Moonrise over Maynards - Abandoned ND farm flooded out in sunset light with full moon rising Acrylic Print

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Moonrise over Maynard’s”
I took the opportunity of last night’s full moonrise to capture an image with it above the abandoned Stensby farmstead in foreground- a very familiar scene to all of you who follow my work! The sun was just setting behind me when I shot this, so foreground is lit by golden light. The very next night, I shot the moonrise at Big Coulee church (you'll find it on my site) . Zoom in above the house to see the pelican trio that cruised through like beautiful white glider-bombers at a timely moment. They feed on fish swimming up the local coulees leading in to Devils Lake- large flocks.

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...