A BEAUTIFUL SCENE ALONG THE SOUTH FORK KISHWAUKEE RIVER ORANGE waited a couple more minutes

waited a couple more minutes until the colors really began to come alive and began photographing the sunrise at Wildflower Lake

as the sunlight illuminated the prairie and these rosinweed flowers during the early morning hours

With this image

The fog was going to be around for a few more hours so photographing any kind of sunrise was out of the question

After photographing the cottonwood trees being back lit by the sunlight

A BEAUTIFUL SCENE ALONG THE SOUTH FORK KISHWAUKEE RIVER ORANGE waited a couple more minutesThe South Fork Kishwaukee River moves slowly through this landscape scene with trees of oak, cottonwood, box elder and peachleaf willow in view as the early spring morning moon appears above in the distance at Wildflower Park. (553 43)