October Hunter's Moon rises above cloud bank in rural ND #1 of 2 Wood Print

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The full "Hunter's Moon" (also called travellers moon) emerges from a low cloud bank between a cluster of cottonwoods in rural Benson County, ND on evening of 10/19/21. The green foreground looks more like "spring", but it was volunteer wheat emerging after harvest in autumn. Another version (search for October Moon) is available where moon has cleared the cloud bank, if that is preferred (about 50/50 opinion on my social media).

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...