A SCENE TO BEHOLD Size:8x12 GALLERY WRAP These rosinweed flowers were off

These rosinweed flowers were off in the distance some but

I was looking for some good wildflower composition to photograph with the sunrise and came upon this scene of eastern daisy fleabane

Autumns soft morning light illuminates this colorful scene along the South Fork Kishwaukee River in Northern Illinois

Crossing over the South Fork Kishwaukee River while passing the alder trees will bring you to Wildflower Lake

The sunrises are almost always spectacular throughout the year and are worth the effort to awake and get out of bed to witness the beauty they bring

A SCENE TO BEHOLD Size:8x12 GALLERY WRAP These rosinweed flowers were offIt was a cool August summer morning when I arrived at the trailhead to Bierstadt Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park. I started up the steep trail at 5: 15 am to catch the sunrise at the lake and the Continental Divide. It would take me just under an hour to reach the lake. There are numerous switchbacks leading up the mountain through some stands of aspen trees. After about 20 minutes, I no longer needed my headlamp to guide my way up the mountain.