No results from outdoors last week, so a photo from stock. Currently, I am writing an article about Black terns and the way I capture them. The reason I am posting this photo is that it reflects what I consider as my personal style in bird photography. It is not the subject itself that is the most important, but the colours, patterns and their interaction. Although this photo does not tell a story, it has the potential of triggering imagination…… It reflects my emotions when capturing these fantastic birds: warmth, amasement and joy! And meanwhile I am also taking the photos that do tell the story, we need that too. More on that in one of my future posts.

Cheers,

Niels

Frequently on Sunday mornings I get up early to take photos in the Blauwe Kamer, the nature reserve I live in. I jump out of bed, take my stuff and a quick breakfast and I can start….. it doesn’t take more. I positioned myself near one of the lakes where Greylag Geese and Great White egrets forage. The sun was filtered by a thin layer of clouds and it created a softness in the scene. The wind was absent and a pair of Grelags slowly moved through the water……what a backyard!

Cheers, Niels