Dear photofriends,

I was photographing for an assignment for the province of Noord-Brabant. Near a lake some young boys with fishing gear approached me and asked me what I was doing. There attention was undoubtedly drawn by my underwaterpouch containing my camera. They said they were very skilled in fishing and they wanted to show me……”Ok let’s see what luck they have”, I thought. Well…within two minutes one boy caught three perches and I saw the chance to make an underwater photo of the catch. Actually this shot shows the perch hunting the bait! It showed me again what a great challenge and fun underwater photography is. I am eager to make this kind of shot again and make it perfect.

Cheers,

Niels

I was at the island of Ameland when I saw the light becoming soft and orange in the evening. I often prefer photographing against it rather than making use of the light to lit the subject. I capture silhouettes and use the sky or the reflection on the water to create a dual-toned photo. In this case, a Grey heron was fishing in the water, that was completely without ripples due to the absence of wind. I anticipated the moment of ‘darting’ and took some shots with continuous shooting at high speed. The little explosion of water, with the sun reflected, makes this photo special.

Cheers,

Niels