LOOKING BACK AT BEAUTY Size:8X12 METAL PRINT What an awesome experience this

What an awesome experience this had been seeing this beautiful and colorful bird so close up

I wanted to give a sense at how wide the honey locust tree was and filled the frame with the its wide expanse

It is that time of year in late winter

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

the foreground is made up of mostly dogbane plants which are in the milkweed family

LOOKING BACK AT BEAUTY Size:8X12 METAL PRINT What an awesome experience thisAfter a short time photographing the sunrise at Wildflower Lake, I decided to head back home. I reached the bridge that crosses over the South Fork Kishwaukee River shortly after leaving the lake in which I looked back and seen this beautiful view of the colorful sky with the bridge and the peachleaf willow tree that I have come to enjoy photographing and seeing along my hikes in the park. I couldn't pass photographing this beautiful scene in front of