COMMON LOON WOOD DUCK The colors of the sunrise

The colors of the sunrise started to appear filling the sky

a cup plant in the distance and a few other plants along with the mist drew my attention into this scene

cottonwood and peachleaf willow trees silhouetted against the colorful sky at Wildflower Park

I noticed these eastern daisy fleabane plants close to where I was photographing with the early morning soft sunlight that was falling perfectly on these flowers

I moved about with the tripod a bit isolating on this one flower to get a perfect shot that had a few drops of dew on the petals

COMMON LOON WOOD DUCK The colors of the sunriseI 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