Birds

  This past weekend was a typical November weekend with darkgrey skies, the occasional rainshower and galeforce winds. Only the Friday morning featured a vibrant pink sky, but I had decided to sleep in after a late night attending and organising the fantastic presentation that Marsel van Oosten gave at our camera club. Stubborn as I […]

  No time for photography with a newborn in the house, so here’s one from a week ago. Together with a friend, we found a place along a local stream where a male Kingfisher would often perch for a while to wash, preen and rest. The spot was very difficult to access with dense reeds […]

  Rewind and repeat. Same sh#t, different year. From early April on, I spend a lot of time in the field looking for fox dens that show signs of recent occupation. Somehow, I never find one early on in the season, thus increasing the pressure by every passing week. Why? The pups usually explore the […]

  Something completely different this time. I have always wanted to try my hand at high-speed flash photography. Sure, it has all been done before (do a Google search for Stephen Dalton and be amazed), but there is something gratifying about being able to pull it off yourself. The best place to practise would be […]

  A different environment for a change. The (elongated) weekend was spent in the coastal province of Zeeland. We had a wonderful little holiday at a pleasingly slow pace with lots of visits to the sea and beach and numerous stops for coffee and fingerfood. Of course I brought the camera, as I knew the […]

  Although the weather forecast wasn’t that good, I had to try out the newly decorated floating hide. So I got up early last Friday and tested the waters. Well before sunrise, I had installed the hide and went up to my chest into the murky water. It took a while before the water temperature made […]