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wood prints vintage john deere deere combine abandoned combine harvester 1955 sunrise north dakota nd rural agriculture moon crescent moon

photographs vintage john deere deere combine abandoned combine harvester 1955 sunrise north dakota nd rural agriculture moon crescent moon

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"Hoping for Another Harvest" - vintage John Deere combine before a ND sunrise This lonely old John Deere pull-type combine (circa 1955) permanently rests in Benson County wheat field NE of Brinsmade ND. It faces east, watching the sun rise each morning and dance back and forth from north to south as the seasons swing by year after year. Note the crescent moon directly above the combine. Image captured about 10 minutes before sunrise on 10/20/22 with Pentax K-1 and ultrawide (15mm) lens.

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...