Here are a couple of the latest photos I've been working on. Have been out of commission for a bit when I injured my neck/back in July. I injured the muscles on the right side of my back and bulged a disc in my neck. Ouch! Anyway, it was giving me some pretty massive migraines, but we seem to have gotten it under better control and I'm getting ready to get back out and catch some Fall color. These were taken in Mahomet, IL at the Lake of the Woods forest preserve. A pretty interesting place. Funny story about the top photo: I found this flower growing wild alongside the road and right across from a tee box to the golf course. Before photo'ing it, I looked to see if anyone was on the course - no one was so I proceeded. As I started shooting, the wind picked up, which caused me to have to sway with the flower to get a non-blurry image. Took quite a few tries and when I was finally happy, I stood up straight only to discover a group of men on the tee box watching me. They then gave a few hoots and cat-calls while applauding, had to be one of my most embarrassing moments ever. Will definitely be paying a bit more attention to my surroundings in the future!
