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Early birds
Early birds is a literal translation of the Dutch :"vroege vogels". I'm not sure if it has the same meaning
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Baby faces
A blog full of "monkey" babies. They are always so sweet. Some species look a bit like wrinkly old men.
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Emerging from the dark
Old photos, new edits. Editing photos on a black or at least dark background remains fun. I took most of
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Den Alerdinck and the Colckhof in the snow
Not photographed for almost 3 months. The last time was in Amersfoort Zoo. Lockdown and for now there is no
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2020 leftovers 2
Lockdown, so no new photos. Time to go through my photos from 2020. From every visit, there are photos that
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The Guards of Wildlands
Meerkats are among the most perky animals you will encounter in a zoo. They are photographed a lot and also
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2020 leftovers 1
Lockdown, so no new photos. Time to go through my photos from 2020. From every visit, there are photos that
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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
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Gorillas on Black
The website has the subtitle: "My creative explorations". This post fits that perfectly. In my previous post I wrote about
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Amazing chimps
Chimpanzees are my favorite primates. Mike in Amersfoort Zoo was my favorite chimpanzee. Mike is gone. When he was shot
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Cats
My favorite subjects to photograph? Primates and ...... Yes, Cats. Therefore a collection of big cats photographed in different zoos.
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Love and tenderness
Today a day at Amersfoort Zoo. Two weeks ago I thought, I will not go there for the time being.
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Cuteness
A week ago I was at Burgers Zoo. I could do that just before they closed for 2 weeks due
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Last visit at the Apenheul
This Saturday I went to the Apenheul for the last time this year. I was lucky with the weather. An
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Eyes are the mirror of the soul
When you make portraits of animals, the most important thing is that the eyes are sharp. A photo can be
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Close-ups in Wildlands
Finally I have photographed again. Except for some family photos, my camera hadn't been out of the bag for a
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Afternoon at the Apenheul
The nice thing about a subscription to a zoo is that you simply go there. Especially when it is not
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High-key September
Today was the last day of a wonderful long weekend. Time to visit zoos and edit photos. In September I
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Rheine looks back at you
Yesterday I was in Naturzoo Rheine. It was wonderfully quiet, the weather was good and I had fun taking photographs.
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Faces in Osnabrück Zoo
Yesterday I went to Zoo Osnabrück. I had big plans to shoot, but I was on my way home after
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Together in black and white
Just a series of photos that show togetherness. Caring, loving, being there for each other. And that in black and
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Gorilla gorilla gorilla
The title of this blog is "Gorilla gorilla gorilla". No, that is no mistake. It is the scientific name for
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Cheetah
Summer break and therefore a lot of time to photograph and edit photos. I have visited quite a few zoos
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Another day at the Apenheul
Last Thursday I should be working for a day (in the middle of my vacation). That was canceled, so it
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New "On black"
Summer break, so I have time for photo editing. Returned to a technique that I often used a while ago.
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Sleeping Beekse Bergen
Friday, nice zoo, nice animals, but they were all sleep. Now I must say that the weather was also very
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Beekse Bergen Birds
Yesterday I went to Safaripark de Beekse Bergen for the first time. I photographed there with my photography girlfriend Evi.
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Timons' relatives
For everyone who did not yet know meerkats, the most famous meerkat Timon came into the world. Together with friend
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Some special faces in Burgers Zoo
Since 1971 there has been a group of Chimpanzees in Burgers Zoo. At that time, it was a revolutionary idea
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Color explosion
Had little time to shoot. Busy busy busy! Therefore some colorful flower photos that I have taken in recent years.
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A day at Apenheul
A series of photos taken during a day at Apenheul. The weather was fantastic and luckily it was very quiet
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The white-lipped tamarin
The white-lipped tamarin is a small monkey with white lips, red belly and a very long tail. Furthermore, it is
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Colorful kisses
Every visit to the Orchid Farm produces many photos. This time again there was a lot to see. So many
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The beauty of the butterfly
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to
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Beautiful colors and shapes of orchids
Today my first visit to the Orchids farm in corona time. I had reserved the first time possible to enter.
