Images: Photo Contest Finalists
Each week, you submit your favorite photo. We pick the best of them and select the finalists. Here are the finalists for the week of September 22.
A woman sits outside sipping a glass of wine while enjoying the hibiscus in bloom during a warm summer evening.
Jeff Issel of Mundelein
The tip of a plant appears foggy around the edges because of the limited amount of light. The plant becomes mysterious, looking quite different from how it looks in daytime light.
Deb Marak of Arlington Heights
A chipmunk enjoys a meal resting in a bird feeder in the backyard of a home in Prospect Heights last month.
Dennis Heuer of Prospect Heights
I took this photo in my backyard garden of chipmunk eating all of the sunflower seeds off the sunflower head. I could almost hear him saying "Mine, all mine!!!"
Steve Tobler of Elgin
I took this photo while my wife and I vacationed on the Door County peninsula this past summer. One evening, we watched as a dramatic shaft of sunlight lit up a small fishing boat cruising on Green Bay an hour before sunset.
Mike Weimer of St. Charles
I took this picture in Custer State Park, South Dakota. The rolling hills area is home to the 1400 head bison herd. Roads like this crisscross the hills.
Milton Hoskins of Hampshire
This is a tidal pool at Ocean Point Maine. is ourfavorite place to watch sunsets. I discovered this spot on vacation with my parents in the early 70s, we have taken our kids out there a few times and most recently enjoyed an early 40th anniversary side trip to our "special" rocks.
Joan Dye of Wheaton
This was taken recently at Ocean Point Maine. It is of a tidal pool that caught my eye with its vibrant colors.
Joan Dye of Wheaton
While on mountain biking expedition with a group of 14 guys all from the Chicago area I came along this spectacular spot along the McKenzie River Trail just outside of Bend, Oregon.
Rick Humbert of Naperville
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