Plants & Fungi
— Extra Newsflash — I am proud to announce that my abstract image of a dewy spiderweb in front of a Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria, Vliegenzwam) has been awarded a Highly Commended at the 2011 Glanzlichter awards in Germany in the ‘Nature as Art’ category. This image from 2009 has long been one of my own […]
It’s the most beautiful time of year again! Temperatures are rising, birds are in love and all kinds of delicate flowers peep out of the ground and reach for the sun. I had figured out several plans for photography last weekend, but was not able to execute anyone of them because an unwilling muscle in my back […]
Here’s another one from last week when I spent the majority of the morning with a small clump of Bristly Haircap (Polytrichum piliferum, Ruig Haarmos). This one was shot lying flat on the ground and with extension tubes and a converter used to be able to focus closer and obtain even more magnification. The larger […]
Again a week that featured beautiful sunrises on the way to the office and a weekend that consists of grey and drab days. If there is a God an he likes nature photography, than I can only assume he does not like competition and he keeps all the good light to himself… Anyway, I really […]
2010 has been a quite succesful year, photographywise, but it just got even better. The winners of the Outdoor Photographer of the Year Awards have been announced and I am very happy and proud that my image of a Fungus in predawn blue light has won the ‘Small World’ category! The competition is organized, this […]
Lobende Erwähnung. That’s German for Highly Commended (eervolle vermelding in Dutch) and exactly what my close-up photograph of two tiny mycenae received at the 2010 European Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, organised by the German GDT. I am very happy and proud to be amongst the winners of this year’s competition, as it is widely considered […]