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Dear all,

although at first sight the wheather does not seem particularly inviting to step out of your front door these days, photography wise there are some fine opportunities. Windy and rainy days put your creative skills to the test as there is little light to work with and almost everything is swaying. But for me this can be rewarding when I am using the motion to get special effects by, for instance, using long exposures. I was out in my ‘backyard’ the Blauwe Kamer with my friend Melchert Meijer zu Schlochtern and we both noticed this scene with the big willows and the flowers in front, swaying in the fierce wind. The sun had already set, so we could use long exposures without elements being overexposed. This results in the ‘cloudy’ appearance of the willow’s leaves and the blurred flowers. The stem of the trees give the photo a ‘steady’ base and an eye-catcher to focus on.

Cheers, Niels