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This abstract image of a grainfield was a nice sidecatch to a morning spent on roe deer. The spikes looked wonderful, almost like thousands of little flames, against the light of the mid-morning sun. The light had gotten already too harsh for roe deer images, so I decided to take a go at the grainfield. […]
One final try with the Roe Deer. It is obvious that the rutting season has about finished. There’s hardly any (inter)action to be seen and the roe deer are again quite difficult to stalk and photograph. On this final try, I was lucky to have a very foggy morning. After some frantic searching, this doe […]
Backlighting is often used to create atmospheric photographs in the form of silhouettes or rimlit shots. I have been using it a lot over the last year as well. Lately, I have been trying to expand on the technique and create sidelit conditions. Sidelighting is very helpful if you want to show texture in your […]
“Is your image overexposed, call it hi-key…”. A phrase that can be regularly found on the internet. I absolutely do not agree, as there is a major difference between the two. The sole fact that a background may be completely white does not make an image overexposed. You’ll have to look at the subject: is […]
Some good news from the animal front. In a time where the Red List of threatened animals becomes bigger every day, fortunately there are some exceptions to the rule. The adorable and tiny Tree Frog is one of few species that seem to have thrived lately. For many years, there were only a handful of […]
Summertime. For many people, it’s finally the time of the year they have been looking forward to for months. Not for me. First, I don’t have any holiday plans, I work throughout the summer. And more important: summer to me represents a period with few (and early) hours of beautiful light, birds moulding high up […]