Sunrise Symmetry - reflected tree and duck on a Wisconsin pond at sunrise Acrylic Print

This dead tree, precariously balanced and ready to topple caught my eye as I drove by looking for light/photos. The duck stayed put for only a moment, but I was lucky to catch a shot with it in the scene before diving. Captured 5/11/19 south of Stoughton WI a couple miles with Pentax K-1 and DA*300mm 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...