As the World Burns- Cattails being burned off in moonlight at Devils Lake ND Metal Print

This otherworldly scene was captured Nov 15, 2016 on an abandoned stretch of road (old highway 281, flooded by rising Devils Lake) south of Churches Ferry ND. The dead cattails were being burned off by famers in hopes of being able to plant the now-drying (once flooded) land, come spring. This was shot at at about 10PM and the bright light in sky is the full moon. I loved the way the fires seemed to almost be "bowing" to the moon, as if paying homage.

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...