A WINTER SUNRISE FROM WILDFLOWER LAKE MAY A cabbage white butterfly rests

A cabbage white butterfly rests for a moment during this summer morning at Wildflower Park

I wanted to get a close up image of the umbel and florets so

Eakin Creek West becomes frozen in time while a box elder tree is engulfed in crystals from the freezing rain at Wildflower Park

I quickly composed the wildflowers of the swamp milkweed and some cup plants with the colors of the sunrise and began photographing

While trying to get a photograph of the male

A WINTER SUNRISE FROM WILDFLOWER LAKE MAY A cabbage white butterfly restsAs the sun begins to break the horizon, the first light starts to illuminate this winter scenic landscape from a patterned Wildflower Lake. The freshly fallen snow and the frigid temperatures at 0F help create patterns of small lines across the lake leaving shadows behind before the sunlight begins to take over during this February morning at Wildflower Park. (530 17)