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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 October 12

Getting up early in Door County, I caught Mr. Sol rising on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan. As he was yawning and stretching to begin his day, he cast has radiance on the clouds along the horizon. He gave me the privilege of capturing him before he was barely awake. In one of the photos, a lone cedar looks into the sunrise and cast a perfect silhouette to those who where there to witness. Tony Lyons of Wheaton
A squirrel take a break from getting ready for winter to take a drink from our pond. Glenn Domovic of Aurora
This October we vacationed in Door County, Wisconsin to enjoy the annual fall color show. We drove this famous stretch of Highway 42 as it curves back and forth through the colorful forest between Gills Rock and Northport. Mike Weimer of St. Charles
I took this shot of a Barn Owl at the Stillman Nature preserve on 10/18/15. I like the fall colors in the background Tom Egan of Streamwood
Dan O'Malley of GenevaI took this picture in early October on a gorgeous and peaceful fall afternoon up in St. Germain, WI.
Zachary, a gorilla born at Brookfield Zoo on September 23, plays with his mother at the zoo on October 15. Roy Lobenhofer of Mount Prospect
Fall scene at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe on October 21. ​Butch Law of Des Plaines
Corbin Orr stares out the window at his dog, Koda, at his Arlington Heights home on October 11. Jessica Tanyko of Arlington Heights
Sundown on an Illinois farm near Belvidere in late August. Bobby Becker of Grayslake
Wrigley Field on the day the Chicago Cubs clinched the playoff series against the St. Louis Cardinals Julie Bond of Libertyville
Dan Mayworm of MundeleinEarly afternoon at The Horse You Came In On Saloon on October 17 in Baltimore's harbor district. The bar opened in 1775 and claims to be where Edgar Allen Poe took his last drink.
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