FINDING BEAUTY ON THE PRAIRIE CANDLEWOOD (FOUQUIERIA SPLENDENS) This summer sunrise was spectacular

This summer sunrise was spectacular and majestic with a mist coming off Wildflower Lake and the magnificent colors changing from one minute to the next

The red color sandstone is do to hematite or iron oxide (rust)

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The lighting was starting to become interesting on this end of the lake so

Morning views of the landscape slowly become visible during a misty summer morning that brings mystery and suspense along with a colorful sunrise while walking the trails at Wildflower Park in Northern Illinois

FINDING BEAUTY ON THE PRAIRIE CANDLEWOOD (FOUQUIERIA SPLENDENS) This summer sunrise was spectacularSometimes finding a scene to photograph during the colder months of the year can be a challenge. When I am not finding that scene to photograph, I try to look for more intimate subjects and capture the details like with this common milkweed stalk (ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA) and its opened seed pods still hanging on, in which the seeds have long blown away onto the prairie. The lighting had been very good this early spring morning in Northern Illinois and I