ENJOYING THE AFTERNOON WITH THE CRANES CALIFORNIA BARREL CACTI (FEROCACTUS CYLINDRACEUS) keeping any image I take

keeping any image I take looking pristine

This had been a beautiful summer sunrise landscape scene to photograph on this July morning at Wildflower Park

I set the tripod and camera up

I was coming up to an area of the park with some common milkweed along the trail and was in high hopes of seeing a monarch butterfly or two

A reflection of Hallett Peak onto Dream Lake during the early morning hours on this August day in Rocky Mountain National Park

ENJOYING THE AFTERNOON WITH THE CRANES CALIFORNIA BARREL CACTI (FEROCACTUS CYLINDRACEUS) keeping any image I takeA beautiful pair of sandhill cranes gracefully move across the prairie landscape in search of a meal during a sunny spring afternoon in Northern Illinois. (406 216)