The bare trees reach up to touch the clouds of November… perhaps dreaming of next spring! Taken near the bluffs of Elberta, Michigan by photographer Stacy Niedzwiecki.

A Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) perched high on a tree top in Ottawa County, Michigan. Photography by John Dykstra.

“The weather was not cooperating, but once I ventured out to the walkway and saw the puddles of water, I knew I could use the reflections of the lighthouse to get a unique image.” – photographer Bill Vriesema.

The textures of a sandbar revealed on an autumn day at Sturgeon Bay on Lake Michigan, located in Wilderness State Park. Photography by Robert deJonge.

“With its snowplow leading the way, a freight train barrels eastward through the countryside between Ludington and Scottville. Soon the plow will be needed to keep the Marquette Rail line clear.” – photographer Todd Reed.

Old Man Winter has firmly established his dominion over the beach in Grand Haven, Michigan. Photography by Christopher Kierkus.

Shale, sculpted by the Presque Isle River, in Michigan’s Porcupine Mountains State Park. Photograph by Steven Huyser-Honig.

“The First Curve at the Ludington State Park is one of the most popular places in Ludington to watch the S.S. Badger carferry steam in and out of port.” – photographer Brad Reed.

The light of the moon illuminates the ghost forest of the Sleeping Bear Dunes, the result of a 90-second exposure by photographer Tom Haxby.

“An upper level storm system moved quickly through the Great Lakes region, producing high winds and waves on Lake Michigan at Grand Haven.” – photographer Stacy Niedzwiecki

A male Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) in Ottawa County, Michigan – photographed by John Dykstra.

“Tucked in the corner of an old centennial barn, these old wagon wheels reminded me of days when people relied on horse drawn carriages to get from place to place. This image was taken in Mason County, Michigan.” – photographer Bill Vriesema.

Gentle waves roll in at sunrise on Sturgeon Bay at Wilderness State Park in Northern Michigan. Photography by Robert deJonge.

“I have never seen so many milkweeds. In this amazing growing season, some Michigan fields have so much milkweed silk catching the sunlight that they look like cotton fields. The autumn winds scatter the seed-laden milkweed silk near and far.” – photographer Todd Reed.

An autumn reflection of red maple, dark-green pine and dead cedar trees at Tucker Lake near Glen Arbor, Michigan. Photo by Wayne R. Pope.

The very best of the fall season, captured at Ken-O-Sha Park in Grand Rapids. The cloudy, wet day brought out the color saturation and beauty of the season in this photo by Christopher Kierkus.

Presque Isle Harbor, north of Marquette, Michigan, has an active ore dock. The lighthouse is at the end of a very long doglegged breakwater. The first half of the breakwater is concrete, but the rest is made of rough-hewn rock. Photography by Steven Huyser-Honig.

“Few creatures in the world are as mesmerizing to me as snowy owls. This was the first one I had ever seen in the wild and I was lucky enough to have my camera with me when we came eye to eye.” – photographer Brad Reed

The Gladstone Lighthouse at Van Cleve Park, along the shores of the Little Bay De Noc at Gladstone, Delta County in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Photography by Guadalupe Dove.

Aspen trees in the Keewenaw in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Photo captured in driving rainstorm by photographer Tom Haxby, who fortunately had his new waterproof camera cover on!

The oldest covered bridge still in use in Michigan. Built in 1869. Whites Bridge crosses the Flat River in Keens Township, Ionia County. Photo by Stacy Niedzwiecki.

The shoreline of Lake Superior at Sullivans Landing in the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Alger county, Michigan. Photo by John Dykstra.

MichiganMoments.com photographer Stacy Niedzwiecki learned last week her photo has been chosen as a semi-finalist in the Forests category of the 2011 Rainforest Alliance Photo Contest.

“This rusty old hinge barely hangs on to better days of the past. What was life like the day this hinge was nailed on? What was the shed used for? Who lived here?” Photographer Bill Vriesema captured this image in Lowell, Michigan.

The sun comes up over Bob’s cove on Isle Royale National Park along the granite shoreline. Photography by Robert deJonge.

“The day was Nov. 10, 1975. It was-and still is-the roughest I have seen Lake Michigan. I was amazed by the 20 to 30 foot waves slamming into the Ludington lighthouse.” – photographer Todd Reed

“A view of an old bicycle I found parked alongside the road in downtown Newaygo beneath a colorful maple tree.” – photographer Stacy Niedzwiecki

The view overlooking Bowers Harbor and the West Arm of Grand Traverse Bay, in a photo captured by Wayne Pope.

The elegance of a lovely golden-hued tree at Dutton Shadyside Park, photographed by Christopher Kierkus.

Gale force winds dash high seas against the Saint Joseph, Michigan, pier and lighthouses in a photo by Steven Huyser-Honig.

“Magic light is fleeting. How fleeting? The double rainbow, the two main towers of the Mackinac Bridge, and the waves were only glowing with magic light for three seconds.” – photographer Brad Reed.

“Photographed in October 2006 in the Jordan River Valley on a splendid fall day. The leaves are just as I found them – there was no chance to arrange the leaves as waders would have been required.” ~ photographer Tom Haxby

“An amazingly huge rainbow – one of the biggest I have ever witnessed – just down the street my home in a field in Courtland Township, Michigan in northern Kent County. I raced out of my driveway hoping to capture it before the sun literally set after a powerful storm front came through on September 29, 2011.” ~ photographer Stacy Niedzwiecki

A row of autumn trees fading into the landscape along a foggy dirt road in Ottawa County, Michigan. Photography by John Dykstra.