King of the Cairn - seagull atop cairn with sailboat at Lake Michigan shoreline at Milwaukee Metal Print

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"Lake Michigan Daydreams"
A "king of the cairn" seagull at the Milwaukee shoreline of Lake Michigan, coupled with the distant sailboat heading north gave me this nice composition. I did have to focus-stack, though - I was using a longish (200mm) lens, and when focused on bird/stones the boat and water was very blurry (which looks "OK" too, but I wanted the boat tack sharp), so I quickly took two shots in rapid succession with shifted focus and then merged them together in post.

Image captured 10/24/20 with Pentax K-1 and DA*200mm 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...