“Proud as a peacock, a rooster parades about its pen an hour after crowing in another summer day on a small family farm north of Custer.” – photographer Todd Reed.

A collection of outbuildings on an historic farm in Leelanau County. Photography by Steven Huyser-Honig.

Some cool-looking cows pastured along 72nd Avenue north of Hart, photographed by Todd Reed.

A greeting by three bovine friends in a pasture near Ravenna, Michigan. Photo by Stacy Niedzwiecki.

The shadows of maple trees reach across the snow to the landmark barn at Sleeping Bear Dunes. Photography by Robert deJonge.

“I was intrigued by the color, textures, and patterns of the Schmidt Farmhouse in the Sleeping Bear Dunes Port Oneida Rural Historic district.” – photographer Steven Huyser-Honig.

“On a cold afternoon, it’s always nice to have a friend you can count on! I spotted these two buddies while driving past a barn near Sand Lake, in northern Kent County, Michigan.” – photographer Stacy Niedzwiecki.

A historic display of farming tools used over the years, such as horse shoes, a small varmint trap, hay gripping tools, and the head of a broad axe that was most likely used to square off logs for lumber. Photo by Bill Vriesema.

Ranks of trees reforest a snow-covered hillside in Leelanau County, Michigan. Photo by Steven Huyser-Honig.

A lovely winter farm scene captured in Ottawa County, Michigan by photographer 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.

An enormous field filled with brightly-colored pumpkins, located on South Scottville Road. Photography by Brad Reed.

“If you love the countryside, you surely have a favorite road with barns and trees that you enjoy seeing year-around. The beautiful Polcin farm can be seen on Conrad Road east of Ludington.” ~ Todd Reed

A hog farm with red barn and old tractor, photographed in Barry County, Michigan near Hastings in 1988 by Wayne Pope.

The famous D.H. Day Farm in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore area as photographed by Stacy Niedzwiecki.

A video slide show compilation of photography by Stacy Niedzwiecki, much of which was captured during her time as an Artist-in-Residence with the Glen Arbor Art Association in 2007.  Video created by using emotionmedia.com.
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“The asparagus-picking season is over in this field along South Scottville Road. The plants are left for now to grow wild. This is the time of year when I start to find these fields very photogenic. I find the bright color, soft look and repetitive patterns of the overgrown plants eye-catching.” ~ Todd Reed

A window which looks into the garage and machine shop on the Bufka farm in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, as photographed by Steven Huyser-Honig.

Photographer John Dykstra says of his image, “I liked how the old, ragged barn wood complimented the windmill silhouette against the early morning sky. I also saw the barn as a filler of dead space and for framing.”

Photographer Stacy Niedzwiecki celebrated the arrival of spring on the Old Mission Peninsula, capturing an image of the beautiful rolling hills and orchards in peak blossom season.

A white horse pastured along old U.S. 31 between Ludington and Pentwater, photographed by Todd Reed.

“Curious cows line a fence, while two others check things out from the flapped doorway that allows them to go in and out of their barn as they please. I always look forward to seeing …

Steven Huyser-Honig photographed this scene of a red barn and blue Ford truck in Newaygo county, Michigan.in Newaygo County, Michigan.

A Robert deJonge image captures the detail of a latch on a corn crib, at one of the historic farms of Port Oneida in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

Traveling by horse and buggy is a way of life for the Amish families who have settled in Riverton and the surrounding areas. On the verge of spring, I was photographing a Riverton farm near the sunset when a horse and buggy came down Hawley Road at a fast pace. Even though the Amish choose a simpler way of life, they always seem to be on the move, undaunted by hard work, or lack of life’s luxuries. I appreciate that they always seem to have time to give a cheerful wave as they pass by.

The neat rows of an orchard in Leelanau County seem to glow with life in the fading light of a winter day in this image by Steven Huyser-Honig.

Tom Haxby shares a bit about his photograph, taken December 2003 just east of Traverse City, Michigan. “I could not resist the red,white and blue colors and old barns are a favorite subject for many images. Today, this barn is even more weathered and has lost most of its red color.”

Of her photograph, Stacy Niedzwiecki said, “Driving past an open field after a fresh coating of snow – reminded me of toasty rolls topped with vanilla icing! I enjoy getting out on the back roads after a snowfall with my camera – you never know what you may find.”

A lone horse trudges through the snow during blustery cold January snowstorm in this image captured by Brad Reed.

Rolls of hay topped with snow “frosting” lie scattered through a field in Montcalm County in a photo by Stacy Niedzwiecki.

In the fall of 2009 many of the apple trees held their apples for a long time. This has been altered in Photoshop© to allow the red apples and red barn to stand out by converting the rest of the image to a black and white.