BACKLIT BEAUTY ALONG THE TRAIL RED A beautiful misty morning sunrise

A beautiful misty morning sunrise brightens up the colors of the park on this spring day

composed the shot and began shooting this outstanding sunset at Wildflower Park in Northern Illinois

After photographing the colorful sunrise at the lake with dramatic clouds

I decide to photograph silhouettes and close-ups along with the landscape in black and white which adds a little more mystery and mood to the images

BACKLIT BEAUTY ALONG THE TRAIL RED A beautiful misty morning sunriseAfter photographing the beautiful spring sunrise at Wildflower Lake, I continued on along the trail at Wildflower Park where the early morning sun was still low to the horizon. I was looking for some subjects to photograph along the trail with the sun illuminating those subjects when I came upon this Kentucky coffee tree being backlit with an orange glow from the morning sun. When photographing into the sun, these types of shots are a little tricky