THE MILKWEED AND THE BUTTERFLY FIR TREES This was a beautiful and

This was a beautiful and remarkable landscape scene to have witnessed and photographed

A beautiful early afternoon drive on old fall river road with majestic and picturesque views along the way in Rocky Mountain National Park

A box elder tree comes into view during a misty summer morning that brings mystery and suspense along with a colorful sunrise while walking the trails at Wildflower Park in Northern Illinois

Reflections and submerged wood from the surrounding forest creates an interesting scene at dream lake in Rocky Mountain National Park

THE MILKWEED AND THE BUTTERFLY FIR TREES This was a beautiful andAfter photographing the wildflowers with the misty sunrise scenes at Wildflower Park, I focused on some of the wildlife in the park. I switched out the nikkor 105mm macro lens from photographing the swamp milkweed plant to my nikkor 300mm f4 to capture any wildlife that would come close enough. I was coming up to an area of the park with some common milkweed along the trail and was in high hopes of seeing a monarch butterfly or two. My high hopes came