Images: Photo Contest Finalists
We went apple picking last weekend and I got this shot of my grandson eating an apple while he was still picking more. We all had a great family outing.
Bob Williams of Huntley
We were driving through the countryside west of Marengo at sunset. This scene just spoke of pastoral tranquillity.
Robert M. Sharp of Gilberts
Twelve-year-old Auggie, a yellow Labrador retriever, shows three-month-old puppy, Teddy, how to drink water from one of the water pumps at Busse Woods in Elk Grove Village.
Bill Merrick of Elk Grove Village
A frog peeks out from the water in western Illinois in August.
Bob Esbensen of Palatine
A Canadian National freight train sits at the Belmont Avenue Metra Station in Franklin Park waiting for a crew change.
Frank Stachowiak of Elk Grove Village
A small plane flies over a giraffe in the Serengeti National Park in Africa.
Tara Gille of Mundelein
A male and female Yellow Finch eat at a bird feeder inÊApril in a Mundelein backyard.
Debbie Ketzner of Mundelein
Big Horn Sheep graze as they line up at the stop sign in Badlands National Park, South Dakota.
Eleanor Scholes of Mundelein
We took a mini vacation in Door County with our 2 greyhounds. While on our morning walk, we found ourselves in the fog. I took a few shots.
Alice McKas of Roselle
Looks like it was going to be a great day for a wedding Saturday on a farm just west of the Kane County Court House.
Les Orlow of Aurora
This was taken in Ireland last summer. It was the end of a day we spent touring the Connemara Loop in western Ireland. The water was so calm that the background was reflected perfectly in the lake.
Nancy Sigel of Naperville
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