Abandoned Tractor headed towards Milky Way Wood Print

This abandoned tractor is rusting away in a field just north of Minnewaukan, ND, and I have used it as a subject or foreground in several images (see the sunrise shot, for example). I knew it was going to be a clear night, this particular evening, so I thought I'd take my chances and go out to set up there. It did not disappoint, as the sky was very dark and the galactic core was nicely visible even those nearly setting (late in autumn). This would make a spectacular metal or acrylic print.

Image captured 10/30/18 with Pentax K-1 and Rokinon 12mm fisheye lens (horizon line "de-fished" in postprocessing).

Peter Herman was born and raised on a farm in North Dakota. He first became interested in photography during high-school, and after acquiring a Pentax SLR, began taking photos for the school yearbook and developing/printing B&W images in school darkroom. He continued shooting through college, taking portraits, group pictures, weddings, but after beginning his engineering career at Cummins, he let his photography interests go dormant until about 2005 when he acquired his first DSLR and started shooting scenic landscapes from around the US, but concentrating especially on rural areas in ND and WI. Many of his images were encountered while riding motorcycle down random backroads during "golden hour", searching for that magic light...