COMPLIMENTING THE BEAUTIFUL SUNSET ART As I moved along the

As I moved along the trail

An early morning dusting of snow in Northern Illinois brings a beautiful winter scene to this prairie landscape along the South Fork Kishwaukee River with box elder trees standing precariously alongside the banks and some charismatic peachleaf willow trees off to the right at Wildflower Park

As the late afternoon waves crash the shoreline at Wildflower Lake

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COMPLIMENTING THE BEAUTIFUL SUNSET ART As I moved along theI 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. I thought I would photograph the sunset from Eakin Creek West first, which I did as a beautiful sunset appeared on this December evening with the sky coming alive with fascinating colors. After photographing the sunset from the creek, I looked for more subjects nearby as the colors were still