FINDING BEAUTY ON THE PRAIRIE CANDLEWOOD (FOUQUIERIA SPLENDENS) (683-3269)

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A beautiful view of a frozen 100 ft wildcat canyon falls

The lighting was starting to become interesting on this end of the lake so

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I came upon these burr oak trees highlighted by the snowfall on the branches that always make for a beautiful scene

FINDING BEAUTY ON THE PRAIRIE CANDLEWOOD (FOUQUIERIA SPLENDENS) (683-3269)Sometimes finding a scene to photograph during the colder months of the year can be a challenge. When I am not finding that scene to photograph, I try to look for more intimate subjects and capture the details like with this common milkweed stalk (ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA) and its opened seed pods still hanging on, in which the seeds have long blown away onto the prairie. The lighting had been very good this early spring morning in Northern Illinois and I