UP UP AND AWAY JUNE After photographing the wildflowers for

After photographing the wildflowers for a couple hours

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

A thick heavy fog surrounds the park on this wet morning as I gaze out across the lake only to be able to see about 50 yards ahead

The silhouette of a teasel weed plant is being backlit by the soft filtered summer sunlight at Wildflower Park

I set out to photograph the sunset during the late afternoon hours on these short days of late autumn and was hoping that it would be a nice and colorful sunset

UP UP AND AWAY JUNE After photographing the wildflowers forA hot air balloon rises above the prairie on this beautiful summer morning in Northern Illinois. (454 94)