BACKLIT BEAUTY ALONG THE TRAIL BEEBALM (MONARDA DIDYMA) I started to look for

I started to look for patterns with color and found many cloud subjects to choose from

As the sun begins to break the horizon

The early morning sunlight brightens the flowers from the blue vervain plant at Wildflower Park

A beautiful spring sunrise illuminates this scene along the south fork Kishwaukee River as a male mallard duck swims close by

BACKLIT BEAUTY ALONG THE TRAIL BEEBALM (MONARDA DIDYMA) I started to look forAfter photographing the beautiful spring sunrise at Wildflower Lake, I continued on along the trail at Wildflower Park where the early morning sun was still low to the horizon. I was looking for some subjects to photograph along the trail with the sun illuminating those subjects when I came upon this Kentucky coffee tree being backlit with an orange glow from the morning sun. When photographing into the sun, these types of shots are a little tricky