A PASTEL MORNING OF TREES INSECT the first light starts to

the first light starts to illuminate this winter scenic landscape from a patterned Wildflower Lake

The puffy cumulus clouds above made this a perfect morning to photograph at Wildflower Park in Northern Illinois

The wildflowers this year were beautiful

I thought this scene would be perfect to photograph as you can only see to the bridge and nothing beyond which helps bring about that ethereal feeling

To help me balance out the exposure of this scene I used a 2 stop neutral density filter

A PASTEL MORNING OF TREES INSECT the first light starts toA beautiful cool misty spring morning with cottonwood trees and peachleaf willow trees highlighted by the pastel colors behind just before the sun breaks the horizon in Northern Illinois. (639 1209)