St. Patricks Day Sunrise on the Yahara River at Lake Kegonsa Acrylic Print

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St. Patricks Sunrise on the Yahara River at Lake Kegonsa

I enjoyed photographing a beautiful sunrise on St. Patricks day (2022) out at the Yahara river where it exits Lake Kegonsa, just north of Stoughton. I liked the way the sunrise aligned with the line formed by islands, giving kind of an "island hopping to the sunrise" feel. The fog gave a softness to the scene, and the waterfowl were creating their own symphony! March, and also September are the "best" time here, as sun rises due-east, aligned with river.
Image captured 3/17/22 with Pentax K-1 and DFA28-105 lens at 63mm, so this view is quite "normal" - i.e "as it looks, standing there"

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...