STRIKING A POSE Size:13x19 FINE ART PAPER An eastern cottontail rabbit momentarily

An eastern cottontail rabbit momentarily stops feeding as I watch to see its behavior before it moves off slowly into the undergrowth

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

the South Fork Kishwaukee River begins to freeze from the edges inward as the afternoon sunlight illuminates this landscape giving the river an amazing deep color blue

This muskrat is feeding on the branches of a box elder tree that was felled by a beaver

STRIKING A POSE Size:13x19 FINE ART PAPER An eastern cottontail rabbit momentarilyAn american robin poses for the camera while standing on a oak tree log on this cool winter afternoon at Wildflower Park. (546 63)