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I tend to keep some kind of a photographic agenda. That means I make notes of possible subjects and when and where to photograph them. Amongst the entries for the winter months is the Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus, Blauwe Kiekendief). This magnificent raptor is a relatively rare breeding bird in the Netherlands, but many northern […]
Happy new year to everyone. May it be a healthy, enjoyable and succesful year in every aspect thinkable, and may there be lots of beautiful light and cooperating subjects! My first encounter of 2011 was a memorable one. I had seen many beautiful images of Bitterns (Botaurus stellaris, Roerdomp) on the internet recently. No surprise, […]
2010 has been a quite succesful year, photographywise, but it just got even better. The winners of the Outdoor Photographer of the Year Awards have been announced and I am very happy and proud that my image of a Fungus in predawn blue light has won the ‘Small World’ category! The competition is organized, this […]
During weekdays when I have to commute to my daytime job, I curse at snow and ice covering the roads, making it difficult and even dangerous for me to arrive at work. But during weekends, it’s sheer joy when I see a fresh white snow cover. On days like these, I don’t travel far to take […]
Here’s another one from last week. No time to go out and shoot this week, but alas, the weather wasn’t that great anyway. But great wintery weather is coming our way again. Hopefully next weekend will bring lots of snow and ice! I look forward to spending some time at a new feeding station that […]
Finally time to go out again, and fortunately the world outside was still covered by a beautiful layer of pristine snow. The snow hides all the chaos normally present in a forest and provides the photographer with lots of opportunities for clean landscapes or highkey abstracts. Because I knew I had only one day to […]