Images: Photo Contest Finalists
A wild donkey walks into the entry way of a local store with a Yes We´re Open sign on the door in Oatman, AZ along Route 66 last August.
Mike Fuerst of Arlington Heights
This is a picture of my cat and dog competing for the sunny spot in the front window. Its a first come first serve spot so there has to be some shared space.
Susan Snyder of Elburn
The hooks were out for the next fish to swim down the Fox River.
Bob Williams of Huntley
A beautiful wall and tree shadow at a refugee center in Brazil.
Carla Maas of Wheaton
I was driving down Three Oaks Road in Cary and saw this Redtail hawk having a feast in the snow. I drove home to get my camera and when I came back the hawk was still eating and allowed me to take this photo.
Cindy Smith of Cary
The reflection of the fall colors on the water at Petrifying Springs Park, Kenosha, WI makes it difficult to tell where the trees end and the reflection begins.
Linda Sarmento of Wildwood
I miss summer. Theres beauty in the model, and beauty in the natural lighting.
Carla Maas of Wheaton
I snapped this photo of my back yard in Glen Ellyn several years ago, just prior to our neighborhood´s annual Easter Egg Hunt. I believe it took place the weekend before Easter weekend and all the kids seemed to enjoy it just as much with the snow as without!
Rita Batek of Glen Ellyn
A dragonfly hangs on to the edge of a flower at a pond at Morton Arboretum last July one hot summer afternoon.
Jeanne Garrett of Arlington Heights
A male cardinal sits in the arborvitae in a Kildeer backyard during the January 12th snowfall.
Marty Krogh of Ingleside
The sun sets on the beach, reflecting off the sand and the waves, in Antigua, West Indies last December.
Carolyn Dakis of Arlington Heights
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