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This week’s contest entries have a high-flying theme

Posted October 07, 2012 5:52 am

After two years of trying, Bensenvilles Skylar Dolecki says she finally was able to capture a picture of a hummingbird. This little ruby-throated hummingbird was flying around the zinnias at the Chicago Botanical Garden, she says.

Each week’s DuPage County Neighbor section includes at least one entry in our Photo Finish contest.

Our photo staff picks some of their favorite submissions to run each week and then one overall monthly winner.

This week’s entries have a distinct birdie theme — both the kinds that fly and the kinds that golfers hope for.

Skylar Dolecki of Bensenville says she spent two years trying to capture an image of a hummingbird before finally having success this summer by some zinnias at the Chicago Botanical Garden in Glencoe.

Van Dillenkoffer of Wheaton, meanwhile, focused his camera on Nick Faldo, a Golf Channel commentator, who shot his share of birdies on the PGA Tour, while he interacted with some European fans at the Ryder Cup. If you’d like to try your hand at submitting a photo of your own for consideration, email it in .jpg format with at least 300 dpi resolution to ssanders@dailyherald.com.

Include your name, address and phone number, plus a description of where you took the photo and the occasion.

The monthly winner will receive a $50 gift certificate, good at PJ’s Camera, Pickwick Place Plaza, 662 Roosevelt Road, Glen Ellyn.

Check back in our Neighbor section on Monday for a look at our September contest winner.

Van Dillenkoffer of Wheaton captured this photo of Nick Faldo, an announcer from the Golf Channel, with some Europeans during a practice round at the Ryder Cup.

Angela Cichosz of Carol Stream says she took this picture in her backyard. Basically, an airplane went several thousand feet into the air and wrote some of the tweets that fans sent out for the Ryder Cup, she says.

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