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Finally I could go to the apenheul
Yesterday was the day, for the first time this year I went to the Apenheul. I have a subscription every
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Red
Lots of red flowers photographed in the past 5 years. Most edited new, but a few from the archive of
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Big cats
New post with old photos. Well, not all of them are old. Some are from 2020, but it goes back
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Dandelions
Dandelions, they are seen as weeds. Too bad, because they are nice yellow flowers that brighten up nature early in
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Feathered photos
A new blog with old photos. These are from 2018 and 2019. Birds I photographed in various zoos. Below each
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Yellow African daisies
Spanish daisies come in many different colors. I have them in the garden in white, pink and purple. They are
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Fuchsia
Almost every year I buy fuchsias. They are beautiful flowers to look at. The shape also makes it beautiful subjects
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Black and white big cats
Primates, birds of prey and big cats are my favorite subjects to photograph. In addition, I actually love all nature
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With a smile on your face
More old photos, made from 2014 to 2020. Photos showing animals with a smile, that might bring a smile on
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Primates
More forgotten photos. I edited lots of photos I made in 2018 and 2019. I always make a lot of
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Random
Another post with old photos. I last visited a zoo in February. It will probably take a while before we can go
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Apes
A new post with old photos. I last visited a zoo in February. It will probably take a while before
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Birding
This morning I went birding at a pond near my house. I was early and hoped to be alone there.
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Orchids
In the past 6 weeks I have barely photographed. Because of corona I could go nowhere. I am also busy
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Monkeys in Allwetterzoo
Sharing a selection of photos of monkeys I took in February this year in Allwetterzoo. I would love to go
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Asian elephant with baby
In August 2018 I made this photo of a beautiful Asian elephant with her baby in ZOO Planckendael in Mechelen.
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Chimpanzee
A blog with a series of photos of one chimpanzee. These pictures are made in ZOOM Erlebniswelt in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
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One tiger photo ...
I took this photo at Burgers Zoo last Friday. I only photographed outside. The weather was pleasant and the expectation
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Faces at Osnabrück Zoo
Yesterday I went to Osnabrück Zoo for the second time. The first time was in 2018. A large beautiful zoo,
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Forest man
A post with photos of Orangutans taken at Allwetterzoo in Münster, Germany. A beautiful modern zoo, where animals are spacious
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The king of Burgers Zoo
During my visits to Burgers Zoo it is not always possible to take pictures of the Lions. Photos that are
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Wildebeest
Wildebeest or Gnoes in Burgers Safari. When I was editing these photos, I realized that I had never photographed them
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Rhinos
Today I went to Burgers Zoo again. Main reason: now really photograph animals in their environment and if possible on
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Flowers in Burgers Bush
If people go to a zoo, then of course they mainly go for animals. But what you should also really
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Zebras in Burgers Safari
Last week I went to Burgers Zoo. While I was there I thought: I'm going to take a different approach
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Barbary macaques
Barbary macaques are macaques that you encounter on the rock of Gibraltar, but also in many zoos. When they are
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Gorilla portraits
The Apenheul is now closed. Too bad we have to wait so long before it is open. Fortunately I still
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Yellow-cheeked gibbon in Burgers Zoo
Adult golden cheek gibbons are 60-80 cm long, weigh around 7 kilos and have no tail. Gold cheek gibbons reach
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Nibbling on a straw
Then you finally have a beautiful zoom lens (yes!) And then some animals come very close. Too close, oops 😉
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Artis in profile
I have made a good start to the new year. At half past eight in the morning I was on
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Griffon vultures
Last week I visited Dierenpark Amersfoort. They have some of my favorite animals and birds. I love the huge cage
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"Painterly" Action Set from Adobe Create Magazine
Sharing a post with a lot of photos. Edits of photos I made in 2019. I'm sharing this many to
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Expressions on black
The autumn holiday is over now. I have busy weeks ahead again. I still had time to edit photos in
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Tigers in Naturzoo Rheine
Been on the road for the third time with my new zoom lens, the Tamron SP 150-600mm. And now I
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Monochrome primates
Recently I didn't have much time to go out and make photos. Today I did have time to edit. So
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Faces in the Apenheul
Finally I did it. I bought zoooooooooooooooom! First I wanted to wait till Christmas, but yesterday I went to Urk
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Bauwi's family
Gorilla photos I made in Burgers Zoo about 10 days ago. I love gorilla's and their beautiful expressions. This time
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Such an itch!
Hi, I'm a cute little California sea lion living in ZOOM Erlebniswelt in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. I'm a happy little thing
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When a baby dies
Last week I visited Naturzoo Rheine. A wonderful zoo. Not that big, but many beautiful animals that you can see
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A soft face
After the heat wave it was finally cool today. Great weather to go to a zoo. At ten to nine
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Hydrangea
Recently I have had little time for photography and everything that is connected with it. I am too busy at
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Blanket flowers in the wild
On my walk I saw a lot of beautiful blanket flowers. Yellow and red buzzing with bees and bumble bees.
