BACKLIT BEAUTY ALONG THE TRAIL BEEBALM (MONARDA DIDYMA) As the sun begins to

As the sun begins to break the horizon

A winter afternoon snowfall comes through this wetland prairie scene with a mourning dove resting on a cup plant stalk as I make my way through this beautiful area of the park

female and their young

I focused my attention on the abundance of wildflowers in this prairie landscape scene

I had been photographing the wildflowers and sunrise for about forty five minutes now when this scene unfolded

BACKLIT BEAUTY ALONG THE TRAIL BEEBALM (MONARDA DIDYMA) As the sun begins toAfter photographing the beautiful spring sunrise at Wildflower Lake, I continued on along the trail at Wildflower Park where the early morning sun was still low to the horizon. I was looking for some subjects to photograph along the trail with the sun illuminating those subjects when I came upon this Kentucky coffee tree being backlit with an orange glow from the morning sun. When photographing into the sun, these types of shots are a little tricky