THE MAJESTIC COMMON LOON CATTAIL composed the dramatic clouds being

composed the dramatic clouds being illuminated and began photographing

The forecast this June morning was to be mostly clear with some clouds

I moved in closer with the macro lens

I wanted to focus solely on this rosinweed flower being illuminated by the early morning sunlight so

THE MAJESTIC COMMON LOON CATTAIL composed the dramatic clouds beingI 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