PRAIRIE COLORS DURING A SUMMER SUNRISE PRAIRIE are abundant and can be

are abundant and can be seen in bloom from late spring to early autumn at Wildflower Park

oak and hophornbeam trees of this deciduous forest in Northern Illinois

focused and began photographing

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

The silhouette of a teasel weed plant is being backlit by the soft filtered summer sunlight at Wildflower Park

PRAIRIE COLORS DURING A SUMMER SUNRISE PRAIRIE are abundant and can beIt was to be another beautiful morning and with that, I set off from the trailhead with camera gear and tripod in hand on this July summer morning at Wildflower Park. I was looking to photograph the wildflowers and sunrise on this day in the park. I didn't have far to hike to reach the west end of the park where there was an abundance of wildflowers. With the colors of the sunrise appearing just before the sun touched the horizon, I quickly composed