BACKLIT BEAUTY ALONG THE TRAIL RED perhaps they just wanted a

perhaps they just wanted a height advantage to the creek in hopes of seeing prey below

A beautiful morning hiking through Starved Rock State Park as the autumn colors of maple

After photographing the colorful sunrise at the lake with dramatic clouds

Using my nikkor 18-70mm f/3

A beautiful misty morning sunrise brightens up the colors of the park on this spring day

BACKLIT BEAUTY ALONG THE TRAIL RED perhaps they just wanted aAfter photographing the beautiful spring sunrise at Wildflower Lake, I continued on along the trail at Wildflower Park where the early morning sun was still low to the horizon. I was looking for some subjects to photograph along the trail with the sun illuminating those subjects when I came upon this Kentucky coffee tree being backlit with an orange glow from the morning sun. When photographing into the sun, these types of shots are a little tricky