BACKLIT BEAUTY ALONG THE TRAIL BEEBALM (MONARDA DIDYMA) A beautiful spring sunrise illuminates

A beautiful spring sunrise illuminates this scene along the south fork Kishwaukee River as a male mallard duck swims close by

False sunflowers were the dominant flower with blue vervain

A winter afternoon snowfall comes through this wetland prairie scene with a mourning dove resting on a cup plant stalk as I make my way through this beautiful area of the park

The early morning sunlight brightens the flowers from the blue vervain plant at Wildflower Park

I started to look for patterns with color and found many cloud subjects to choose from

BACKLIT BEAUTY ALONG THE TRAIL BEEBALM (MONARDA DIDYMA) A beautiful spring sunrise illuminatesAfter photographing the beautiful spring sunrise at Wildflower Lake, I continued on along the trail at Wildflower Park where the early morning sun was still low to the horizon. I was looking for some subjects to photograph along the trail with the sun illuminating those subjects when I came upon this Kentucky coffee tree being backlit with an orange glow from the morning sun. When photographing into the sun, these types of shots are a little tricky