A MORNING OF BEAUTIFUL SCENERY Size:8x12 FINE ART PAPER The early morning sunlight illuminates

The early morning sunlight illuminates these beautiful bouquets of swamp milkweed flowers at Wildflower Park

I arrived at the trailhead with plenty of time before the colors of the sunrise would dominate the sky

I have photographed this peachleaf willow tree hundreds of times throughout the years and it never gets boring

A male red-winged blackbird takes a moment of rest atop of a cattail before continuing its display of showing its colors and calling to attract a female in this wetland landscape setting at Wildflower Park

A MORNING OF BEAUTIFUL SCENERY Size:8x12 FINE ART PAPER The early morning sunlight illuminatesEvery photographer dreams of getting that perfect lighting when they are out photographing. The morning of February 1 I just happened to get lucky with that moment of perfect lighting along a frozen South Fork Kishwaukee River. The soft lighting illuminates this beautiful scene giving off a reddish hue to the landscape of box elder trees, peachleaf willows, a couple cottonwood and a couple oak trees with many dogbane plants in the foreground at