WisContours - Corn harvest on the driftless prairie of SW Wisconsin Metal Print

This corn harvest scene was captured in the beautiful "Drifltless" (not hit by last glacier) area in SW Wisconsin - somewhere near Highland, as I recall. I was motorcyling and headed for home after a lengthy "photography ride", and as often happens, the best shot of the day turned out to be the one taken after I thought I was "finished"... I loved that the combine was sporting an American flag

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...