“This hepatica was photographed near Kingsley, Michigan. They were early this year, but things are slowing down a bit now with the frosty nights.” – photographer Tom Haxby.

An impressionistic view of a road lined with trillium, through the spring hardwood forests of Northern Michigan. Image created by the Michigan Artisan, Robert deJonge.

An old dead stump is like a king’s throne, with thousands of forget-me-not flowers as its subjects. This was shot in Ada, Michigan by photographer Bill Vriesema.

“I was struck by this bejeweled juniper and spent a very pleasant hour trying to capture an image that would evoke the cool fresh air and the wonderful scent of juniper.” – photographer Steven Huyser-Honig.

“If you look very carefully at the forest floor, you will see signs of new life springing up everywhere!” – photographer Christopher Kierkus.

Early morning at Lake Antoine Park in the City of Iron Mountain, Michigan. Photography by Guadalupe Dove.

Beech trees reach for the blue winter sky in Northern Michigan in this image by Robert deJonge.

“Skiing on the Muncie Lakes Pathway, wandering the High Rollways and the red pines on Townline Road. Here is an image taken from the High Rollways.” – photographer Tom Haxby.

“This snowy scene was captured just outside my house. Winter often breaks down photography to simple lines and patterns.” – photographer Bill Vriesema.

“My uncle, Rod Marble, has a beautiful log home along the Lincoln River northeast of Ludington. This view is on his property and is one of my favorite spots near his home, especially in the winter months.” – photographer Brad Reed.

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.

The golden leaves illuminating a simple country road in Ontonagon County of Michigan’s western Upper Peninsula. Photo by Guadalupe Dove.

Various colors and shapes of leaves are reunited to the barren trees from whence they came. This image was taken in the Calvin College Ecosystem Preserve, Grand Rapids, Michigan by photographer Bill Vriesema.

A maple tree shows autumn colors among hemlock trees at Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in this photograph by Robert deJonge.

“Pine needles, a birch log and a maple leaf came to rest together on the forest floor. It was the first day of November and colorful leaves were scattered everywhere along the Lost Lake Trail. I spent much of the afternoon looking down. But of all the thousands of colorful leaves I saw that afternoon, this one stood out.” ~ Todd Reed

A white-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) near Kingsley, Michigan by photographer Tom Haxby.

A white violet and white moth in the Michigan woodlands near Petoskey, captured by photographer Robert deJonge.

Great White Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) in Aman County Park, Ottawa County, Michigan captured by photographer John Dykstra.
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“Even before the days of digital photography and computers, film shooters had a method of double exposing to give this soft effect with a glow. I think the Orton Effect adds an artistic flair to the image which I like a lot.” ~ Tom Haxby

The spring sun lights a hill behind a stand of birch and hardwoods of the Petoskey area in this image captured by Robert deJonge.

While driving down Conrad Road on a snowy December day in 2008, my dad and I noticed an unusually large American Elk laying in the sunshine at the Amber Elk Ranch.  As I …

A late winter storm covers the emerging woods in Northern Michigan by photographic artist Robert deJonge.

I just had to walk into the woods. I think it’s where imagination lives. I imagine how much fun it would be to construct a tree house environment in such a place. All these nice straight trees are lined up in nice straight rows — making it easy to create a whole other world about 30 to 40 feet up. Just lash some horizontal poles and lay down some slab wood as a foundation — creating a house where chickadees are your neighbors.

At Pine Mountain in Iron Mountain, Michigan – a stand of birch trees filters the winter sunlight in a scene captured by photographer Guadalupe Dove.

Standing in the long winter shadows at the edge of the woods, by photographer Robert deJonge.