buckshot.jones, another fantastic Detroit storyteller writes: "This is Detroit, straight up. Justbeamensch (Donald Jones) has one of the best collections of the odd and funky in the City of Detroit. Take a cruise through his photostream and you gather a sense of the soul of the city."

The photo is part of Donald's Detroit Greeting Cards at the Book Beat set (slideshow) which are available for purchase at The Book Beat in Oak Park (248-968-1190). His other sets include Murals in the City, Flora and State Fair.

Take a ride down his Flickriver.

danenmolly (Molly) is a friend of mine from the real world and her husband Dane is a pilot - hence the rare photo opportunity showing The Whaleback and North Lake Leelanau taken from high above Lake Michigan's Manitou Passage.

Be sure to check this out bigger and you can see more from this flight in her Fishtown - Leland - Good Harbor - Manitou Islands - Leelanau Peninsula set (slideshow). Her other sets include Aerial Photographs and Lake Michigan Sunsets.

Dive into her Flickriver.

Rob the Photog (Rob Gingerich) is a former TV news photographer (and current TV production manager) who loves macro photography. He also says he has a fondness for things covered in dust, rust, cobwebs, etc and that the older he gets, the more he becomes interested in old things.

He invites you to view this photo bigger. His sets include Vacation 2009 (in Manistee),East Lansing Art Fest 2007, MSU Hockey (of Michigan State University's 2006-2007 National Championship hockey team) and My Best (slideshow).

Dive into his Flickriver (where this photo is appropriately first!).

This photo by photofrenzy2000 seemed perfect for the day before Halloween. See it bigger in his slideshow and check out his sets including Robinette's Photowalk 09, Holland Flickr Photo Walk, 2008 Hessell Antique Wooden Boat Show and Michigan Waterfalls (slideshow).

You can also explore his Flickriver.

Just learned that this motel was used as a set in the movie, "Road to Perdition" starring Tom Hanks.

Check this photo from richwyllis out bigger and also have a look at his sets including Moonset at Sunset and HDR Images (slideshow). He also took a recent trip to the UP and got some sweet shots along the Chapel River in the Pictured Rocks.

Jump into his Flickriver.

Even the undead enjoy Michigan apple cider!

A Dubs (Alan) runs the blog Faded Detroit.

His sets include Detroit in Black & White, Faded Detroit: City wide and Tiger Stadium Demolition.

Dive into his Flickriver.

Luminous Light Huntress (Tamara Jacobs) says that she loves landscape photography, especially waterfalls. Also that she's a tree hugger* in a major way and aims to merge her passion for the environment with her love of landscape photography.

Judging by the photo above, she seems to be well on her way. You can see this photo bigger in her incredible Waterfalls set (slideshow). Her other sets include Natural Landscapes, Man Made Scenics, My Favorites and Porcupine Mountains.

Dive into her Flickriver.

*I know that "tree hugger" has become some sort of dirty word or smear, but what in the heck is really wrong with having a deep love and respect for the natural world?

jiant@flickr (Scott Jones) took this photo with a Holga 120 at the Upper Tahquanemon Falls in October of 2006.

He doesn't have any sets, but you can check out his other Holga shots or dive right into his Flickriver.

jmbarclay (Jim Barclay) says he first discovered photography when i was about 7 years old and his father brought home his new 35 mm camera and dark room equipment. He spent many hours watching the images come to life in the chemicals under the glow of the orange bulb.

Check this photo out bigger in his Flint - Michigan slideshow. Also see his other sets including bldg, vintage and up north.

Dive into his Flickriver.

Editor's Note: Today is of course Monday. Some wires got crossed on Friday apparently.

*Squeeg* says that photography is her business and if you live in the West Michigan area and are looking for a photographer to give her a call.

Her sets include Grand Haven and The River (slideshow).

PS: Enjoy the beautiful weather this weekend!

Heightened Senses (Dennis) is from Grand Rapids.

Be sure to check this photo out bigger and check out his sets including 2.27.09 (great winter shots), Kalamazoo Walk and 9.7.2009 Labor Day Weekend (slideshow).

Here's his Flickriver.

susiej35 (Susan Lucas) is a high school art teacher.

Be sure to check her photo out bigger and in her Michigan Fair 2009 set (slideshow). Some of her other sets are Bower's Farm, Belle Isle, TTV and Super hero gets attacked by the giant weimaraner!.

michiganartisan (Robert deJonge) says that he thrives in both the digital and natural worlds, creating images with camera and computer.

Some of his tags are sleeping bear dunes, Petoskey and Michigan (slideshow).

Dive into his Flickriver and see and purchase his work at Robert DeJonge Images.

Welcome to a very special Photo Friday on Absolute Michigan, the 75,000th photo in the Absolute Michigan pool on Flickr!! I can't tell you how amazingly cool it is that so many people have graciously allowed us to use their photos to help tell the stories of Michigan. Thank you, all of you.

[ JARED ] (Jared Fossum) says that photography is a passion of his and he posts photos of anything that he thought was interesting or for a moment made him stop, look, and think about it.

His sets include Fake TTV & Canon S3 IS (slideshow) and while he hails from Minnesota (wherever that is) he has a few more photos from the Upper Peninsula.

Check out his Flickriver.

tbug2 (Tenille) says she's just a girl on the loose with a camera.

Be sure to check this photo from Silver Lake near Traverse City out bigger (a great background for sure!)and her sets including Flora, Fauna, Structures and Landscapes (slideshow).

Check out her Flickriver.

Sets from kmay include home (glen arbor) and naturescape (slideshow).

