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 February 9.
Steam rises from the cold ground of a paint pot in Yellowstone National Park in February 2013.
Debra Ferguson of Kildeer
This photo called "Fish Scales" was taken by the Fox River in North Aurora. The fish had died and washed up on shore. The intricacy of its scales intrigued me and I took this close-up photo.
Steve Surdynski of Aurora
I took this photo on January 28th when I ventured out to Starved Rock State Park. I Wanted to capture the cool coloration of ice and the warm colors of sandstone formations and tall grasses. Along the Illinois River just east past LaSalle Canyon a beached yellow boat lies along the shoreline. The attached photo which required a three shot bracket is my entry.
Tony Pocewicz, of Carpentersville
I took this photo at the Big Sioux River in Sioux Falls, SD at sunset.
Keith Leman of Crystal Lake,
Taylor Reckert does a handstand above the Grand Canyon in Arizona in January 2015 during a cross-country road trip from Illinois to California.
Taylor Reckert of Mundelein
Two hearts were formed by the tire tracks of two newspaper delivery cars on January 3, 2015 in Libertyville.
Carol Huntsinger of Libertyville
Icicles melt in the sun earlier this week.
Kristina Kruskol of Hoffman Estates
A horse stands in the snow in Barrington Hills earlier this month.
Pamela Land of Barrington Hills
This picture was taken from the vantage point of my driveway in Naperville this week after the blizzard.
Nancy Havener, of Naperville
I was driving down main street in Downers Grove after our 15 inches of snow and these stopped me in my tracks. I circled the block and came back and photographed them.I liked the abstract quality and the contrast of the white and black shadows on the red bricks.
Todd A. Sherlock, from Downers Grove
As I was walking through Cantigny Park during the snow, I paused in front of the Doughboy statue. I thought for a moment of our WWI soldiers and for a brief moment I could envision this soldier forging through the snow and the cold fighting for us. And here he was at Cantigny, continuing to fight through the blizzard conditions of 2015.
Tony Lyons, of Wheaton
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