Daily Herald weekly photo contest finalists
This photo was taken at a football game between Metea Valley and Marian Central.
Larry Pearlman of Naperville
A pre-Halloween photo at night using camera flash zooms in on a spider as it made a web across the patio.
Marianne L. Winsor of Palatine
This photo shows berries and a waterlily taken at botanical gardens two weeks ago.
Andrea Stevens of Villa Park
A close-up image of a cactus taken at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, AZ.
Amy Kelly of Mt. Prospect
Dew droplets hang on the overnight work of a spider who created an intricate web along the fence of a home in Antioch.
Jim Huskey of Libertyville
This was taken in early October while vacationing in Colorado. During a picturesque drive down Hwy. 67 on the way to Cripple Creek, I stopped to take this photograph. These trees were charred black from a forest fire several years ago and the golden aspens seemed to give the look of the long ago flames that ravaged this area.
Susan Birr of Carpentersville
This fisherman was trying his luck at the base of the Dresden Dam on the Illinois River. The roar of the water coming through the gates is captured in the spray and waves surging behind him.
Robert Sharp of Gilberts
A bit of autumn is captured in this photo.
Linda Bowman of Roselle
The sun was low on the entrance to the Viking house in the Norway section of the World Showcase at EPCOT Center at Disney World. It reflected the Viking-style craftsmanship of the carved wood.
Duane Heath of Bartlett
This photo was captured at Cantigny in Wheaton, IL. The photo is a detailed macro shot that shows all the layers of the rose.
Angela F. Cichosz of Carol Stream
This photo was taken in September in Jelenia Gora, Poland and shows paragliding off the top of a hill which overlooks the entire town.
Gosia Choragwicka of Gilberts
A baby raccoon tries to figure out how to open the lid that he was sitting on as he appeared one day climbing up the squirrel feeder.
Lynda Vital of Libertyville
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