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For the first time in ages, I had a full day at my disposal for photography. But as is so often the case, things (timing, weather) don’t work out as expected or hoped for on those days. The plan was to photograph sunrise at a fen, proceed with Moorfrogs, go home for some rest and return […]
It’s that time of year again. Last year I missed the spectacle of the male Moorfrogs (Rana arvalis, Heikikker) turning loud and blue because I was in Iceland. No travel plans this time so I really hoped the short spawning period would somehow overlap with the weekend. And it did. From the local forester, I […]
With a slight flu having the better of me for most of the weekend, I for once did not mind to see the weather was greyish. I only went out for a very short photographic stint when I felt a little better than bad. Nothing spectacular, just trying to get something worthwhile out of a bunch […]
After seeing a lot of beautiful images of drifting ice at the Markermeer and Ijsselmeer from other photographers, I wanted to see this spectacular happening of nature for myself. Only thing: it is a very long drive from where I live and I found I could not justify the expense of a full tank of gasoline. […]
I am happy to announce that my image ‘ Foggy Grebes’ was awarded Highly Commended at the 2011 Memorial Maria Luisa nature photography competition in Spain. Almost 17,000 photographs were entered by 1,600 photographers from 54 countries. I am proud to be among the winners for the second year in a row. As usual, there was […]
Still lovely winter weather, but not as much time this weekend for photography and the little time I had was dedicated to wrong choices. I spent the morning at the local fishing ponds. Now of course they were frozen, so I did not expect a lot of waterfowl, but I had hoped for foxes or […]