THE SHIFTING OF THE MORNING COLORS MIST box elder trees that line

box elder trees that line the banks of Eakin Creek West

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I didn't have to wait very long for the colors to fill sky and I then began to compose the shots and started pressing that shutter release

Every photographer dreams of getting that perfect lighting when they are out photographing

THE SHIFTING OF THE MORNING COLORS MIST box elder trees that lineA brief moment of calmness comes to fruition before a slight breeze moves across the landscape leaving the grasses and plants swaying to the rhythm of the winds at Wildflower Lake. The colors of the sunrise shifts from the purples and pinks of the early morning, to the oranges as the spring sun breaks the horizon on this beautiful June morning in Northern Illinois. (501 40)