Daily Herald photo contest finalists
The contrast of the light snow and dark leaf in the melting snow last winter.
Hilary Ellis of Hoffman Estates
Sadie, a 7-month-old Dachshund, likes playing in the snow at the Raven Glen Forest Preserve on Sunday February 14th.
Scott Ollendick of Lindenhurst
A drop of water falls from an icicle last Saturday.
Charles Spencer of Mundelein
The pelicans were resting on these rocks near the beach in Malibu, CA. The very overcast conditions landed itself to a black and white treatment of this composition.
Robert M. Sharp of Gilberts
While at Navy Pier I was looking for some interesting shots and saw the Ferris wheel slowly going around with it's red and white structure against the clear blue sky. I thought it was all American and very Chicago.
Bob Williams of Huntley
An elderly man strolls alone with his thoughts in a Paris park.
Corey Schuster of Roselle
Smokey aftermath of a controlled burn at Klein Creek Forest Preserve.
Laurie Vanderlei of Northwoods
A starfish rests in shallow water about a mile from mangroves in the Caribbean, near southern Puerto Rico.
Randy Gollay of Buffalo Grove
A blue poison dart frog on display in the gift shop of Cosley Zoo in Wheaton glares menacingly as passers-by.
Angela Cichosz of Carol Stream
A beautiful Venice, Italy morning outside the front entrance of the Denali Hotel on May 12, 2009.
Al Kwok of Mundelein
These lights that were wrapped around the banister on the balcony overlooking the ocean at a restaurant in the Cayman Islands on New Years Eve.
Torey Lenart of Inverness
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