Daily Herald weekly photo contest finalists
This photo was taken in Houston, TX and is called One Shell.
Larry Pearlman of Naperville
A flower shines brightly in a Breckenridge, CO garden in last July.
Sharon Swing of Bartlett
A purple sandpiper feeds on an ice covered Waukegan harbor concrete pier in the freezing wind.
Mike Trahan of Mundelein
A bountiful harvest in Sonoma of "old vine" zinfandel grapes in October is pictured here. The beautiful blue skies and the smell of grape "crushing" in the Napa Valley and adjacent Sonoma Valley was awesome!
Norm Loboda of Geneva
A self-portrait taken while walking along a Lake Michigan dog beach in Chicago.
Kelsey Stoecker of Gurnee
Plant buds were frozen in the freezing rain that turned Long Grove into an ice-covered panorama last December.
Peter Hill of Long Grove
A staircase in a Sicillian hotel.
Bonnie Buma of DuPage County
A sparrow sits in a corn field in western Illinois as the sun sets in January.
Bob Esbensen of Palatine
This is my artistic rendition of a harvest moon. To create this photo I took three pictures: a dead tree, a full moon, and the stars. To get the shooting star I took a picture of the clear night sky during the Perseid Meteor Shower.
Brendan McGee of Batavia
A father and son share a moment at a bonfire at YMCA Camp MacLean in Burlington, Wisconsin.
Sam Duray of Mount Prospect
This photo was taken in Houston, TX and is called Glass and Granite.
Larry Pearlman of Naperville
Article Comments
Guidelines: Keep it civil and on topic; no profanity, vulgarity, slurs or personal attacks. People who harass others or joke about tragedies will be blocked.
If a comment violates these standards or our terms of service, click the "flag" link in the lower-right corner of the comment box. To find our more, read our FAQ.