Suncatcher - sunset with sun pillar behind a solitary oak tree in winter WI field Wood Print

wood prints winter sunset oak syzygy sun pillar snowscape snowy wi wisconsin dane county stoughton

photographs winter sunset oak syzygy sun pillar snowscape snowy wi wisconsin dane county stoughton

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"Sun-Catcher"I liked the play of light and shadow in the foreground snow, as well as the "sun pillar" caused by ice crystals in the atmosphere. I shot this scene a few days later with tree shifted to right into gap, but it has completely different "feel" so am offering both. Search for "Oak" to see all the variations (sorry for many other "oak" shots that come up in that search!)Captured 2/19/21 with Pentax K-1 and Rokinon 135mm lens at f11.

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...