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Nature Photography | Wildlife Pictures | Landscape Photography | Macro | Abstracts | Wildflower photos

Creative Nature Photography
by Mark Graf

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Nature pictures, wildlife photos, landscape photography, creative macro photography, abstract art, black and white nature photos, wildflowers, artistic rock pictures, and more for sale as fine art prints, canvas, and frameless mounts. Prints are available for health care, medical facilities, hospitals, businesses, corporate offices and private homes to create a soothing, tranquil and relaxing atmosphere.

Also offered for publication are nature stock photos with competitive usage rights and licensing available for editorial, education, advertising, corporate, art production, film, website images, designers, retail catalogs, and calendars / day planners.

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Mark Graf, Nature Photographer

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Mark is an internationally published photographer, passionate about his subjects and artistic representations of nature, with more than 15 years experience in providing high quality, professional nature stock photos and fine art prints - learn more. Wander more.

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Nature photography

These drop down areas will give you a quick idea of the nature pictures for sale in Mark's photoraphic library and some quick links to different subject matter. Fine art prints and stock nature pictures of a wide variety of subjects are offered for sale in an easily searchable online gallery. This site is designed with the intent of getting you to the images you are looking for quickly, accurately, and with ease of navigation to explore elsewhere.

Collections are special groups of images, typically favorites of a particular subject, with a bit more detail about the images than provided in the gallery. These areas will also contain compositional thoughts, special inspirations and motivations behind particular photographs. Click the collections image above, or use the controls to scan through the various collections available.

Stock nature photography

Mark's nature photography has been used for calendars, day planners, greeting cards, educational books, and editorial publications worldwide. Competitive stock usage rights and rights-managed licensing are available for editorial, advertising, art and film production reference, photos for websites, video games, electronic displays, sound of nature CDs, iphone aps, ipad aps, ad campaigns, packaging, music CD covers, album art, and software. Electronic image delivery of high quality, professional DSLR files and fine grained film scans are available to meet your imaging needs.

Fine art nature prints

Fine art nature prints have been supplied for a variety of health care facilities, homes and offices as standard print enlargements, matted prints, frameless prints, and as photographs on canvas. More details below.

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Health care artwork

Mark has provided many fine art prints for sale for health care fine art, hospitals, medical offices, clinics, waiting rooms, conference centers, rehabilitation centers, mental health facilities, and doctor's offices that are seeking to promote a healing, tranquil environment. Beautiful photographs of nature have proven benefits to evidence based design projects providing stress relief, relaxation, and comfort. Photography provides cost effective, original artwork, tailorable to a variety of mounting options to fit the installation environment and design asthetic. Art consultant inquires welcomed. View example installations.

Nature photographs promote wellness, connectivity, well-being and harmony.

Corporate / Business Artwork

Nature prints for creating a peaceful, soothing, relaxing atmosphere for conference rooms, executive offices, hallways, walkways, meeting centers, sitting areas, auditoriums, and lobby areas. Nature photographs are great choices in promoting a company's support of sustainability and green, environmental friendly practices, and work to lessen the effects of climate change.

Educational art

Prints of nature's intricate details, wildlife photographs, and colorful landscape pictures are always excellent additions to nature centers, schools, and universities. Mark's macro rock abstracts of a variety of rocks, stone, and gemrocks are of interest to geologists and rockhounds, as well as art curators and galleries looking for abstract art that is rooted in detailed reality.

Home Interior Design / Residential artwork

Clients looking for wall art for over the fireplace, bedrooms, living rooms, dining rooms, and even kitchens have chosen Graf's photos to accent various areas of their home. From vibrant, beautiful landscape pictures, intimate wildlife imagery and artistic wildflower pictures, to modern art deco black and white abstracts - Mark has a variety of images that will suit many tastes and environments.

Other Interior Design art ideas

Any areas promoting stress relief, relaxing environments, peaceful settings... photography for coffee shops, cafe, restaurants, meditation rooms, yoga studios, nature centers, schools and libraries ...

Abstract Nature Art

With a particular passion for abstracts, Mark has made photos of leaves, ice, rocks, water and many other of nature's elements. Be sure to visit the nature abstracts gallery. Many of these images have been labeled Zen-like, and promote a connectivity with nature found in many Zen and Bhuddist studies.

 

All inquiries welcome. Please contact Mark via email or phone 586.215.2512 to discuss your project or interest.

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More information on fine art prints.

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Wildlife / animal pictures of mammals, marine life, birds, insects, reptiles and amphibians, fish and other sealife...

Coastal brown bear photos / grizzly bear pictures, bear cubs

Brown bear pictures from Katmai National Park, Alaska ; bears in salmon streams, portraits, bears in Alaskan landscapes, action shots of bears hunting salmon; sows with bear cubs and large male boars. Coastal brown bear photos are also presented in this collection: Coastal Brown Bear photos

Pictures of gray wolves

Gray wolf photos: photographed in fall colors and winter settings ; packs of grey wolves, wolf portraits, white & black wolves

Pictures of moose, fox, white tailed deer, groundhogs (woodchucks), chipmunks, small mammals

Large and small mammals, photographed in various habitats in the mammal photography gallery.

