Time Flying By - Clouds racing by above the Big Coulee Lutheran Church Wood Print

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Time Flying By #1 of 2 - Clouds flying over the Big Coulee Lutheran Church
It was VERY windy on this day (~30 mph) and the puffball cumulus clouds were literally streaking by overhead. To illustrate that motion in these photos, I used a very dark glass filter that only passes 1/1000'th of the light, so I could take long exposures during daylight (these are 30-45 sec each). This church, south of Churchs Ferry ND in Ramsey County, has been vacant/unused since ~1970, but the cemetery is well maintained, and locals clearly care for the historic site. Another image (search for same title) shows some gravestones- familiar local-area names including Tollefson, Bye, Ellingson, Stoe, Nestegard, Berg, and many others I forgot and didn't capture in an image. I have shot this church in many seasons/lighting conditions over the years - just search "Big Coulee Church" to see them all!

Images captured June 11, 2021.

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...