Time to play some more with photos. All in all, the Zoos will be closed for at least another month. Sigh! I adhere to the corona rules, but I am very done with it. Then get back to work Read more
Digital Watercolor Painting

Over the years I have purchased quite a number of Photoshop actions. Today was a good time to play with one of them. The “Digital Watercolor Painting” action makes a photo look like a watercolor. Lighter photos are more Read more
Vintage photos

Sunday afternoon and still lockdown. I have no new animals photos. Zoos in the Netherlands are still closed. Therefore I’m playing with Photoshop again.
I converted 6 photos to a vintage portrait. I have searched for appropriate animal portraits. Read more
Baby faces

A blog full of “monkey” babies. They are always so sweet. Some species look a bit like wrinkly old men. This is especially true for baboons and macaques. Yet they are to melt. In recent years I have photographed Read more
Emerging from the dark

Old photos, new edits. Editing photos on a black or at least dark background remains fun. I took most of the photos with my old camera and first lens. Both not the quality I have now. Often there is Read more
2020 leftovers 2

Lockdown, so no new photos. Time to go through my photos from 2020. From every visit, there are photos that don’t fit in to a post. I usually have a theme for a post. So now I’m posting leftovers. Read more
The Guards of Wildlands

Meerkats are among the most perky animals you will encounter in a zoo. They are photographed a lot and also shared on social media. Because you see them so often, I sometimes pass them. But not in Wildlands. Because Read more
2020 leftovers 1

Lockdown, so no new photos. Time to go through my photos from 2020. From every visit, there are photos that don’t fit in to a post. I usually have a theme for a post. So now I’m posting leftovers. Read more
Paddington, Baloo, Teddy and co.

A post with bears. Lots of different bears that I have photographed in the past 5 years. When there are bears in the zoo, I usually make an attempt to take pictures of them. They don’t often end up Read more