Daily Herald weekly photo contest finalists
This is a self-portrait taken with a timer. Basically, I just put my head into a tank filled with water and rotated the picture to give it a more surreal feel.
Sasha Andruzheychik of Vernon Hills
Photos of sunflowers near Alleghany Road. The photos were all taken with a Nikon D700.
Kyle Durigan of Hainesville
This picture of fire buckets was taken after a horse ride near Tablerock Lake in Missouri. I waited until the angle of the sun allowed the shadow of a hanging pail to fill the empty gap
Rob Miller of Schaumburg
Here is a shot taken west of Elgin-called "A Winter Tree."
Richard Bale of Elgin
This photo was taken in East Dundee. I liked the color of the leaves in front of the deer. The star of the photo is Bambi.
Tony Schreiber of Carpentersville
This photo was taken with an iPhone in October of 2008 at the Lincoln Park Zoo. The picture is of Costa's 3-year-olds enjoying an unusually warm day and the polar bear.
Jennifer Costa of Park Ridge
During an impromptu walk after class, the setting sun provided a therapeutic reminder that nature endures far more than we do during winter months in Chicago.
Sara Schroeder of Des Plaines
Marjie Jobes' grandson, Mateus, demonstrates his strength on the monkey bars during a family vacation last summer in Grand Beach, Michigan.
Marjie Jobes of Grayslake
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