STANDING BY TO GREET ME Size:8x12 GALLERY WRAP Many species of wildflowers were

Many species of wildflowers were in prime conditions to photograph including these false sunflowers that were near the blazing star flowers I had just photographed

Excited that this was the shot I was looking for

A viceroy butterfly has a brief moment basking in the sunlight on a swamp milkweed plant before taking off and defending its domain against the larger monarch butterflies in this prairie scene at Wildflower Park in Northern Illinois

The evening sunlight creates a beautiful scene as I walk along the South Fork Kishwaukee river

STANDING BY TO GREET ME Size:8x12 GALLERY WRAP Many species of wildflowers wereA foggy, ethereal feeling to this spring morning out on the prairie as a thick fog engulfs the prairie landscape with an oak tree standing along side the path to greet me as I walk by at Wildflower Park. (645 1376)