CLOUDS ABOVE THE PRAIRIE Size:8X12 METAL PRINT Morning mist hovers over this

Morning mist hovers over this summer landscape as the sunlight finally breaks through the cloud cover illuminating this scene of grasses and box elder trees during sunrise at Wildflower Park

I knew exactly where in the park to head to photograph the wildflowers

With the sun breaking the horizon just above the box elder trees that line the banks of Eakin Creek West

I quickly panned a little to my left and quickly pressed the shutter release as the loon swam right in front of me before diving beneath the surface of Wildflower Lake

I was looking for some good wildflower composition to photograph with the sunrise and came upon this scene of eastern daisy fleabane

CLOUDS ABOVE THE PRAIRIE Size:8X12 METAL PRINT Morning mist hovers over thisAfter photographing the colorful sunrise at the lake with dramatic clouds, it looked like it was now going to downpour and I headed back to the trailhead. I crossed over the South Fork Kishwaukee River and noticed the sunlight lighting up the clouds and the prairie landscape with a remarkable and beautiful light. I set up the tripod, camera, composed the prairie landscape with the clouds being illuminated and began photographing. (499 171)