This weekend, my friend Mike was in town from Detroit, along with Lou, who I met for the first time. We got together both Saturday and Sunday morning to photograph the sunrises. I love photographing sunrises and sunsets, but for various reasons, I haven’t been able to get out much this year for them. We were very fortunate to have had great sunrises. We chose a couple of different locations for them, and they both were excellent choices. Yesterday, we were at the Museum Campus between the Shedd Aquarium and the Adler Planetarium, and today, we went to North Avenue Beach. Going back to yesterday, it was quite windy, and it was unseasonably cool. We had waves coming up on the walkway, but, the water added a great element to the photos. The eastern horizon had incredible, dramatic cloud cover. There were some breaks in the clouds right above the horizon, and when the sun rose, there was a deep red color. It was a great morning, followed by another one this morning. It was less windy and a little warmer, and as dawn broke, the sky transitioned from pink to orange to red. There were not as many clouds as yesterday, but,  the sunrise was just as dramatic.

Seeing nature in its grandeur, and trying to do some justice to it with my camera, makes any kind of nature photography my favorite. It was a fantastic weekend.