Images: Photo Contest Finalists
A boy eats funnel cake during Carnation Days at the Park Festival in Alliance, Ohio in August.
Lauren Leopold of Hawthorn Woods
Steam rises off the colorful paint pots in Yellowstone National Park last spring.
Debra Ferguson of Kildeer
A torrential rainfall on Interstate 80 in Iowa last August.
Jonathan Petykowski of Palatine
Downtown Chicago on a clear autumn night as seen from the northwest corner of the Field Museum.
Roy Lobenhofer of Mount Prospect
A spiders web to a silken bridge on the side of a Wheeling house.
Susie Lee of Wheeling
Photo of St. Joseph lighthouse in Tiscormia Park beach.
Valerie Wolenberg of Bartlett
This photo was taken about a week ago at the Capton Hills Nature Preserve.
Michael Velinske of Elgin
Recently went to Canada where we spent the day at Kicking Horse Ski Resort in Golden Canada. No better way to enjoy a cup of coffee or watch the clouds.
Lin Nielsen of Gilberts
I was at the Springbrook Nature Center in Itasca taking a few nature shots when I noticed the airplanes headed to OHare flying directly over the creek. I was able to capture the reflection of one of them.
Alice McKas of Roselle
A student daydreams during school in Ouygis, Kenya. Taken this June while on a trip with Hearts for Kenya.
Doug Tulloch of Naperville
This is a cheetah in the Masi Mara, Kenya. I was amazed at how close we got to them. Taken this June while on a trip with Hearts for Kenya.
Doug Tulloch of Naperville
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