LEADING THE WAY TO AN ETHEREAL MOMENT COMMON MILKWEED (ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA) The overnight snowfall creates this

The overnight snowfall creates this patterned landscape with oak trees off in the distance at Wildflower Park

With the colors of the sunrise appearing just before the sun touched the horizon

composed the dramatic clouds being illuminated and began photographing

I knew where in the park that had an abundance of wildflowers

that the migration of sandhill cranes are flying north to their breeding grounds is in full force as thousands of them make the journey

LEADING THE WAY TO AN ETHEREAL MOMENT COMMON MILKWEED (ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA) The overnight snowfall creates thisThe forecast this morning was for foggy conditions until late morning so, photographing any kind of sunrise was out of the question. I left the house before 5: am and after photographing the wildflowers for a couple hours, the fog was still about and peaked my interest to find subjects that would help compliment the atmosphere that the fog brought to the landscape. With this type of atmosphere, I like photographing the landscape in black and white.