ILLUMINATING THE CONEFLOWERS Size:16X24 METAL PRINT The silvery checkerspot butterfly caterpillar

The silvery checkerspot butterfly caterpillar feeds on the Yellow coneflower as do some moth species

I looked for some good composition among the wildflowers and misty landscape to set up the tripod and waited briefly when the morning colors of the sunrise began to fill the sky

adjust your thinking and with some luck and perseverance

After a short time photographing the sunrise at Wildflower Lake

I left the house around 4:30 am and headed to the Burnidge Forest Preserve

ILLUMINATING THE CONEFLOWERS Size:16X24 METAL PRINT The silvery checkerspot butterfly caterpillarThe forecast was to be another sunny beautiful day so, I left the house around 4: 30 am and headed to the Burnidge Forest Preserve. The previous days I scouted out a few areas to photograph the wildflowers and the Burnidge Forest Preserve had plenty to photograph so, I made that my priority today. I knew where in the preserve I wanted to go to photograph the wildflowers because, there were an abundance of them. It wasn't long before I reached the area