A MAJESTIC MISTY SUMMER SUNRISE FROM THE PRAIRIE

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. As I moved along the trail, I was looking for some good wildflower composition to photograph with the sunrise and came upon this scene of eastern daisy fleabane, black-eyed susans, cup plants, sow thistle and behind the cup plants in the distance, great angelica. The sun was now breaking the horizon illuminating the mist with a orange hue. 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. (509-507-510)