THE MAJESTIC COMMON LOON CATTAIL The abundance of beautiful wildflowers

The abundance of beautiful wildflowers on this prairie landscape scene were out in force

A snowfall of 3-5 inches brings a beautiful winter landscape scene along a frozen South Fork Kishwaukee River on this cold February day at Wildflower Park

I looked for more subjects nearby as the colors were still strong and beautiful

I wanted to focus solely on this rosinweed flower being illuminated by the early morning sunlight so

Many wildflowers can be seen while walking through the park including these smooth hedge nettles at Wildflower Park

THE MAJESTIC COMMON LOON CATTAIL The abundance of beautiful wildflowersI had been photographing the common loons for a few days and on this particular morning I was hoping one or two of the loons would come closer to the banks of the lake then they had the previous days. With this image, I had my eyes in the view finder of my Nikon camera using my 300mm f4. 0 lens on the tripod, checking out a loon when I lifted my head up and noticed this loon swimming just off shore checking me out. Excited that this was the shot I was