SUNSET CATTAILS FROM A WETLAND PRAIRIE BEAR LAKE with the bridge

with the bridge

A red-winged blackbird sings out to attract a mate while being perched atop a cattail at Wildflower Park

With this type of atmosphere

The sky came alive with fascinating colors with Eakin Creek West catching those same colors of the sky above on its calm surface with a box elder tree hugging the bank at Wildflower Park in Northern Illinois

This is one of the images from the sunset

SUNSET CATTAILS FROM A WETLAND PRAIRIE BEAR LAKE with the bridgeI set out to photograph the sunset during the late afternoon hours on these short days of late autumn and was hoping that it would be a nice and colorful sunset. I thought I would photograph the sunset from Eakin Creek West first, which I did as a beautiful sunset appeared on this December evening with the sky coming alive with fascinating colors. After photographing the sunset from the creek, I looked for more subjects nearby as the colors were still