Prairie in the Botanic Gardens

I recently biked to the Botanic Gardens and visited a small 

peninsula where a prairie restoration site is located. There weren't 

any plants, but during autumn the prairie is full of life and robust 

color with blooming flowers, berries, honeybees, and a variety of small

 birds. It's a very peaceful scene that looks almost exotic during 

sunset as the orange light brings out all the colors in the botany.

I took these photos around the time when I got my 50mm lens.

 I wanted to see what sort of results shooting at f/1.8 could give and 

so I biked to the Botanic Gardens to practice photographing 

flowers and the prairie. 

Glencoe

Taken in October 2011