BIERSTADT LAKE AND THE MOUNTAINS Size:10x15 FINE ART PAPER With the colors of this

With the colors of this July sunrise appearing just before the sun touches the horizon

Sometimes things don't come out the way you had hoped but

A beautiful pair of sandhill cranes gracefully move across the prairie landscape in search of a meal during a sunny spring afternoon in Northern Illinois

Blue vervain plants are a common site while walking throughout Wildflower Park

I had photographed many sunrises this year and wanted to focus my attention on the wildflowers of Wildflower Park

BIERSTADT LAKE AND THE MOUNTAINS Size:10x15 FINE ART PAPER With the colors of thisIt was a cool August summer morning when I arrived at the trailhead to Bierstadt Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park. I started up the steep trail at 5: 15 am to catch the sunrise at the lake and the Continental Divide. It would take me just under an hour to reach the lake. There are numerous switchbacks leading up the mountain through some stands of aspen trees. After about 20 minutes, I no longer needed my headlamp to guide my way up the mountain.