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On my table
Photography was a bit in the background in recent weeks. Not in the mood. No inspiration. Now a few photos
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A walk at Fortmond
Today the weather forecast gave me mixed feelings: temperature 31º C. I am not a fan of such temperatures and
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In my garden
Last week I wrote: "Sharing proof that you don’t have to travel far to make photos … ". So some
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Marmeranolis
Today I was at Burgers Zoo. It was a nice day. In the bush I went looking specifically for these
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We love columbine!
Sharing proof that you don't have to travel far to make photos ... Photos taken in my front garden. Columbine
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Little bonobo boy
Today my first real visit this year to the Apenheul. I was there during a very short visit about 6
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Watercolor Artist Action
Play time again! And this time you can play too 🙂 I've been playing with a Photoshop action that can
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More flowers at Groenrijk
During the May school break I visited Groenrijk Raalte. In this time of the year they have many beautiful flowers,
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Flowers at Groenrijk
The May school break is almost over. I still had time to take pictures, but the weather was not so
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Birds in NaturZoo Rheine
In a short time I have been to NaturZoo Rhiene 3 times and I have not been bored. There is
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Owls
Owls are among my favorite birds. That is because of their behavior and their beautiful eyes. In the past years
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A grey old man
If your follow my photography longer, you know I love primates. One of my absolute favorites are chimpanzees. My favourite
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NaturZoo Rheine
Last week I went to NaturZoo Rheine for the first time. A colleague of mine always said, why don't you
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Flying colors ...
Birds, they come in to many colors. Some birds have many colors on their own. That is the kind of
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Slippers
Looking at the title, you might have expected this post to be about shoes. Naaaah! My photos are seldom about
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Animals at the Orchideeën Hoeve
More photos from my visit to the Orchideeën Hoeve last Wednesday. In the past it was mainly a place to
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Butterflies a bit different
A new blog with photos taken at the Orchideeën Hoeve. This time there were a lot of butterflies and also
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Meerkats at the Orchideeënhoeve
Today I visited the Orchideeën Hoeve again. I wanted to do extensive photography again. There was too much wind outside
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Playing with flowers
The weather was fantastic today. Unfortunately I had to do a few chores at home. But I did find time
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Colorful animal twirls
More results of playing with Photoshop actions in combination with my animal photos. I always take a lot of photos
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One single pink rose
One single pink rose was all that was left of a bouquet I bought to photograph. I did not find
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Apenheul - a short visit
Today the Apeuheul opened its doors for the first day in 2019. It was only for people with season tickets. The weather was amazing.
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Monochrome twirls
Last week I shared a post with tests that I did with a package with Photoshop actions. Dreaming - Twirl
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Full screen flowers
This afternoon I went to Groenrijk to buy some plants for my garden. Ofcourse I had to take the camera.
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Action time!
Last week I bought a package full of Photoshop actions and templates. So time to play. But I had to
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Flowers in my house
It's been a while, but I bought flowers I actually made photos of. Lately I had a lot of flowers,
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Faces in Burgers zoo
My most recent zoo visits were to Burgers Zoo. I have taken out a subscription for this year. There will
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Eye contact
With regularity I get the question: How is it that animals look at you like that? How do you get
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Mangrove in Burgers Zoo
When Mangrove had just opened, I went there for the first time. I was a bit disappointed at the time.
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A field full of crocuses
It was beautiful weather today. A heat record was broken. Every spring numerous crocuses bloom in our village in a
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Flowers in Burgers Bush
Burgers Bush is a fantastic place to photograph! A huge indoor rainforest with so many plants and animals. If you
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Sumatran tigers in Burgers Zoo
This week I went to Burgers Zoo twice. A beautiful zoo and nice and close. After a ride of 45
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Primrose!
Today was a wonderful day. Time to go out with the camera. I ended my photography day with a visit
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Faces in Blijdorp
The last zoo I visited was Blijdorp. I was there in December and in January. Beautiful zoo! Here a number
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Guru's Picks
In previous blogs I have already written that I participate in challenges on Gurushots.com. I have now moved up to
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Macro flowers
For Gurushots I once again went into my photography past. I share a number of macros of flowers here. Partly
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Minimalism
Since a while I am active on GuruShots.com. There are always different challenges where you are in competition with other
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Proud to be chicken
Two weeks ago I was at the Orchideeënhoeve in Luttelgeest. As always a day full of colors, smells and lots
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A wild hair day
Yep, I bought some flowers today. One of them is this gerbera. A gerbera with a wild hair day. Wonderful
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Monochrome flowers
Flowers are one of my favorite subjects for photography. I always have flowers in my house. Either on a vase
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Bright colors!
