OakHenge #1 - ice coated twin oaks and stubble field backlit by sunset Acrylic Print

This is captured after an an freezing-rain/ice storm which coated EVERYTHING, like a hilly ice-skating rink. Anyway the trees got glazed too, so I took the chance to shoot this pair of oaks near Oregon, WI that I had starred on my Google map "shoot list" for quite a while. I knew the sun would be positioned behind them like I wanted. I literally had to scoot down the road ditch on my butt because the glaze ice was too slippery to maintain upright stance - rather humiliating to do this in full sight of all the cars passing by (busy highway)! I have uploaded 5 shots to this gallery site, including a monster >70 Megapixel 4-shot composite, if you want a very large product, so be sure to browse my collection before choosing.

Image captured with Pentax K-1 and Pentax M200mm lens on 2/8/2019.

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...