IN FULL BLOOM ON THE PRAIRIE Size:20X30 GALLERY WRAP The colors of the sunrise

The colors of the sunrise started to appear filling the sky

I glanced skyward to check the clouds which happen to be altostratus clouds

what a beauty at Wildflower Lake

After photographing the cottonwood trees being back lit by the sunlight

I decided to use my 105mm Nikkor lens to isolate certain areas of the clouds and began photographing the storm clouds on this June morning at Wildflower Park

IN FULL BLOOM ON THE PRAIRIE Size:20X30 GALLERY WRAP The colors of the sunriseThe forecast was to be another sunny beautiful day so, I left the house around 4: 30 am and headed to the Burnidge Forest Preserve. The previous days I scouted out a few areas to photograph the wildflowers and the Burnidge Forest Preserve had plenty to photograph so, I made that my priority today. I knew where in the preserve I wanted to go to photograph the wildflowers because, there were an abundance of them. It wasn't long before I reached the area