Last week I started a I started a GuruShots account. GuruShots.com is a photography game, they say. It's free, but if you want
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Flowers on black
If you have been following me a bit longer, you know I love to edit my photos "On black". I
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Monochrome monkey babies
Babies, what's more beautiful ...? It does not matter whether it is human or animal babies. It's all cute. I
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Birds on black
The title of the blog says it all. I edited 7 of my bird photos on a black background. Hope
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Chrysanthemum
This Chrysanthemum I bought last week at De Plantage, a florist in our village. The intention was to take photos
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A small surprise
Again pictures taken in Blijdorp, the Zoo in Rotterdam. Animals that I have not photographed that often. But here it
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Cuteness overload
Last Wednesday I went to Blijdorp in Rotterdam for a day. As far as I am concerned, that is the
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Allwetterzoo
Last August I went to Allwetterzoo in Munster, Germany. A beautiful zoo. I made one post about it, but forgot
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Promotion videos
Today I made a number of promotional videos for my website. For me it was practice to see what is
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Composite
A composite in photography is an image that is made of two or more photos. I love playing wit photo's.
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Red
Red, the color of warmth, love and Christmas. Fits well in the time of the year. Some new photos and
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Really close-up!
Photos I made in the past years and where I got really close-up!
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Crab cactus
They bloom again! Late November and it is beautiful. I have three in three different colors. Red, white and salmon
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Cats
The big cats are among my favorite subjects to photograph. Unfortunately, they're not always the perfect model. Very often they
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Lily of the Incas
Alstroemeria A collection of flowers. I have not bought them for a while. Most of the photos are a few
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Barbary macaques
Barbary macaques, they start their lives as wrinkly old people. Cute, but not really the prettiest. After a while they
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Orchids at the Orchideeën Hoeve
Here it finally is, a blog about the Orchideeën Hoeve with orchid photos 🙂 Photos I made during my most
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Birds at the Orchideeën Hoeve
Photos taken at the Orchideeën Hoeve. Birds this time. With the last expansion, a lot has of birds have been
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Flower splendor at the Orchideeën Hoeve
A whole series of photos from my visit to the Orchideeën Hoeve. This is my third post, and I have
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Leaves
Flowers are beautiful, but often and certainly in autumn, just the leaves are beautiful! A post with beautiful colored leaves.
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Hibiscus
Last week I visited the Orchideeën Hoeve in Luttelgeest. As always,I loved it! The greenhouses with orchids were somewhat bare.
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Mike & Co
Recently I went to Dierenpark Amersfoort again. They have beautiful animals. This time it was I enjoyed it a lot
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A short visit to Artis
Yesterday I had a wonderful day with friends in Amsterdam. It was completely perfect. The journey by train and in
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Butterflies in the Orchideeënhoeve
Yesterday I visited the Orchideeënhoeve in Luttelgeest. A wonderful place that had a whole new fly cage with beautiful birds
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Galdiolus
Today I bought flowers at Passie Flora Salland to photograph. Many flowers, too many flowers: P I only photographed one
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Cambria Catatante
After reinstalling my laptop, NAS and reorganizing the storage of my photos, I finally have time to photograph. The flowers
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A walk at Schoonheten
The weather was beautiful again today. Wonderful weather for a walk. Today I went to Schoonheten hoping to photograph mushrooms.
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Colors at Groenrijk
Today we visited Groenrijk Raalte again. As always, they had very many colorful flowers. Delicious! Of one I do not
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Autumn walk
This afternoon I did a short walk in my the neighborhood. An "autumn walk" because I went for autumn colors.
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Pastel
Selection of flower photos I made in recent years. All in soft pastel colors. The colors of the flowers are
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On Black
A selection of photos shot in recent years all edited on a black background. I like this kind of editing.
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In my garden
You do not always need to travel long distances to take pictures. Sometimes two steps from the front door is
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Face to face with a prairie dog
Today I went to Dierenpark Amersfoort. It was a lovely day. I went with the goal to test an extender.
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White magic
A selection of white flowers made in recent years. A some of them of newly edited
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Black-capped squirrel monkey
A collection of photos of Bolivian squirrel monkeys, all taken in the Apenheul. They look very sweet and cute, but
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A vase with roses
Today I did a test with photographing on a small bedroom upstairs. There is now a treatment table that is
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The blues
Blue is my favorite color, I do not know what my favorite color is now. All colors have something special.
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The color purple
Celebrating the color purple, warm and beautiful.
