Orange leaves under heavy wet snow. Autumn prematurely becomes winter.

No photoshop or other tricks. These are long exposures. The air is very dusty so the light beams show up very well.

Suzy looks for the sun on a foggy morning.

The barn on the old Peterson place on a frosty winter morn.

When snow covers much of their food the deer find privet berries attractive.

Have a corn spill while unloading? Nothing to be concerned about. Call in the clean-up crew! Cardinals, mourning dove, indigo bunting and squirrel.

Each and every leaf edged with rime frost.

Back lit beauty.

Where once there was hay and warmth for horses cold draughts now blow through.

A hidden forest pond reflects fall colors.

Winter brings old friends together. Northern Cardinal (cardinalidae) and White Throated Sparrow (zonotrichia albicollis).

Just the beginning of the blue hour. The still, hushed, and quiet atmosphere one can almost touch..

Morning light becomes a mourning dove.

Where minimalism originated?

When half concealed trees silently watch you.

Dogwood overhangs a pond deep in the forest.

Beautiful, silent atmosphere one can see and feel.

A grey squirrel (sciurus carolinensis) and an eastern cottontail (silvilagus floridanus) enjoy a bounty of cracked corn.

The pink sky silhouettes the trees.

Blue-green lily pads in the shade float over trees reflected in crystal waters.

Blue sky above and blue snow below on a frigid winter morning.

A foggy, misty morning in Southern Illinois.

No longer used an old rural road slowly fades into history. Horses, oxen and early autos went through here.

The beans have been harvested and ice fog turns the stubble white as it streaks across the land.

I heard that!

Don't push. There's plenty for everyone.

The ravages of old age smoothed by the soft hand of fog.

Where Buddy and I walked surrounded by nature.

An old barn on a darkened landscape under a sky full of massive clouds.

Snow covered trees and a clump of weeds mark the buried roadway.

Sunlight and shadows in the beautiful forest.

Snowscape with tree.

The gills of this fungus makes it appear very delicate. Actually it is somewhat rubbery to the touch.

One more snow fall covers its ancient roof.

Detifoss, Europe's largest waterfall

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Sunlight bathes white lily flowers while the foreground of dark water reflects trees.

A beautiful summer day in the country.

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Blue sky reflected on a pond with green leaves and foliage. Sunlight and shade adds a touch of mystery.

A study in silver (gray) and blue.

A portrait of fog.

Open the gate to let the moon come in.

Autumn in the Lake of Egypt Recreation Area, Illinois.

The old barn on Salem Road, Williamson County, Illinois.

The grey atmosphere turns this snowscape into sublime beauty.

Less than an hour of sunlight left and the beginning of another cold winter night.

When the landscape turns to pink and blue.

Suzy poses with wolves.