Travelling is great, but so is exploring the beauty in my own “backyard”. I live close to sea and the dunes of Wassenaar and Meijendel are always great to explore. There are some nice patches of forest where autumn and spring is especially a good time to pay them a visit.
Usually I experiment at home with more exotic lenses like M42 bokeh monsters or fish-eyes for other effects. Leisurely exploring my own garden with a macro lens is always a great way to keep the skills up to date.
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An image that has "spring" written all over it. One of the first flowers to blossom in the nearby forest of Castle Duivenvoorde
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A reedbed along a former piece of farmland, a few years after that area has been given back to nature.
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The first signs of spring are always the wood anemones that show their delicate flowers on the forest floor of castle Duivenvoorde
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In city park "Haagse Bos" the fresh greens of sping make a nice mosaic of leaves at the forest canopy
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Using a fast lens wide open has a chance to create these nice circles when the conditions are right
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At sunset and low tide, the beach of the Wassenaarse Slag is always a great place to relax and reflect for a while
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This toxic mushroom resembles several edible species (most notably caesar's mushroom and the straw mushroom) commonly consumed by humans, increasing the risk of accidental poisoning. It's one of the most poisonous of all known toadstools. It has been involved in the majority of human deaths from mushroom poisoning, possibly including the deaths of Roman Emperor Claudius in AD 54 and Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI in 1740.
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Waves are rolling towards shore in the winter of 2014, using slow shutter-speeds the dynamics come to live in this image