KEEPING AN EYE OUT HUNTLEY I continued on along the

I continued on along the trail at Wildflower Park where the early morning sun was still low to the horizon

a majestic view of a sunset appears as the sun illuminates this magical scene with its incredibly soft lighting at a frozen Wildflower Lake in Northern Illinois

I had been photographing the wildflowers and sunrise for about forty five minutes now when this scene unfolded

to the blue skies and white clouds of the morning

KEEPING AN EYE OUT HUNTLEY I continued on along theI had been photographing the common loons for a few days and on this particular morning I was hoping one or two of the loons would come closer to the banks of the lake then they had the previous days. With this image, I had my eyes in the view finder of my Nikon camera using my 300mm f4. 0 lens on the tripod, checking out a loon when I lifted my head up and noticed this loon swimming just off shore checking me out. Excited that this was the shot I was