Images: See the winning images of our weekly photo contest
Each week you submit your favorite photo. We pick the best of the bunch and select the finalists. Here are the finalists for the week of March 21.
A backpacker hikes on the Wonderland Trail in Mount Ranier National Park in September of 2014.
Tony Filippo of Green Oaks
This photo was taken while I was volunteering at the Willowbrook Wildlife center. I was doing my walk around our permanent animal residents and saw this bee pollinating. I grabbed my iPhone and just kept continuously shooting. I put the phone away and didn't look at the pictures until I got home. I found this one and love it.
Valerie Speciale of Wood Dale
I noticed this White-spotted Hermit Crab in a aquarium during a visit to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital playroom. It was an interesting shot, being as I had to shoot the image through both glass and water. The crab looked right at me while having his photo taken.
Randy Link of Winfield
A dazzling desert sunset in the Saguaro National Park West in Tucson, Arizona in February.
Nancy Giardina of Libertyville
Three sandhill cranes in flight on February 27 over the Marl Flats Forest Preserve in Ingleside.
Marty Krogh of Ingleside
A range horse stands out in the middle of nowhere in Colorado.
Butch Law of Des Plaines
Stephanie Tinaglia demonstrates her passion for dance with The Outlet Dance Co. during a performance on March 5.
Christine M. Solum of Arlington Heights
I took this muskrat shot at Exner Marsh as it was heading back home.
Bob Williams of Huntley
They take their Easter egg decorating seriously in Europe. I took this photo at an Easter Market in front of the Schonbrunn Palace in Vienna in early March. They decorate everything from quail eggs to ostrich eggs and even snail shells.
Chuck Dana of Algonquin
Just got back from my first trip to Arizona. The cactuses in the Sonoran Desert really impressed me and I snapped this shot.
James Paskiewicz of Algonquin
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