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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 […]
Winter’s finally there and boy have I been enjoying it. I spent most of the weekend outside photographing landscapes that I normally pass without even giving them a glance. Everything just looks so much better when covered under a layer of ice and snow. My weekend started with 5 hours of waiting in a small […]
The weekend did not bring the promised frost yet, but at least the weather was acceptable and I had a clear photographic goal in mind. I spent two mornings with a flock of Bewick’s Swans (Cygnus bewickii, Kleine Zwaan). Their number fluctuates but hovers around a hundred individuals when they spend the night in relative […]
Here’s one from a week ago, as the terrible weather kept me inside during the whole of last weekend. This one was taken one afternoon when the sky looked promising. I expected a nice sunset and found some time to go out. The big mistake I made was to head for a location I did […]