Magnificent Monona Bay Morning - flowering cherry tree at sunrise over bay Acrylic Print

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"Magnificent Monona Bay Morning"

I took a nice early AM bicycle ride around Lake Monona (Madison, WI) yesterday, and this spot was one that caught my eye for its scenic beauty. Looking east over Monona Bay, a flowering cherry (?) tree provided the foreground, three pelicans gave a subject, and a dramatic cloudscape complete crepuscular rays filled in the backdrop. I took a second shot at same location, with the same flowering cherry tree framing the Wisconsin capitol dome. search for same title to see both.

Image captured 5/13/22.

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...