COMMON LOON WOOD DUCK cottonwood and peachleaf willow trees

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

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

Another prairie plant

the landscape opens up a little with many wildflowers of common milkweed

COMMON LOON WOOD DUCK cottonwood and peachleaf willow treesI 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