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 September 7.
Sundown on Trail Ridge Road at about 11,000 feet in Rocky Mountain National Park on July 31.
Jerry McDaniel of Schaumburg
A ship passes on the horizon as the sun was setting in Door County, Wis. in September, 2014.
Diana Laufer of Grayslake
A caterpillar crawls on a plant at the Nashusa Grasslands near Franklin Grove, Illinois in June.
Terry L. Hardekopf of Mundelein
The attached photo was taken 8/27/15 at the Batavia Bark Park at West Main Community at sunrise on a foggy morning. Belle, the dog on the right, was actually "fishing". Trapper, the dog on the left was "catching" a drink.
Marianne Dyer of Union
I took this photo of a sunset at Apple Canyon Lake.
Kyle Livengood of Sleepy Hollow
I keep a feeder in my backyard, and I noticed there happened to be quite a crowd of birds at the feeder one morning. I wanted to capture the moment, so I grabbed my camera and snapped this pic.
Candy Johnson-Eich, of Elmhurst
This is the Ferris wheel at Navy Pier on a foggy morning. 135 zoom, F5.6, speed 100.
Tom Crawford, of Carol Stream
I don't care if I win but just thought this picture was beautiful. I enjoy walking around that pond at Morton Arboretum a few times a week and every day it changes.
Susan Ganden, of Lisle
Setting sun over the marsh at Moraine Hills State Park in McHenry during the first week of September.
Butch Law of Des Plaines
Bumble bee doing what bees do on a butterfly bush in an Arlington Heights backyard.
Fred Share of Arlington Heights
I took this photo of our dog Cisco keeping an eye on the neighborhood from his favorite chair.
Nicholas Klann of Batavia
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