CLICK TO ENTER Heart of Nature Prints Gallery
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Heart of Nature Prints

A Fine Art Nature Photography Gallery of
Limited Edition Nature Prints, Landscape Prints Wildlife Prints, Prairie Prints
Fine Art Landscape Photographs, Prairie Photographs, & Wildlife Photographs
by Midwest & Chicago, Illinois nature photographer Mike MacDonald

Welcome to our online photography gallery of fine art nature prints featuring wildlife and landscape photographs by nationally published nature photographer Mike MacDonald.

As a native of Illinois, the prairie state, Mike celebrates the beauty of the prairies, savannas, and wetlands of the Midwest.

Emotion and simplicity are innate characteristics of a Mike MacDonald photograph, which are often compared to paintings. Like a painting that illustrates a perfect moment from the imagination of the artist, Mike's photographs communicate the emotion and experience of a perfect real moment in time. It has been said that a Mike MacDonald photograph allows the viewer to enter the scene and to experience the experience. Read Artist Statement.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Mike MacDonald finds his inspiration from the simple and intimate Midwestern beauty of the Chicago area, as you can see from his Chicago Nature SeriesTM collection of fine art nature prints and nature cards.

Mike's work features many aspect of wildlife, landscape, and nature photography, from spring wildflowers to summer prairie landscapes, fall foliage to winter wonderlands, and moody sunrises to inspiring sunsets.

Mike MacDonald's photographs has been published, literally, from cover to cover in Chicago Wilderness Magazine and nationally in such publications as Outdoor Photographer Magazine and Petersen's Photographic Magazine.



Nature themes, subjects, and locations include...
Animals: birds, great egret, great blue herons, Canada geese, mammals, white-tailed deer, coyote
Flora: prairie wildflowers, prairie blazing star, marsh blazing star, blue flag iris, pale purple coneflowers, foxglove beardtongue, beard tongue, rattlesnake master, early goldenrod, Culver's root, wild bergamot, menarda, Virginia bluebells, rough blazing star, western sunflower, Indian grass, big bluestem, wild sassafras, ferns, grasses, oak tree, maple tree, hawthorn trees, black oak tree, scarlet oak tree,
Habitats: prairie, savanna, river, stream, lake, ephemeral pond, wetland, mountain, desert
Seasons: spring, summer, fall, autumn, winter
Views: landscapes, scenes, close-up, macro, intimate landscapes, wildlife habitat, wildlife environmental, wildlife scenes, prairie landscapes
General Locations: The Midwest including Chicago, Illinois, Indiana Dunes in Indiana, Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and Boundary Waters Canoe Area, Minnesota. Chiwaukee Prairie in Wisconsin
Specific Locations: Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, Bluff Spring Fen (Elgin, Illinois - Cook County) Chiwaukee Prairie (Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin - Kenosha County) Wolf Road Prairie (Westchester, Illinois - Cook County), Illinois Beach State Park (Zion, Illinois - Lake County) Black Partridge Woods (Lemont, Illinois - Cook County - southwest Chicago area), Spears Woods (Cook County - Willow Springs, Illinois - south Chicago area), Middlefork Savanna (Lake Forest, Illinois - Lake County), McGinnis Slough (Cook County - Orland Park, Illinois), Saganashkee Slough (Cook County - Palos Hills, Illinois), Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve (DuPage County, Illinois, west of Chicago), Morton Arboretum (Lisle, Illinois - DuPage County - west of Chicago) Spears Woods (Willow Springs, Illinois - Cook County Forest Preserves) Nachusa Grasslands (Lee County, Illinois - The Nature Conservancy) Kankakee River State Park (Kankakee, Illinois - Kankakee County) Indians Dunes National Lakeshore (Porter County, Indiana) Morton Arboretum near Chicago, Illinois; Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Arizona; Yosemite National Park, California; Peshekee River in Marquette
County, Michigan. Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in Porter County, Indiana, Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Minnesota, and Yosemite National Park in California.
Miscellaneous: ice, snow, fog, mist, water, flowing water, reflections, sun, sunrises, sunsets, fall color, autumn color, fall foliage, ice sculptures, mushrooms, grasses




Mike MacDonald Photography
6200 Belmont Road
Downers Grove, Illinois 60516

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All images on this website are the property of Mike MacDonald. Embedded in each image is an invisible copyright watermark to guard against theft. If you have an interest in any of the photographs contained in this website, contact Mike MacDonald at the number above.

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