Plainfield resident Robin Kosiek's photo of a water droplet clinging to a branch took first place in the Forest Preserve District of Will County's Wonders of Water photo contest.
Kosiek snapped the winning photo at Hammel Woods in Shorewood. She said a friend convinced her to enter the contest. The background of the photo is out of focus, but the droplet magnifies and inverts the fuzzy world around it, creating a crystal image in the lower half of the frame.
“The day I took the photo, it had just rained and was still a bit drizzly,” she said. “I decided to go out and take photos of the trees at Hammel Woods. The trees are my favorite. There were so many raindrops just hanging from the tips of the branches of two trees adjacent to the parking lot. I must have stood there for half an hour just taking pictures of the raindrops.”
The photo was one of six finalists selected from 220 entries submitted by more than 50 participants during the six-week contest, which ended March 11.
Jamie Sariyavong, of Joliet, came in second with her picture of water rushing over rocks at Isle a la Cache preserve in Romeoville. Third place was given to Kathy Bobal, of Braidwood, for a photo of swirling water taken at Hammel Woods.
The top three photos were chosen online by voters who either liked or commented on their favorite photo via the district's Facebook page. All entries have been posted on the district's Flickr account,
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