Weekly photo contest finalists
I took this picture at Indian Rocks Beach, Florida. This impressive bird seems to be asking the fisherman, "Having any luck?"
Jane Swanson of Batavia
A canal in Venice, Italy, during the morning hours before it became crowded.
Barb Klein of Libertyville
A doe and her fawn touch noses at a Hoffman Estates Forest Preserve in September.
Bob Esbensen of Palatine
The pumpkin vines are curling around everything in sight in the photographer's garden.
Christina Pawlak of Schaumburg
This is a picture of my grandson on Halloween night. He is dressed as the Dark Knight. The fog lends pure magic to this photo.
Eileen Valek of Roselle
We were walking in the Audubon Park near Portland, OR recently when I noticed this startling and unexpected sharp shadow on a log. I have no idea why it was so sharp in that dense, forested area.
Jim Wiedman of Lombard
I took this picture at Glasshagel Field in Winfield during my daughter's soccer practice.
Andrea Groesbeck of Winfield
A praying mantis eats a bumble bee at the Morton Arboretum on September 20th.
Julio A. Agron of Elk Grove Village
This photo was taken during the Mayors Challenge race at the Tour of Elk Grove August 2nd, 2009. The rider on the ground is the photographer's brother, Jim Groenh, of of Elk Grove Village.
Johnna Grweniger of North Aurora
The sunrise on a lake at Maroon Bells in Colorado on September 25, 2009.
Werner Neuman of Long Grove
A lazy grasshopper sits on a flower taking in the sun by the pond in Waukegan.
Kevin S. Smith of Waukegan