Images: Photo Contest Finalists
A deer crosses the road in a Lake County Forest Preserve.
Curt Sriver of Libertyville
Beautiful sunset early in December overlooking the Loyola L stop and Sheridan Road.
Jimmy Heid of Mundelein
A pair of trumpeter swans fly in front of the full moon in the late afternoon earlier this month along the Mississippi River in Monticello, MN.
Bob Esbensen of Palatine
A boat sits serenely on the ocean in Jaco, Costa Rica last November.
Lois J. Rose of Schaumburg
Jackson Arbogast rides his cousin´s tricycle at his uncle´s farm near Henderson, NB last August.
Lynn N Arbogast of Hanover Park
On a summer camping trip to North Cascades National Park in Washington state, we awoke to see the fog lifting above a mirror image of Diablo Lake. If you look closely, you can see a man walking his dog on the slice of land right in the center of the photograph.
Mike Weimer of St. Charles
I took this picture the morning after our first snowstorm of the season last week. I had cleaned off the bird feeders in my yard before tackling the driveway. When I finished the drive and checked the feeders again there was the Cardinal.
Milton Hoskins of Hampshire
I took this photo of my wife Marla while hiking on the Starr Pass Trail near Tucson, AZ. It seems to capture the some of the beauty, expanse, and solitude of the Sonoran Desert.
Duane Shepley of West Dundee
I was on vacation in New York and on the top deck at the rail of a ferryboat with my camera hanging around my neck. All of a sudden this sea gull flew up to me and kept eying me at which time I picked up the camera and got this shot of the gull looking me over. I shot him on the last frame of the roll.
Walter Santi of Bloomingdale
I took this picture on my way home from work. This was the most amazing sunset Ive seen, and I was lucky enough to capture it on my iPhone.
John Wolfe of Wheaton
This is a photograph that I took this past October showing the beautiful fall colors surrounding the Millennium Carillon in Naperville reflected in the Quarry pond.
Susan Barhaug of Naperville
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