Images: Photo Contest Finalists
Fremd High School runners 15-year-old Harry Winter, left, and his brother, Jake, 17, compete in the Crystal Lake Invitational Cross Country meet at Veterans Acres Park in Crystal Lake last September.
Kathy Winter of Palatine
Lightning strikes in the distance as a storm hits western Nebraska last August.
Mark Tomljanovich of Schaumburg
Taken at the John G. Shedd Aquarium s jellyfish exhibt during a family outing.
Art Hall of Wheaton
Photo was taken in July 2010 during my trip to South Africa. The picture is taken from a lighthouse on Cape Point Peak outside of Cape Town. The sun was trying to break through the clouds and mist leaving an eerie yet beautiful image.
Diana Tomasiewicz of Sleepy Hollow
Allison & Nathan Haeussler come across a jellyfish while snorkeling off the coast of Belize.
Amy Haeussler of Bartlett
The silhouette of a Great Blue Heron as it stands on the shore during sunset on Blind Pass Beach, Sanibel Island, Florida earlier this month.
Fran Somers of Libertyville
A female cardinal sits in an evergreent tree as the snow floats down around her in Ingleside earlier this month.
Marty Krogh of Ingleside
I was running at sunset on a weekend at Herrick Lake, and took this pic while there was a few inches of snow left on the ground. You can see the cross-country ski tracks, and the lovely sunset.
Mike Krzywosz of Lisle
These pictures were taken on an Alaskan cruise in 2011. After a very cloudy day, the sun broke through just in time to go down, after 10:30 p.m. I took these from the balcony of the room and was happy that the photos captured the stunning colors in the late evening sky.
John Maystadt of Roselle
I took this photo of my wife Marla while hiking on the Starr Pass Trail near Tucson, Arizona. It seems to capture the some of the beauty, expanse, and solitude of the Sonoran Desert.
Duane Shepley of West Dundee
Ice in a drink and sand on a beach might look good to some, but icefalls and sandstone canyons are equally enjoyable. Cant afford a trip south to the Caribbean, but can afford the gas to get to Starved Rock and a view from behind the Falls of LaSalle Canyon.
Tony Pocewicz of Carpentersville
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