Finalists for the Daily Herald weekly photo contest
This picture was taken in a tunnel at the Gettysburg battlefield. It shows justÊhow much fun these two friends are having playing in the shallow creek. I thought that the moss growing on the bricks and the light at the end of the tunnel helped the picture.
Kori Goldberg of Gurnee
An elderly Greek man makes his way through the Samaria Gorge on the back of his donkey. Photographed in Crete, Greece.
Tiffany Zack of Hawthorn Woods
"25 Below" - Well, that's what it read at my house on the morning of January 16. The river hadn't quite frozen over near Island Park in Geneva and the combination of steam off the water and ice crystals was breathtaking.
Tom Nicol of Geneva
Roe was tramping through the snow at Herrick Lake and came across this beautiful piece of ice frozen in a dead, curled up leaf. Sometimes the small things can be as beautiful as the big landscapes.
Jean E. Roe of Warrenville
This photo of Marina City in Chicago almost looks like rows of nickels balanced on a stack of dinner plates. This was taken from a boat in the Chicago River.
Randy Gollay of Buffalo Grove
This is a picture of coneflowers in a garden at the home of Thomas Roemer's sister in Waupaca County, Wis.
Thomas D. Roemer of Buffalo Grove
While Chicago had below zero wind chills in January. I was chilling in Maui with my new friend. This was taken in Maui at Kaanapali beach when he came up for air. I named this picture as Hi I'm Turtle G.
Mary Bulaon of Libertyville
This photo was taken at the inauguration of the 44th president, Barack Obama. I attended the event with the Presidential Youth Inaugural Conference. I was at the National Mall when I took this picture of the crowd's joyous reaction to the day's events.
Tara Cullerton of Batavia
Here is a picture I took at a resort we have been going to for years. This was the first year we got a cabin on the lake, so I had many opportunities to take some great pictures. This picture was taken at sunset while my daughter, Laura, was on the pier fishing.
Diane Seaborg of Roselle
This photo was taken last winter in the spruce plot at the Morton Arboretum. It depicts the geometric image of new-fallen snow on horizontal branches.
John Wiese of Palatine
This shot of a Northern (yellow-shafted) Flicker was taken at our back suet feeder late in the afternoon. I liked the lighting on the shot, with the low angled sun shining on the bird's head and through the fanned out tail feathers.
Bob Williams of Hunley
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