We have a heat wave in the Netherlands. I am not a fan of very high temperatures. It is vacation, so I give myself a tropical roster. Getting up early (around 5:30 a.m.), afternoon siesta with afternoon nap and to bed late at night. It is wonderful to go outside early with the camera. Yesterday READ MORE
Author: Anja Wessels
Alstroemeria
This morning I got up early to go to Fortmond. One of my favorite places along the IJssel. A little disappointed I came home again. I was hoping to shoot some butterflies, but there were only a few of them and I could not take pictures of them. Everything is so dry and brown. If READ MORE
Black and white stripes
Vacation time, so time for playing with Photoshop and and photos of my favorite animals. In addition to primates and large birds, the big cats also belong to my favorite subjects. They can look very sweet and calm and very fierce and threatening. Lately I did not do a lot of “on black” edits. Cats READ MORE
Feathered friends
This year I bought a subscription for the Apenheul. That is the third time now. I also skipped a year, but keep going there again and again. In the past 4, 5 years I have taken many photos. Also many of birds. For the first time I also photographed one of the free flying macaws READ MORE
Lemurs
The lemurs are a family of primates that only live on Madagascar and nearby islands. In recent years I have been to the Apenheul many times and have photographed all the leur species they have. There are 8 species in the Apenheul. 5 of them roam free in the park. 3 types are behind glass. READ MORE
Duet
Last Wednesday I was the Apenheul. A beautiful day, wonderful weather and it wasn’t busy. Perfect! Of course I made a lot of pictures of apes and monkeys. That will be other blogs. What many people don’t know is that there are other animals too. Especially many birds. They also walk and fly freely around READ MORE
Wingu
A week ago I was in Dierenpark Amersfoort. I mainly go there for the tigers, the fly cage and of course the chimpanzees. The most important chimp for me is Mike, but Wingu, his grandson is also beautiful to watch. He is playful, curious and active. The different expressions are so nice to photograph. And READ MORE
Smartphone photos
About 10 days ago I was with my mother at Bloemenkwekerij Pot. A beautiful greenery with lots of flowers for the garden. When I go out with my mother, I don’t take my camera. But of course I could not resist making a few photos with my phone (Samsung Galaxy 7 edge). And again it READ MORE