LIGHTING UP THE PRAIRIE LANDSCAPE PANORAMIC IMAGE A beautiful and colorful sunrise

A beautiful and colorful sunrise brings a sense of peace and joy to Wildflower Prairie with obedient plants being in full bloom in the foreground on this summer evening

The trail gets steeper the closer you get to the lake

Cattails are being backlit by the early morning winter sun highlighting the fluff that will soon be blowing in the wind on this wetland prairie landscape scene at Wildflower park

ice engulfs the landscape including these peachleaf willow trees at Wildflower Park

I could smell the beautiful sweet fragrance of the milkweed

LIGHTING UP THE PRAIRIE LANDSCAPE PANORAMIC IMAGE A beautiful and colorful sunriseAfter photographing the colorful sunrise at the lake with dramatic clouds, it looked like it was now going to downpour and I headed back to the trailhead. I crossed over the South Fork Kishwaukee River and noticed the sunlight lighting up the clouds and the prairie landscape with a remarkable and beautiful light. I set up the tripod, camera, composed the prairie landscape with the clouds being illuminated and began photographing. (499 178)