FINDING BEAUTY ON THE PRAIRIE CANDLEWOOD (FOUQUIERIA SPLENDENS) Morning views of the landscape

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

I was in awe at what I was seeing as a calm and peaceful scene is being reflected onto the surface of the lake

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

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

FINDING BEAUTY ON THE PRAIRIE CANDLEWOOD (FOUQUIERIA SPLENDENS) Morning views of the landscapeSometimes 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