UW Madison Union Mandala Kaleidoscope view with full moon Metal Print

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UW Madison Union Mandala
The base image used here (with multiple rotate/mirror operations) is the iconic Student Memorial Union on UW Madison campus taken 3/4/18. It was shot at the entrance to the Student Union Terrace, from a somewhat odd perspective, looking up the baluster railings at front steps. I liked all the symmetry in this, plus the ornate painted ceiling, so I decided to go "super symmetry" through mirror/rotate operations (kaleidoscope-like) creating this Mandala, and the "hole in the middle" seemed begging for a moon shot that I took through my telescope.

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...