Misty Memories - windmill and pumphouse in Barnes County ND Wood Print

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"Misty Memories"
My maxim is "if it's red, shoot it", so this old shed and windmill on a Barnes County backroad (eastern ND) caught my attention as I drove through the beautiful countryside that misty early spring day a few weeks ago. I love that first blush of lime green on trees in the spring. If you zoom in to left horizon , you'll see "modern" windmills in the distance, churning wind into electricity rather than pumping up water, like in the olden days.

Image captured 5/17/22 with 135mm slightly-telephoto 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...