THE TREE BY THE LAKE KILLDEER composed the common milkweed along

composed the common milkweed along with the sunrise in frame and began photographing

The South Fork Kishwaukee River gradually makes its way through the prairie landscape with the reflections of a couple oak trees along with peachleaf willow trees

I looked for some good composition among the wildflowers and misty landscape to set up the tripod and waited briefly when the morning colors of the sunrise began to fill the sky

the colors of the sky begin to shift from the cool tones of pinks

I focused my attention on the wildflowers as the morning brightened up

THE TREE BY THE LAKE KILLDEER composed the common milkweed alongA foggy, ethereal feeling to this spring morning out on the prairie as a thick fog engulfs the prairie landscape with a paper birch tree at Wildflower Park. (645 1380)