THE OREGON CENTRAL COAST FLOWER Box elder trees along the

Box elder trees along the river

A beautiful summer sunrise filled with colorful golden hues that highlight this picturesque landscape along with slender mountain mint wildflowers at Wildflower Park in Northern Illinois

composed and focused on the hoary vervain flowers and began photographing

isolated the flower

I didn't have to wait long before those colors of oranges and reds came alive with cumulus clouds picking up those colors along with a low lying mist hovering over the prairie landscape

THE OREGON CENTRAL COAST FLOWER Box elder trees along theThe Oregon Central Coast is viewed in this image as the pacific ocean crashes wave after wave onto the basalt rock of the Central Coast with sandstone cliffs and sitka spruce overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The Oregon Coast is divided into three regions depending on their geology. The North, Central and South Coast. The North Coast begins near the Columbia River and extends south to Cascade Head and has longer stretches of beaches. The Central Coast