Images: Photo Contest Finalists
Each week you submit your favorite photo. We pick the best of them and select the finalists. Here are the finalists for the week of December, 22.
Photo of sunset taken at COD in Glen Ellyn.
Karen Kowert, of Glen Ellyn
A bee lands on a purple coneflower at the Chicago Botanical Gardens in Glencoe last year.
Tom Egan of Streamwood
This spider had spun it's web between several of the plants in my backyard. It was a spider I hadn't seen before so I took its picture.
Milton Hoskins of Hampshire
A barn along Gilmer Road near Route 176 early one Sunday morning.
Eric W. Miller of Mundelein
In October 2014 at the Milwaukee zoo, the flamingos were gathered and enjoying one of the last warm days of the season. These three were standing together, the ones in back and in the foreground giving the effect of a reflection of the other.
Susan Birr, of Carpentersville
This month, a group of us visited "Illumination", a milelong avenue of flashing and moving tree lights at the Morton Arboretum in Wheaton. The light show's colors were simply dazzling, putting us all in the Christmas spirit!
Mike Weimer of St. Charles
This photo was taken in our living room through a glass of water. The the water acts like a lens and inverts & reverses the image. I rotated the picture 90 degrees so you can see the image of the Christmas tree with the presents in its normal state. I believe the fuzziness occurs do to "Spherical aberration", (increased refraction of light rays). The lights below the glass are the tree lights far behind the glass. Shot in RAW Format with vignetting added with post processing software.
Randy Link, of Winfield
Jennifer Kearns celebrates her birthday by posing on the observation deck at Willis Tower in Chicago on September 21.
Jessica Kearns, of Elk Grove Village
Quinn Finder, left, and his brother, Max, wears Santa hats at Mount Prospect's Conservatory Holiday Open House on Saturday, December 6th.
Marni Finder of Mount Prospect
A Sharp-Shinned Hawk waits to catch a bird in an Island Lake yard.
Joan Farrell of Island Lake
Cars cruise through downtown Antioch as the streets are lined in holiday lights on Saturday night November 29.
Mike Pal of Lake Villa
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