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

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

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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