MORNING WITH THE COMMON LOON Size:24x36 FINE ART PAPER A beautiful sunrise is reflected

A beautiful sunrise is reflected onto a calm and serene Wildflower Lake on this spring morning at Wildflower Park

we received about 10 inches of snow and a little further west

A beautiful misty morning sunrise is reflected onto Wildflower Lake with the silhouette of a paper birch tree standing picturesque during this spectacular spring morning at Wildflower Park

Cup plants (silphium perfoliatum) grow abundantly around the South Fork Kishwaukee River and throughout much of Wildflower Park reaching heights of over 6 feet

One place I like to photograph is along the South Fork Kishwaukee River

MORNING WITH THE COMMON LOON Size:24x36 FINE ART PAPER A beautiful sunrise is reflectedI had been photographing the common loons for a few days and on this particular morning I was hoping one or two of the loons would come closer to the banks of the lake then they had the previous days. With this image, I had my eyes in the view finder of my Nikon camera using my 300mm f4. 0 lens on the tripod, checking out a loon when I lifted my head up and noticed this loon swimming just off shore checking me out. Excited that this was the shot I was