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 November 3.
Lights are reflected in The Bean as buildings disappear in the fog and support for the USA World Cup team is on display in a summer evening scene at Millennium Park in Chicago last June.
Ken Simpson of Arlington Heights
Alex Harrison feeds a giraffe his own way at Goebert's Pumpkin Farm in Hampshire.
Kim Harrison of Streamwood
A dragonfly lands on broken plant at Lakewood Forest Preserve near Wauconda.
Joan Farrell of Island Lake
Early morning wildflowers at Mount Rainer National Park in Washington last September.
Tony Filippo of Green Oaks
The sun sets near a campfire on Flathead Lake, Montana in August 2013.
Susan Jarrett of Gurnee
I'm enjoying the fall weather on the Meacham Grove trail near Roselle.
Alicia Adachi of Roselle
I took this image in my room on my desk; I set up the lighting from a certain angle to ensure I would be able to effectively illuminate the incense and its' smoke. I also had a light shinning downward so there would be enough information for my DSLR so I could use a high shutter speed (to freeze the motion of the smoke). I captured this in black and white to add to the contrast between the white smoke and dark background.
Kim Lemke of Wayne
I took this photo on our fall trip to Mongolia in 2014. We rode these horses in the snow in the Khovsgol Lake region of Mongolia.
Lou Wilson of St. Charles
I took this photo after a rainstorm. The wet leaves stained my driveway I thought it looked like a painting!
Jill Raschke of St. Charles ...
My wife took this picture while at a wedding this past weekend in Eagan, Minnesota. I'm not sure what causes a cloud pattern like this but it makes for a nice picture.
Dave Hoffrage of Lombard
I took this shot in a Wheaton, IL garden on a rainy fall day. I was drawn by the large raindrops contrasting with the rich colors and lines of the cabbage plant and fallen leaves.
Mike Weimer of St. Charles
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