Daily Herald weekly photo contest winners
Close-up of a pond frog in Bartlett with the sunset reflected in its eye.
Craig VanMetre of Bartlett
This is my 6-year-old yellow lab, Jesse James, jumping over the mounds of snow we had. He has quite a bit of energy and loves playing with his toy. I had the idea to stand on one side of the snow and have my fiance throw Jesse's toy toward me.
Monique Dagher of South Holland
A spring crocus blooms in a Wauconda yard this spring.
Patti McElwee of Wauconda
A red squirrel peaks around a tree in Stevens Point, Wis.
Rob Goodwin of Lake Villa
A tree log with moss and a colony of mushrooms growing on it in the Shenandoah National Park.
Jane Powell of Arlington Heights
I captured the sun as it was just coming up behind the Ferris Wheel on Navy Pier. The Chicago lakefront is quiet at this time of day and a great location for photography.
Robert M. Sharp of Gilberts
This is a sunrise photo taken from the deck in my backyard overlooking a pond.
Dirk Barenbrugge of Naperville
I took this picture in the fall of my nieces practicing their "artistic" jumps in a nearby cornfield.
Susan Snyder of Elburn
People have bad hair days and birds have bad feather days as this house finch would agree. This was taken in my backyard on April 24.
Milton Hoskins of Hampshire
The fog rolls in on a small lake in Prospect Heights early one morning in March.
Ralph Mansfield of Wheeling
A sail boat sailing across the sunset at Mallory Square, Key West.
Thomas Kenney of Gurnee
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