Sunsrise over ND coulee pasture #2 Metal Print

I captured this dramatic sunrise image (also see #1 - wider view and crop with different lens) on Nov1, 2018 from a gravel road a couple miles north of Brinsmade, ND, where the coulee crosses through a tranquil valley below. I loved the lightly-frosted pasture grass and the way the sun was reflecting off the bend in the gracefully meandering coulee.

Image captured 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...