PianoScape #1 - Grand Piano strings through crystal ball Canvas Print

"PianoScape"
This is surely no scenic landscape, but I wasn't feeling motivated to go outside shooting in the cold and snow on this day. I had an idea to use my crystal ball in photographing one of my other favorite possessions (aside from camera!) - my piano. This is a "focus merge" stack of about 15 separate photos, else only a tiny part of the shot depth would be in sharp focus..

Image captured 2/2/21 with Pentax K-1 and DFA100mm macro 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...