Mammals
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 […]
I have just returned from a photographic holiday to Bulgaria. The trip was the prize for last years Grasduinen win. I had a great time, got up around 4 in the morning every day and only packed the photographic gear when the sun went down around 9pm. Some of the results from a very interesting […]
Last weekend, the annual Asferico photofestival took place in Marano Lagunare in Italy. I decided to visit the festival to receive the award for my runner-up position, because it might well be the only (and thus last) international recognition I’ll ever get. The Dutch really did well this year. We won 15 awards, Wendy Kreeftenbergs […]
More good news from the contest front. This, I assume familiar, image of a Red Squirrel made it to the runner-up position of the January edition of the online Wild Wonders contest. Every month, the jury choose the finalists for the contest in four categories. It is then up to the visitors of the website […]
The good news has been in my mailbox for about a month now, but only now are the results open to the public: I am very happy and proud to announce that my image of “stripes & stripes” has won a runner-up position in the “Composition and forms” category of the Italian photo competition Asferico. […]
Last weekend, my significant other and I did an inventory in a nearby woodland for mice, voles and shrews. Over the course of two days, we did 5 check-ups of the 100 lifetraps we had placed, spread over spots with varying vegetation (woodland, heather, grainfields). We trapped over one hundred mice and voles, but just […]