A SOFT LIGHT OF THE CATTAIL Size:16X24 GALLERY WRAP the South Fork Kishwaukee River

the South Fork Kishwaukee River begins to freeze from the edges inward as the afternoon sunlight illuminates this landscape giving the river an amazing deep color blue

I switched out my lens back to the 18-70mm from the 300mm

I was looking to photograph the wildflowers and sunrise on this day in the park

On the 27th of November

Ruddy ducks spend a few days resting and recouping at Wildflower Lake before continuing their migration north on this beautiful spring morning at Wildflower park

A SOFT LIGHT OF THE CATTAIL Size:16X24 GALLERY WRAP the South Fork Kishwaukee RiverI had been photographing the wildflowers and sunrise for about forty five minutes now when this scene unfolded. With the sun breaking the horizon just above the box elder trees that line the banks of Eakin Creek West, the morning sun produced a soft light that illuminated this prairie landscape scene with a cattail emerging from the wetland at Wildflower Park. (510 48)