Check out their Flickriver.

mikesophia is one of tens of thousands of people taking in the 2009 Traverse City Film Festival. He snapped this shot of one of balloon artist Jason Hackenworth's fanciful sea creatures on the opening night of the festival and we're using it today on a brief article about how the festival is bringing inspiration to the lives of youths in our On Location: Traverse City Film Festival coverage.

The photo is part of Mike's Traverse City Film Festival set. His other sets include Birds and Nature (slideshow).

Check out Mike's Flickriver.

See an interview with Jason Hackenworth over on TED.

Sets from Nature's Lens include Animals, Water and Landscapes (slideshow).

Check out his Flickriver.

Alysa's sets include Flora, CWD and Michigan (slideshow).

Here's her Flickriver.

We're bumping the normal Absolute Michigan Photo Friday to link you in to our Rothbury 2009 coverage.

Stay tuned!

SashaW (Sasha Wolff) says she's an ordinary girl who loves being behind and in front of the camera. She has a cool blog with thoughts about social media called Social Sasha.

Be sure and check this out bigger. Her sets include Project 365, Summer & Fall 2008, and Explore (slideshow)

Here's Sasha's Flickriver.

You might also want to hear what the Talking Heads have to say about Heaven.

dcclark (David Clark) says the he's a mathematician, photographer, explorer, improviser and that the combo works surprisingly well! He lives in Houghton on the Keweenaw Peninsula and runs a cool blog called Cliffs and Ruins with photos from his journeys (and a little math). You can view and purchase his work at dcclark.net.

His sets include Spring, Winter, Shapes & Colors and Keweenaw Ruins (slideshow).

Here's Dave's Flickriver...

pablohart (Paul Hart) lives in Grand Rapids.

His sets include Labor Day Bridge Walk, Farmer's Market and Michigan Select (slideshow). He was also recently in the Big Apple.

Cast your line in his Flickriver.

cae3/ Anita says that she's a mom, wife, registered nurse and photographer.

Check this photo out larger in her Explored slideshow and see more of her lovely flower shots.

Here's her Flickriver.

Mike Lanzetta says that although he's been taking pics for years, he's just now starting to "focus" on this as a hobby with decent equipment. He adds that Chris Hardy picked this from a number of shots, so if you don't like this, blame him and if you do, praise Mike.

His sets include ED and Favs (slideshow).

Check out his Flickriver and (if you have such needs) his orthodontics business.

The photo featured today shows a cluster of nests at a Michigan heronry and was shot by Sentrawoods.

Sentrawoods. adds:

This location was shown to me by my local flickr friend gerrybuckel. If you enlarge this you'll see seven maybe eight heron's nesting. I plan on getting much closer in the days to come.

The Department of Natural Resources tells us:

Sometimes confused with the sandhill crane; the heron is smaller and flies with its neck folded back, while cranes fly with their neck extended. Great blue herons are commonly seen in small suburban wetlands (cranes are generally less tolerant of close presence). Herons feed on fish, frogs, and other small animals, captured by a quick jab of the beak. They nest in colonies, usually building their stick platform nests in trees in lowland hardwood swamps. In recent years many rookeries have been displaced by shoreline development or timber cutting. Every attempt must be made to preserve known nesting sites if these beautiful birds are to remain common in Michigan's wetlands.

This photo is part of his Nature & Woods set (slideshow). His other sets include Holloway Reservoir, Mushrooms & Fungi, Technical & Engineering and Animals & Things. Here's his Flickriver.

For more pictures of blue herons check out the Flickr group Citizen Science: Great Blue Heron.

cseeman (Corey) is the Library Director at the Kresge Business Administration Library at the University of Michigan (Corey's homepage)

You'll definitely want to check this photo out background bigalicious or in his cool Tulip slideshow. His sets include Birds of Saline, Fiddlers Restrung (not to be confused with the Saline Fiddlers) and Lighthouses of Michigan (slideshow) that is helpfully broken down into Lighthouse of Lake Michigan, Lighthouses of Lake Huron, Lighthouses of Lake Erie and Lighthouses of Lake St. Clair.

You can also check out his Flickriver.

Bizeekizay (Joshua Farewell) says that he plays music as much as possible and takes pictures when he's feeling enlightened and enjoys finding new ways of getting beautiful or just plain-ole cool looking pictures.

You can see this bigger, check out some more of his photos in his Nature set (slideshow) or wade into his Flickriver.

heypat (Patrick Simpson) says he has many hobbies, and photography is just one of them. He's also one of the 5 photographers in the May 8th Exposure.Detroit show.

I'm sure he won't mind if I use some space to say that the Opening Party is Friday, May 8th, 2009 from 7-10 PM at the Bean & Leaf Cafe in Royal Oak and that the other photographers are Mark Orlowski, Cherie Stangis, Alanna St. Laurent and Christian Spencer.

Be sure to check this photo out bigger and on black. This photo is from his Packard Motors Detroit set (slideshow) and his other sets include 2008 ICE Flows Lake St Clair, My Top 25 Most Interesting and Dequindre Cut.

Take a swim in his Flickriver.

Lori Larson (Daylily18) has some of the most amazing bird photography I've seen. As an added bonus, she uploads photos like this "biggee-sized"!

In addition to a great set of Bluebird photos, her sets include Woodpeckers, Warblers and Finches, Redpolls and Sparrows. It's not just birds though - be sure to check out her Nature, Macro and Explored set (slideshow).

Here's her Flickriver.

PS: For more about bluebirds, head over to Michigan Bluebird on Michigan in Pictures!