange flower it inhabits at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe last summer.
Evan Eisenmenger of Palatine
A hiker enjoys the view of the scenery at Red Rock Canyon in Nevada.
Deb Marak of Arlington Heights
A son surprises his dad by pushing him off the raft at Post Lake Wisconsin last month, ending their contest to see who could last the longest before being thrown from the raft.
Fred Gruber of Streamwood
Two gray squirrels chase and play with each other and then they settled into an embrace in Elk Grove Village on June 11.
Bill Merrick of Elk Grove Village
A figure appears on top of a mulch pile on Higgins Road at sunset, as reflected on the hood of a car.
Beverly Buchinger of Hoffman Estates
Orangutan mother Sophia cuddles her new baby at Brookfield Zoo last March.
Sue Lindell of Des Plaines
A frog stares up from a lily pond at the Cantigny Park pond in Wheaton.
Fred Share of Arlington Heights
Three-year-old Leon Charles Rittmann dashes through a maze of large tubes at Goebbert's Pumpkin Farm in South Barrington earlier this month.
Mary Rittmann of Bartlett
The diamond ring effect from the solar eclipse in Makanda, Ill. on August 21.
Michael W. Noonan of Arlington Heights
Lincoln Park Conservatory's "Glass Flower" window in November designed by Glenn Wexler, an American contemporary artist based in Chicago.
Lynne Solway of Buffalo Grove
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