TEXTURES AND PATTERNS FROM THE EARLY MORNING SNOW WINTER yellow coneflower and teasel weed

yellow coneflower and teasel weed

A beautiful and colorful common loon gracefully swims across Wildflower Lake as it swims close by looking and investigating my way

wildflower lake and the colorful sunrise

The oak savanna was one of the most common habitats in the Midwest and now it is the most critically endangered ecosystem on earth

I decided to go off trail to capture the sunlight as it penetrated through to the forest floor and illuminate the autumn colors of maple

TEXTURES AND PATTERNS FROM THE EARLY MORNING SNOW WINTER yellow coneflower and teasel weedThis January winter morning sunrise brought some incredible lighting of cool and soft looking colors around these elderberry bushes along the South Fork Kishwaukee River in Northern Illinois. I like how the soft lighting brings out the textures of the patterns in the snow beneath the elderberry bushes. The temperature was an incredible 28F. (529 38)