Gallery: Daily Herald photo contest finalists
This was taken last February at our condo at Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. I've waited a year to share it at the perfect time.
Sharon A. Smith of Campton Hills
I like to call this photo "Come on Mom...you can make it !" It was taken this past July At Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado.
Tom Chiakulas of Arlington Heights
This photo was taken in the spring of 2008. I wanted to get a picture of a bird in this blossoming pear tree, so I opened the window, took out the screen and essentially used the house as a blind.
Bob Esbensen of Palatine
My husband and I recently returned from a cruise to South America and the Antarctic Pennisula. I was able to photograph this beautiful rainbow from our balcony when we sailed through the Chilean Fijords on the return trip.
Marian Taylor of East Dundee
This picture of a crater was taken in Hawaii.
Kyle Durigan of Hainesville
This is an image of the top of the Reichstag in Berlin. The top of the Reichstag is a glass dome with an inverted glass cone in the middle. This shot is looking up at the tourists as they take the ramp along the inside of the dome.
John V. Smith of Schaumburg
I took this photo in a forest preserve in the western suburbs. It was shot in 35mm black and white. What I thought was interesting was that the overturned canoes looked like fish on the shoreline.
Dianne Slotten of Naperville
This photo was taken at a farm off of Route 83. I was taking photos for my photography class at Vernon Hills High School.
Melissa Schorsch of Vernon Hills
This white orchid photograph was taken at the Chicago Botanic Gardens in the Tropical Greenhouse. The beautiful yellow center is highlighted with red.
Mary Lou Jacobs of Crystal Lake
As a traveler I love to study people. I am a professional videographer and only do stills as a tourist. I took this last year about two hundred miles west of Katmandu, Nepal.
Ned Miller of Vernon Hills
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