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Another flight shot, and again of a Common Tern, yet a completely different image. This was taken on a very cloudy and windy day with a dull sky and little to no contrast. Perfect circumstances to try high key flight shots of white birds, such as terns. I increased the ISO to 1000 to get […]
Last Friday, I had an appointment with two other nature photographers to photograph whatever we would come across in the sweeping wide landscapes of Zuid-Holland. Thanks Peter and Arjen, we had a blast. We had planned to meet at 9am, which meant we would not be able to photograph at sunrise. So I got up […]
During a short stay on the island of Texel, I temporarily changed my photographic diet back to the birds. Not a big surprise I guess, as Texel is renowned for its birdlife. Photographers from all over Europe visit the island during spring for species as ducks, gulls, terns, waders, spoonbills and raptors. As it is […]
As some of you may have noticed, I have started to broaden my photographic view. Although I still love to photograph birds, I find myself more and more photographing insects, landscapes, mammals and abstracts. With insects, abstracts, landscapes and flowers, you can take all the time you need to finetune your composition and exposure. Every […]
Lately, I haven’t been very succesful with feathered subjects. Most of the time, I just cannot find any interesting birds to photograph. And in the rare case I do find one, it just won’t cooperate. Yesterday, I gave it another try and went for a local heathland in search for Stonechats. Within minutes I had […]
There was a time I went almost mad when the weather at my planned day off would be drab and rainy. Not anymore so. I had planned to spend the morning in my hide to photograph partridge, but a quick look through the curtains was enough to resort to plan B. Plan B consisted of […]