Daily Herald photo contest finalists
I had seen these triplets all over the neighborhood, but was never quick enough to get their picture. Then one day in July, there they were, relaxing in someone's yard. They let me walk right up to them and take several pictures.
Amy Kramer of Carpentersville
Lights sparkle on the pre-dawn calm of Monterey Bay on June 12, 2010 in Monterey Bay, California.
Peter Hill of Long Grove
Driving through Door County Wisconsin a couple weeks ago I stumbled over this creative use of the bed of an old pickup. It seemed right at home in front of an old closed-up gas station in Ellison Bay.
Tom Nicol of Geneva
With the use of an extension lens, a dew drop was captured forming on an evergreen tree.
Ann Van Schaik of Wauconda
This is our 12 year old Great Dane, Zena, and a newly hatched Monarch butterfly drying it's wings in preparation for its first flight.
Debbie Dolecki of Villa Park
This photo was taken in July in Alaska near Glacier Bay National Park.
Bob Sulla of Lombard
A spider works the night shift spinning a new web in a door frame.
Sharon Swing of Bartlett
Oli Sykes of Bring Me the Horizon performs at the Warped Tour, a music festival held in Chicago.
Abby Nierman of Mundelein
The city of Chicago as seen from a plane approaching O'Hare for landing on the morning of June 26th.
John Pearson of Mount Prospect
This photo was taken at Cape Cod looking out over the bay one evening in June while my family was there on vacation.
Callie Livengood of Batavia
A left over shell of the clematis vine blows in the wind in July.
Jeanne Garrett of Arlington Heights
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