Images: Photo Contest Finalists
Early Christmas morning, a bright red cardinal seemed to be looking into our family room.
Robert Wilson of Glen Ellyn
This is an unusual winter scene combining green grass and ice on a pond in Naperville.
John Provenzano of Naperville
A Christmas tree sits on the edge of a dock on Virginia Lake in Palatine during a full moon.
Joshua Herzog of Palatine
Taken on a slightly foggy morning in early summer in Silver Spring State Park just south of Plano. Came across this doe with child, and she didnt spook. I processed it in black and white, I thought it gave it a more mystical look about it.
Walter Lesus of Sandwich
A pelican swoops down to feed on the fish off the beach in the country of Antigua last summer.
Jamie McCormick of Mundelein
This picture was taken in Badlands National Park, South Dakota while walking a trail one early evening this past September. The stratified colors are beautiful in the evening especially if the ground is damp from a recent rain.
Milton Hoskins of Hampshire
Eddie, right, and Chula run together at Fox River Bluff Dog Park in St. Charles after a light snow shower in December.
Albert Diaz of Bartlett
In Yosemite National Park, Bridalveil Falls plunges 620 feet over a glacier-carved hanging valley. The whispy falls flow into the parks Merced River and eventually help irrigate farms in Californias central valley.
Mike Weimer of St. Charles
An icicle forms a striking curved pattern as the wind blew on the canvas covering patio furniture creating the unique S shape.
Susie Lee of Wheeling
A child holds a sparkler on the Fourth of July as the sun sets over Buckatabon Lake in Conover, Wisconsin.
Colin Morabito of Libertyville
Th shadows from the chairs contrasts with the pattern of the bricks on a mild December day at the Chicago Botanic Garden.
Nancy Giardina of Libertyville
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