Van Gogh Starry Night at the Big Coulee Church in rural ND
by Peter Herman
Title
Van Gogh Starry Night at the Big Coulee Church in rural ND
Artist
Peter Herman
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Using source image "Galactic Path to the Big Coulee Lutheran Church" (also viewable/available on this site), I used various combinations of "twirl" distortions to create a Vang Gogh-like version. Original description follows:
I had a clear and dark sky opportunity to shoot the "summer" Milky Way when I was up in ND recently, so one of the foregrounds I chose was the Big Coulee Lutheran Church in a remote part of Ramsey County, ND. The rising waning crescent moon provided most of the foreground light, along with some light painting from a small flashlight. The skies are very dark in that area due to low population density caused by Devils Lake flooding (a ~15 year event..), so the milky way is stunningly visible even with naked eye. You may recall the image I posted a while back of Comet Neowise at this location - that was looking north - this one is looking south towards our galactic center, which is located just to the left of the church entrance door. The VERY bright "star" is actually planet Jupiter. I also shot a tall vertical format version which is available here ("big coulee" keyword and you'll see it and
many more).
Images captured 9/6/20 with Pentax K-1 and DFA15-30 lens at 15mm. Foreground image was a ~2 minute exposure, stationary camera. sky images (shot at same camera position, location, and time) composited from ~six 30 second exposures tracking the sky and then laid in on the foreground at same position.
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April 9th, 2021
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