NATURES NATURAL BEAUTY FROM THE RIVER Size:10X15 GALLERY WRAP A monarch butterfly enjoys the

A monarch butterfly enjoys the sweet nectar from the common milkweed flower

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

This was the first time seeing and photographing these beautiful and colorful water birds

purples and orange

NATURES NATURAL BEAUTY FROM THE RIVER Size:10X15 GALLERY WRAP A monarch butterfly enjoys theI 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 first, which I did as a beautiful sunset appeared on this December evening with the sky coming alive with fascinating colors. After photographing the sunset from the creek, I looked for more subjects nearby as the colors were still