GUARDING THE HEARD Size:5x7 FINE ART PAPER I thought it would be

I thought it would be another beautiful and colorful sunrise so

I set out on this February morning to enjoy and photograph the fresh blanket of snow that covers this area around wildflower lake in Northern Illinois

I have seen them but

A pair of mallard ducks pass by as they and a couple hundred others spend some time in the area along Eakin Creek West and the South Fork Kishwaukee River before continuing on their migration

Purple wildflowers of ironweed stand tall on this prairie in Northern Illinois

GUARDING THE HEARD Size:5x7 FINE ART PAPER I thought it would beA large mature bull rocky mountain elk protects his small group of females and calves from other mature males and predators up on the alpine tundra during august in Rocky Mountain National Park. (434 79)