Collection: Midwest Gallery: Fine Art Landscape Photography

What the Central Plains lack in mountains they certainly make up for with dramatic clouds and lighting!  Later on the morning I took the nature image "Drake Lake: Fog at Dawn," I was driving home through the rising fog and had to pull over when I saw this moody panoramic image: dramatic clouds, god rays, and distant homesteads on the Illinois Plains.

Trees arch over the water and are perfectly reflected in the lake through the fog. The peace and quiet was palpable during this unusual, foggy morning in the Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area in central Illinois.  I took this image about 20 minutes before sunrise while sitting on a floating dock, and had to be very careful not to create ripples in the water that would disrupt the reflections!  Fine art nature photograph by McClusky Nature Photography.

One of my favorite places in Illinois is Garden of the Gods at the southern tip.  It has dramatic sandstone cliffs overlooking the gently rolling wooded hills of the area.  I came out for sunset on this particular evening to make this landscape photography image the glow of the pastel sky on the sandstone cliffs.   

I knew I had to photography this area when I first saw Gridley Lake in the Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area.  I was overjoyed to find the lake as a perfect mirror on this evening, allowing a beautiful reflection in the water for this landscape photography print.  Alas, the mosquitoes also appreciated the lack of wind, and feasted well that night.  

When I saw the golden glow of sunlight on the last of the morning mist, I knew this would be a beautiful landscape photography print.  The image is only enhanced by the pink, yellow, and white flowers nestled in the lush spring grass at Beaver Dam State Park Illinois.