BIERSTADT LAKE AND THE MOUNTAINS Size:20x30 FINE ART PAPER A female snapping turtle rests

A female snapping turtle rests for a moment while searching for suitable ground to lay her eggs that will perpetuate her species at Wildflower Park in Northern Illinois

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I grabbed my camera gear and set out to photograph the recent snowfall in its purest form

along with a couple cottonwood trees

A pair of canada geese slowly move across the lake on this beautiful morning at Exner Wetland Nature Preserve

BIERSTADT LAKE AND THE MOUNTAINS Size:20x30 FINE ART PAPER A female snapping turtle restsIt was a cool August summer morning when I arrived at the trailhead to Bierstadt Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park. I started up the steep trail at 5: 15 am to catch the sunrise at the lake and the Continental Divide. It would take me just under an hour to reach the lake. There are numerous switchbacks leading up the mountain through some stands of aspen trees. After about 20 minutes, I no longer needed my headlamp to guide my way up the mountain.