A COOL MISTY SUMMER SUNRISE FROM THE PRESERVE

This July morning started out like most other recent mornings with cool temperatures that brought mist to the low lying landscape here in Northern Illinois. I decided to photograph the sunrise and some of the wildflowers at Burnidge Forest Preserve this morning. I arrived at the trailhead with plenty of time before the colors of the sunrise would dominate the sky. I came to a clearing with a few wildflowers in bloom and thought this would be a nice spot to set up the tripod and camera, which I did, to catch the sunrise. 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. It was another beautiful and dramatic sunrise that we have had. (514-05)