Galaxy Harvester Canvas Print

The moon had risen, which usually means "quitting time" for taking scenic astrophotos (it causes "light pollution"), but I decided to try one more with this new combine, posing in front of the core of our galaxy on a ND wheat field. The moonlight lit the left/rear of combine and stubble nicely, and I finished the job by light-painting the front side with a small flashlight during the long exposure. The very bright reddish "star" right above combine is Mars. Taken 8/29/18 with Pentax K-1 and Rokinon 24mm at f1.7 for 30 seconds, ISO3200.

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...