See the winning images from our weekly photo contest
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 April 20.
A Great Blue Heron takes fight in Gurnee on April 14.
​Butch Law of Des Plaines
I took this photo of emerging tulips today after walking around my yard and checking on what flowers were getting ready to bloom. I took the picture from directly above the plant for the different view, The leaf edges added to the overall design.
Milton Hoskins of Hampshire
I took this photo of natures light show. I'm fascinated by lightning, but the storm of April 9th was far beyond any storm I ever observed. A 60 minute span of threatening skies ablaze with streaks of lightning. The attached photo was taken from our deck looking west toward Gilberts. The small streak of lighting in the center bottom of the pic appears to touch ground in the detention area behind our home.
Tony Pocewicz, of Carpentersville
Every spring brings the Siberian Squill back to Fabyan Park in Geneva. They make beautiful blue carpets all over the park, even into the woods. I call this one "Sunrise on a field of Siberian Squill". They may be viewed as invasive, but they're still beautiful.
Tom Nicol of Geneva
I photographed the Geneva Cabin Fever Festival at the intersection of Randall Road and Fabyan Boulevard. This photo is a landscape photo of the rides at sunset.
Angela Cichosz, from Carol Stream
The sun shines through the trees creating rays of light in the morning fog in September 2013.
Charles Spencer of Mundelein
A close-up of an orchid at the Chicago Botanical Gardens in Glencoe in March.
Karen Adams-Taylor of Antioch
Tulips are ready to burst open for their big debut at the Chicago Flower and Garden Show in March 2012.
Sheila O'Gara of Buffalo Grove
Pelicans rests on piers at the West Palm Beach Zoo in 2010.
Annabelle Kowalski of Wheeling
Last year on a day trip to the Gardens at Cantigny, in Wheaton, I was able to snap this picture of a Monarch Butterfly. It is just a reminder and hope to us all that, "yes" summer is coming soon. I cropped the image to help enlarge the shot.
Randy Link, from Winfield
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