LOOKING OUT OVER THE PRAIRIE LANDSCAPE

I set out to photograph the sunset during the late afternoon hours on these short days of late autumn and was hoping that it would be a nice and colorful sunset. I thought I would photograph the sunset from Eakin Creek West, which flows into the South Fork Kishwaukee River. As I look out across the prairie landscape, a beautiful and colorful sunset appeared on this December evening. The sky came alive with fascinating colors with Eakin Creek West catching those same colors of the sky above on its calm surface with a box elder tree hugging the bank at Wildflower Park in Northern Illinois. (615-26)