A MISTY SUMMER SUNRISE

The forecast this July morning was to be mostly clear with cool temperatures and a mist hovering over the low lying areas. I thought it would be another beautiful and colorful sunrise so, I left the house wanting to photograph the beautiful wildflowers of the Park with a colorful sunrise. I knew where in the park that had an abundance of wildflowers, which was the west side and a beautiful sunrise to photograph. I reached the trailhead soon after leaving the house with camera gear in hand and it wasn't long before I started seeing the wildflowers that were in pristine condition. At this time, I noticed the low lying mist hovering over the prairie in the distance with box elder trees behind lining the banks of Eakin Creek West. The colors of the sunrise started to appear filling the sky. After photographing the common milkweed, I moved along the trail, looking for some good wildflower composition to photograph and came upon this scene of wildflowers that consists of black-eyed susan's, blue vervain, eastern daisy fleabane and cup plant. The colors of the sky shifted from the light colored oranges and purples to a deep orange as the sun came closer to touching the horizon. I set up my tripod, camera, composed the wildflowers along with the sunrise in frame and began photographing. This had been a beautiful summer sunrise landscape scene to photograph on this July morning at Wildflower Park. (510-22)