Images: Photo Contest Finalists
Abstract effects taken during a lightning storm in Harvard on June 19, 2009.
Anne Van Der Bosch of Mundelein
A double cone flower grows in a Libertyville backyard last August.
Susan White of Libertyville
These water lilies, reflected in moving water at the Chicago Botanical Gardens, brought to mind the style of the impressionist painters.
Susan Birr of Carpentersville
Blue skies ahead! This was taken at the Springbrook Prairie in Naperville.
Fred Spitzzeri of Naperville
A frog peeks out from the vegetation on a pond at Crabtree Preserves in Barrington.
Tracy R Sefcik of Wheeling
This photo was taken while hiking Hurricane Ridge in the Olympic Nation Park. It reminds me of the movie The Sound of Music with the range of mountains in the background.
Cindy Smith of Cary
Daisies bloom in a field on a bank near the Des Plaines River in Des Plaines recently.
Butch Law of Des Plaines
This photo was taken at the Volo Auto Museum. This is the tire of a military vehicle shown in abstract form and converted to black and white with the photo app Snapseed on the iPad. The photo was taken with a Canon T3i and edited on an iPad for post processing.
Angela Cichosz of Carol Stream
A foal nuzzles its mother at a farm in Alden last April.
Kevin Hert of Lake Zurich
A squirrel with a nut walks through the woods last fall in Western Illinois.
Bob Esbensen of Palatine
This is a unique looking flower at the Morton Arboretum, but I donÂ’t know what it is!
Lena Conway of Naperville
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