THE MAJESTIC COMMON LOON CATTAIL The forecast this June morning

The forecast this June morning was to be mostly clear with some clouds

The abundance of beautiful wildflowers on this prairie landscape scene were out in force

I looked for more subjects nearby as the colors were still strong and beautiful

I wanted to focus solely on this rosinweed flower being illuminated by the early morning sunlight so

The night before I had checked the weather and the forecast was to be mostly overcast with partial sun breaks during the early morning hours at sunrise

THE MAJESTIC COMMON LOON CATTAIL The forecast this June morningI had been photographing the common loons for a few days and on this particular morning I was hoping one or two of the loons would come closer to the banks of the lake then they had the previous days. With this image, I had my eyes in the view finder of my Nikon camera using my 300mm f4. 0 lens on the tripod, checking out a loon when I lifted my head up and noticed this loon swimming just off shore checking me out. Excited that this was the shot I was