Bird pictures

These photos offer a variety of species including photos of nesting birds, feather details, habitat and environment, with chicks and young juveniles. Pictures of backyard birds, sandhill cranes, herons, puffins, hawks & eagles, shorebirds, owls, wood ducks to warblers to woodpeckers in an easy to search gallery. Black and white bird pictures are also for sale.

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Blackbird pictures; Red-winged blackbirds, Eastern Meadowlarks Gulls Owls Shorebirds
Chickadee & titmouse Hawk & eagles Nuthatches Warblers
Sandhill cranes, flamingos, storks Herons, Bitterns, and Egrets Seabird pictures; Puffins, Auks, Pelicans Waterfowl, ducks, geese
Wood duck photos      

 

Underwater pictures

Certified in scuba diving back in 1993, and soon thereafter becoming an assistant instructor, with advanced diving certifications, Mark couldn't resist bringing a camera underwater to capture moments with the beautiful coral reefs, colorful sealife, large and small predators, and engaging marine mammals ...

Coral & sponge reef pictures Fish, eels, and other sealife  
Crustaceans; crabs, lobster, shrimp colorful underwater photography  

 

Pictures of harbor seals & sea lions

Marine mammals are a favorite to spend time with... click this link to be taken directly to this segment of the gallery: seal and sea lion photos . Still dreaming of the day to spend time underwater with whales!

Reptile and amphibian photos

frogs garter snakes    
lizards      

Dragonfly & butterfly photos

See the insect gallery for pictures of butterflies, dragonflies, moths and other tiny critters.

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Landscape photos

Spring, summer, fall, and winter landscape pictures of beautiful wilderness scenery, initimate details, scenics with wildflowers, and majestic mountains, shorelines, ocean and Great Lakes coastlines can be found in the landscape photography gallery. Woodland streams, forests, deserts to oceans, deep woods to open meadows, lush waterfalls to barren icey scenics are all examples of habitats photographed around North America, the Caribbean, Central and South America.

Michigan landscape photos

Great Lakes beach rock photos Michigan waterfalls Southeast Michigan nature areas Preserved Landscapes around Detroit
Lake Superior shorelines Lake St. Clair Michigan nature preserves Michigan | Great Lakes in Fall color
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Michigan Upper Peninsula Michigan Nature Association preserves Inland lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams
Clinton River Park | Dodge Park Michigan nature trails and hikes Michigan birding areas Michigan Lower Peninsula
Michigan nature pictures Midwest scenery Great Lakes pictures Midwest / Central United States landscapes

Photos from other local Michigan natural places

Sterling Heights, Clinton River Watershed, Dodge park, Belle Isle, Kensington Metropark, Lake Superior, Milford, Southeast Michigan, Detroit, Lake St. Clair, Upper Penninsula, midwest landscapes, Huron Point, Shelby Township, Stoney Creek, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Great Lakes, Seney National Wildlife refuge, Five Mile Point, Munising, Whitefish Point, Tahquamenon Bay, Clinton River Park, Dodge Park, Jaycee Park

Beach pictures

Caribbean & Tropical Pacific Ocean Great Lakes beaches  
Shoreline | beach photos Atlantic Ocean California beach pictures  
Sandbars waves California coast  

National park photos | State park photos | preserves

Joshua Tree National Park Denali National Park Hocking Hills Redwoods National Park
Katmai National Park Galapagos Islands Point Lobos State Reserve Humbolt Redwoods State Park
Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park Great Smoky Mountains National Park Tawas State Park  

Caribbean Island photos

Dominica      
Bonaire, Lesser Antilles      
Cayman Brac      

Alaska landscape photos

Fall colors in Alaska Kodiak Island Alaskan Range mountains  
Mount Denali (McKinley) Alaska spruce trees Girdwood scenery  

Themeatic elements

beach photos cliffs clouds fields
fog frozen grassland ice
mountains peaceful ponds serene
snow swamp tranquil waterfalls
wetland wilderness woodland desert
winter landscape pictures fall color photos spring photos impressionistic
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Black and White nature photography

Black & White, monochrome, and toned photographs of wildflowers, landscapes, wildlife, and other subjects at this section in my gallery: black and white nature photos

 

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Pictures of leaves | leaf photos

fall leaves colorful leaf pictures    
leaf closeups dew & rain covered leaves    
patterns of leaves flowers with leaves    

abstract photos of rocks, stones, and minerals

Rock, stone, and mineral pictures resembling ancient landscapes: Blue Sky Biggs Jasper, Petrified wood, Picture Jasper, Flame Agate, Feather agate, Indian Picture Rock, Plasma agate, Sahara Jasper, pietersite abstracts, amethyst sage, dendritic jasper, polka-dot agate, regency rose plume agate, burro creek agate, african queen picture jasper. owyhee gem, Morrisonite, Sahara Jasper - collectable by rockhounds, geologists, geology enthusiasts, corporations conducting geological surveys, and museums. Stonescapes Gallery | Black and white abstracts. Please also see the Stonescapes Collection. These images make for wonderful abstract rock art for architectural design and interior design projects.

Wildflower pictures | Nature's details

Wildflower photos, ice patterns, close up macro flower photography, wildflower art, pictures of shells and rocks, pictures of dew, frozen raindrops, details of plants and seed pods, lichen, lilypads, abstract nature pictures, abstract expressionism

 

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