Birds
Recently, I have repaired my floating hide by giving it a new camouflage cover that better conceils me and my movements from the waterfowl. I had been dying to try it out and could not wait until my day off on Friday. But of course, after having watched four beautiful foggy sunrises from my […]
Yesterday, the winners of the German 2012 Glanzlichter nature photo competition were announced on their website. I am happy to announce that my image of two Wood Pigeons was awarded a Highly Commended in the ‘Animal Pairs’ Category. Congratulations to all other winners, amongst them of course a few fellow Dutchmen. This is one […]
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 […]
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 […]
A last-minute contribution to the blog. Around the holidays, I have hardly been out with the camera, the weather not being particularly inviting for a stint with the camera. I went out one grey morning to photograph swans at their take off to the foraging grounds. When I arrived, still in darkness, they were already […]
In my previous post, I mentioned I was eagerly awaiting the arrival of one of my favourite wintering guests, the Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus, Blauwe Kiekendief). I had not even finished writing the blogpost, or my telephone rang. The landowner excitedly informed me that ‘he had returned’ to the fields of joy (and voles). I […]