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Youngsters
Selection of photos made in the Apenheul. I think wednesday was my last visit of 2018. Again I loved every
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Pink
Sharing an Adobe Spark project I made in April last year. I hope you'll enjoy it 🙂
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Beautiful roses
Roses are my favorite flowers. I love all flowers, but roses...... And these are amazing. The colors are so soft
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There's more to come
Been busy with the camera today. I had already bought some flowers on Saturday. I thought: it does not happen
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Gorilla's on black
Selection of gorilla photos I made in recent years in several zoos, all edited in monochrome and on a black
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Delicious dahlias
Dahlias, I used to think they were old-fashioned flowers. Now I'm a photographer, I think they are beautiful. Photography makes
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Roses are red ....
The title is not quite right, because not one of the 8 roses is red. I'm sharing photos I have
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Curved beaks in Allwetter Zoo
Last Wednesday I went to Allwetter Zoo in Munster for the first time. What a beautiful zoo. Very nicely laid
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Butterflies in the Orchichideeën Hoeve
A blog to watch. A collection of photos of butterflies in the butterfly garden of the Orchideeën Hoeve in Luttelgeest.
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Funny face
Again a number of photos taken in Planckendael near Mechelen. This time pictures of emu's. Such funny animals ! I
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Flowers in Planckendael
Planckendael is the zoo at Mechelen in Belgium. I was there this week and it was a wonderful day. It
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Elephants in Planckendael
Yesterday I was in Planckendael with a photography friend, a zoo near Mechelen in Belgium. The weather was lovely and
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Flowers at Groenrijk
A collection of photos from my visit to Groenrijk yesterday. This time modified to a dark version. Lately all my
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Insects at Groenrijk
Today I had to photograph my bad mood away :P. That is why I went to Groenrijk Raalte with the
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Smartphone Zinnea
Like every Saturday morning I was with my mother for a cup of coffee this morning. After that I always
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The news paper
Had to try something new with my photos and Photoshop. It was a time-consuming search. 3 photos in this blog.
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Poke the bear
Playing with Photoshop and a picture of a brown bear taken in Dierenpark Amersfoort. This gray old bear looks very
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Say aah
Sunday afternoon, warm weather, time to play with Photoshop. A while ago I made a picture of two pelicans in
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Zinnia
A collection of photos I took today of flowers that are on my table. Beautiful colorful zinnias. The flowers were
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Abstract impressions
Summer break, so time to play! 🙂 Playing with photos and Photoshop. A while ago I bought a number of
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Flowers have company
We have a heat wave in the Netherlands. I am not a fan of very high temperatures. It is vacation,
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Alstroemeria
This morning I got up early to go to Fortmond. One of my favorite places along the IJssel. A little
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Black and white stripes
Vacation time, so time for playing with Photoshop and and photos of my favorite animals. In addition to primates and
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Feathered friends
This year I bought a subscription for the Apenheul. That is the third time now. I also skipped a year,
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Twins
It was national news: twins born in the Apenheul. Golden lion tamarins. Wow! I did not expect to see them,
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My stick
In the last 10 days I have been in the Apenheul twice. At home I noticed that I had made
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Lemurs
The lemurs are a family of primates that only live on Madagascar and nearby islands. In recent years I have
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Duet
Last Wednesday I was the Apenheul. A beautiful day, wonderful weather and it wasn't busy. Perfect! Of course I made
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Wingu
A week ago I was in Dierenpark Amersfoort. I mainly go there for the tigers, the fly cage and of
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Smartphone photos
About 10 days ago I was with my mother at Bloemenkwekerij Pot. A beautiful greenery with lots of flowers for
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Zoo Amersfoort
Today I went to an zoo again. Amersfoort Zoo. The weather was perfect. A wonderful day. Just sharing some photos
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Passion
If I ever go bankrupt, it is probably because I buy too many flowers 😛 Every time I see special shapes
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Cockchafer
Cockchafer, I have not seen that many in my life. I always heard my mother tell me that there were
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Renewed edition
Beautiful weather, but too hot for me. So I switch to a hot weather schedule. Rise early and a siesta
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Drostenkamp
Last week I saw during the break that there are lots of geese at the Drostenkamp ponds, with lots of
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Bugs and a butterfly
Today and yesterday I walked at the Tichelgaten. This is an area in the flood plains of the IJssel. It
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Flower play
The title of this blog is Flower play. I gave it that title because I play with flowers. Playing is
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Artis Amsterdam
Last year I went to a zoo on average once a month. In 2018 Artis was the first zoo I
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At Groenrijk Raalte
If I have some time and want to take pictures, I love going to Groenrijk Raalte, a local garden center.
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A pink tree
I could not wait for Spring to begin. Like everyone, I was really ready for sun and good weather. Every
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Flowers on White
Photographing and experimenting with flowers is something Iove to do. It can be done indoors and therefore also in the
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