Images: Photo Contest Finalists
Coneflowers create an artistic canvas blowing in the wind at the Chicago Botanic Garden.
Deb Marak of Arlington Heights
A silhouette of a Great Blue Heron on a pond in Ft. Myers, FL last October.
Linda Sarmento of Wildwood
A boat dock extends into a canal on the Mississippi River as clouds reflect in the water in Guttenberg, IA last summer.
Emily Siwik of Prospect Heights
A still life as the early morning light streams down on a water pitcher and basin in an old cabin located in western Alaska in June 2010.
John Grede of Round Lake
A star in the middle of a purple flower late last summer at the Chicago Botanical Gardens.
Karen Adams-Taylor of Antioch
Sunrise at Haleakala National Park photographed January 11, 2012.
Doug Sullivan of Batavia
Photo of my daughter Keegan Dashner going over one of the jumps at the Wayne Horse Show in September, 2011.
John Dashner of Geneva
Emma was interested in trying to use my new camera and one of her first and favorite subjects is Arty, her 3 year old Bichon Frise pup. He was resting in his usual spot on the couch looking out the window, says proud mom Amy.
Emma Orr of from Wheaton
This photo was captured while I was in the peace and solitude of a retreat with my high school youth group in Baraboo, WI. I will be majoring in photo journalism at Biola University in La Mirada, CA next fall. I love capturing moments like this!
Paige Bocianski of Wheaton
Bald Eagle couple photographed just south of the Carpenter Dam in Carpentersville. The male eagle (slightly smaller) is on the left, and the female is on the right. They were perched in a tree above the Fox River periodically stretching their wings and changing position but otherwise just sitting there.
Jason Patrick of Elgin
I took this photo last month while touring Shark Valley, Everglades, FL. It is a close-up of an alligatorÂ’s tail.
Viana Oliver of Winfield
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