Sunset at Big Coulee Lutheran Church - Ramsey county North Dakota Metal Print

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I've shot this church (Big Coulee Lutheran in Ramsey County, ND) many times, in many lighting conditions, but never from this somewhat distant vantage point on a hill to NE of the church (shot with 200mm telephoto lens). This grand old Lutheran church, was built in ~1934 and ceased operations in about 1970. She's showing her age, but keeps standing proudly on the ND prairie, despite being almost completely inaccessible for almost a decade due to flooded local roads from rising Devils Lake. I try to photograph it whenever I get home to ND.

Image captured 10/18/21 with Pentax K-1 and DA*200mm 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...