2012 Winter Travel Photo Contest

The voting has closed for our Winter Travel Photo Contest. But be sure to check out our finalists gallery, as well as the Best of the Rest gallery - at the bottom of the page - featuring all the great photos entered in the contest.

THE 24 FINALISTS
Marc Albuck of Richboro: Dress rehearsal at Washington Crossing Historic Park, Dec. 11, for the annual Delaware River crossing.
Jack Hoopes, Berwyn: Graceann Hoopes, the photographer’s wife, zip-lines in the “upside down and backward” position at Witch’s Rock, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, in December.
Linda Tschoepe of North Wales: One of the many beautiful carriage roads at Eagle Lake in Acadia National Park, Mount Desert Island, Maine. Tschoepe and her husband spent time there after Christmas.
Jennifer Williams, Voorhees: Hard at work on frozen Tenaya Lake in Yosemite National Park in the Sierra Nevada.
Rachel Birk, Richboro: Solo flute, Dec. 25, on a mother-daughter hike in the red rocks of Sedona, Ariz., during a family vacation.
Geri DiBiase, Lewes, Del.: Taken in Harwich, Cape Cod, Mass., on Christmas Day. Overlooking Mill Pond after a slight dusting of snow.
Chris Gilbert, Harleysville: Bryce Canyon, Utah, Ponderosa Point, early afternoon on Dec. 27, 2011. A favorite view, with its variety of textures.
Meghan E. Muller: It snowed in October in Pennsylvania, but it was warm enough in Low Country South Carolina for a Thanksgiving walk on the beach. This picture is of my son, Chase, 2, taken on Hilton Head Island.
Susan Schaefer, Pompano Beach, Fla.: “Social Consciousness,” a 1954 sculpture by Jacob Epstein at the back entrance of the Philadelphia Art Museum, taken at sunset on Dec. 28, 2011, during her holiday visit back to her hometown.
Thomas Toohey Brown, Blue Bell: Whalehead Club in Corolla, Currituck County on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, taken Nov. 20, 2011.
Sara Wallace, Princeton: A Philadelphia native explores Trakai, Lithuania’s island castle.
Beth Weiner, Churchville: Young Island, a resort off the harbor of St. Vincent, Grenadines, West Indies.
Laura Igoe, Philadelphia: Sunrise in the Tetons, near Jackson Hole, Wyoming, taken on Dec. 20, 2011.
Jim McGrath, Philadelphia: Just before sunset on the beach near the lighthouse on Sanibel Island, Fla., on Nov. 27.
Christopher Scholl, West Chester: My friend Carl sets up surf fishing gear on Brant Beach, Long Beach Island. It's 7 a.m. on Nov. 26, and the striped bass are running.
Jim Vaccarelli, Exton: Sunset on Marco Island in Florida, taken in December.
Lanny Cheifet, Fort Washington: The swimming pigs come to Staniel Cay, an island in the Bahamas, to be fed when they hear boat engines.
Tom DiNardo, Philadelphia: A goldenrod got a visitor in Port Charlotte, Fla., as Dinardo vacationed, visiting his sister.
Louise Gribling, Maple Glen: A hippo out of the water during the middle of the day at the Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya.
Jeff Michael, Telford: Residents of the National Elk Preserve, Jackson Hole, Wyo., taken Dec. 17, 2011.
Carol Milich, Medford: Taken Dec. 6, 2011, at the end of Christophers Mill Road, Medford.
Geraldine Jacobs, Chesterbrook: Valley Forge National Historical Park participated in Wreaths Across America, displaying 2,000 wreaths to commemorate the men and women who died there in 1777-78.
Bonnie L. Sysko-Dodge, Northampton: A sign outside Palmerton, Pa., was a festive discovery on a day trip Dec. 21, 2011, to take holiday photos in the area.
Betty Voll, Audubon, Camden County: Sand-a Claus, taken on Folly Beach in South Carolina on Christmas Day, while visiting daughter and family.

The Best of the Rest

Take a look at the rest of our readers´ photo contest entries, from locations as close as Delaware County and as far away as Chile. <a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/travel/129451168.html"><b>View the gallery.</b></a>

Take a look at the rest of our readers' photo contest entries, from locations as close as Delaware County and as far away as Chile. View the gallery.