Images: Photo Contest Finalists
Clouds are reflected in the Sept. 11 Memorial earlier this month in New York City.
Rita Mathias of Buffalo Grove
A horse with expressive eyes, white eyelashes and the bit of mane cools down in a parking lot in Ohio last May.
Jeanne Garrett of Arlington Heights
Trees have made a color transition in a McHenry forest preserve on Halloween.
Allison Cuba of Ingleside
The filaments of a very old light bulb glow as it is left on a book, powered using an 18-volt transformer.
Curt Sriver of Libertyville
Leaves start to change from very red to pink during the fall season in Libertyville.
Colin Morabito of Libertyville
While the Chicago area was experiencing its first snowfall of the season in November, a beachgoer in Cancun sent a text message the old-fashioned way.
Jean K. Brown of Elgin
I took a different route home from work on this morning. The sun was coming up as the fog was starting to lift. It was the first time the sun had been out in the last week, so I took the opportunity to enjoy it while snapping a few photos with my phone.
Marc Moxon of Woodstock
In early November, fall colors lined the walkway to the Robert R. McCormick Museum at Cantigny Park in Wheaton.
Mike Weimer of St. Charles
This photo was taken this past September in Door County, Wis. It is a shot of Schoolhouse Beach on Washington Island. The beach was named after the first school house built in 1850 on Washington Island in this beautiful crystal-clear bay. The smooth, even soft feeling, rounded limestones where left there after the action of an ice age glacier. There is a severe penalty for the removal of any of these unique stones.
Ron Brushwyler of Wheaton
This photo was taken last January in Minnesota less than 100 miles south of Canada.
Bill Wiedel of Glendale Heights
Having to be extra early at the airport these days is usually a drawback. But this trip had a silver, or rather a golden lining.Sunrise at OÂ’Hare offered a fantastic contrast of airliner tails, bright early morning sunbeams and a silhouette of the downtown buildings.Just as I snapped the picture, a landing jet floated into view under the tail of the plane I was about to board. Perfect timing.
John Maystadt of Roselle
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