Amateur photographers have been sharing their best shots of our state all summer long. Now it's time to pick the winners of the 2025 Celebrate Michigan Photo Contest .

Our Detroit News photo editors have, over 12 weeks, narrowed a field of more than 4,000 entries across three categories down to a Final 72, 24 each in our categories of "Views and Vistas," "Candid Captures" and "Fur, Feathers and Flora."

This year's voting will be tough. Lightning storms, scenic forests, sandy beaches, and crashing waves feature in the finalists, as well as all manner of critters, from frogs to foxes, and, of course, Michiganians having fun on the land, water and in the sky.

Voting just opened , and concludes at midnight on Monday night (Aug. 25). You may cast one vote per day per category. The photo

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