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In my previous post, I mentioned I was eagerly awaiting the arrival of one of my favourite wintering guests, the Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus, Blauwe Kiekendief). I had not even finished writing the blogpost, or my telephone rang. The landowner excitedly informed me that ‘he had returned’ to the fields of joy (and voles). I […]
I recently realized that since our family holiday to South Africa, I had not photographed any fur or feather, instead focussing on landscapes, abstracts and macro photography. The telelens spent way too much time deep in the closet. But somehow, I suddenly felt like bird photography again and started to think about possible subjects. Around […]
I promised myself to not start a rant about the weather on an average Friday morning. Instead, please be referred to my latetst batch of blogpostst and just rewind/replay over and over again. Last weekend, I did try some ‘after-sunset’ landscapes with very long shutterspeeds. I liked the first resultst, but not really worthy to […]
Same sh$t, different week! Again the Friday morning was the worst of the week. The only thing those grey skies are any good for, is to take a white balance reading from. So I did not shoot anything worthwile this weekend. To make matters worse, when I went to check on a forest feeder I […]
As usual, the Friday morning was the worst part of the week weather-wise. The one part of the weekend that was planned to be devoted to photography featured a gloomy grey sky. No clear and frosty skies or heavy fog like all other days had been during the week and weekend. I glanced through the […]
It seems we’re in a transitional period. Last weekend, temperatures were relatively mild, with full sun and still colorful leaves on the treebranches. Today, when writing this, temperatures have plummeted below zero, the ground is white from frost and many trees have lost their last vegetation. Weather experts have warned for a horror winter: ice and […]