THE TALL OAKS AND THE COTTONWOOD TREES OF THE PARK BEAUTIFUL (707-4657)

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An early morning dusting of snow in Northern Illinois brings a beautiful winter scene to this prairie landscape along the South Fork Kishwaukee River with box elder trees standing precariously alongside the banks and some charismatic peachleaf willow trees off to the right at Wildflower Park

but with a camera I could be so much more

I reached the trailhead soon after leaving the house with camera gear in hand and it wasn't long before I started seeing the wildflowers along the lake which included cup plants

This year was the record snowfall for the month of November on record

THE TALL OAKS AND THE COTTONWOOD TREES OF THE PARK BEAUTIFUL (707-4657)The forecast this morning was for foggy conditions until late morning so, photographing any kind of sunrise was out of the question. I left the house before 5: am and after photographing the wildflowers for a couple hours, the fog was still about and peaked my interest to find subjects that would help compliment the atmosphere that the fog brought to the landscape. With this type of atmosphere, I like photographing the landscape in black and white.