East Koshkonong Norwegian Lutheran Churches viewed from the south east in wintertime Wood Print

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"EAST Koshkonong Norwegian Lutheran Churches in winter"
A recent snowy drive near Cambridge WI at the two beautiful EAST Koshkonong Norwegian Lutheran churches. Seen here is the "Lower" (newer of the two) church with the "Upper" visible in the background. I shot this with a very long (300mm) lens from quite a long distance, so the perspective is compressed. I used a special technique (Pixelshift) in shooting it, and the amount of captured detail is quite astounding, if printed/viewed large - use "preview" feature to see! A few other images are available of location - just search "Koshkonong" on my site to see them all.

A historical sign at this site summarizes history ->
In 1844 at the request of pioneer Norwegian immigrants newly-ordained Johannes Wilhelm Christian Dietrichson came to Koshkonong from Norway. Under his leadership congregations were established and log churches built at both East and West Koshkonong. During his pastorate (1844-1850) Dietrichso...

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...