Bali 2024, Tulamben Yes, we are here again. In Bali, and of course again at Matahari! Suci Komang and her team make sure it’s a big party every time. Good food, clean rooms and great people. This year we are with Rob, Conny and Erik. Our dives I put here with 1 or more new…
Siberian Squirrels and Tree frogs The Netherlands is a nice country! Why? It is teeming with life in nature, you just have to know how to find it all. Bald eagles in the polders, buzzards can be seen just about everywhere and wherever you go, there is always something fun to be had! Today we…
Bird huts at Netherlands 2024 Bird huts? Are you crazy or something. So that was my reaction earlier, because what’s the point of spending whole days in a dark hidden hut taking pictures of birds? Rather than diving and taking photos underwater. But once you start taking pictures you find that there are such beautiful…
Raptor Workshop at The Early Bird Hut On May 18, there was a spot available at the Raptor Photography Workshop at the Early Bird Lodge. When I saw that which birds could come I registered right away. My favorite bird, the American Osprey, or Bald Eagle, was able to make its appearance! So out on…
Aurora Borealis Recently we have been able to see (photographic) northern lights several times in the Netherlands. But what exactly is northern lights? Northern lights are created by the solar wind. When a solar flare occurs on the sun, a charge of electrically charged particles is hurled into space. These flames are classified into different…
Foxes! We have in the Netherlands, after all. very many and beautiful natural areas, though. Around here we have the Twiske, the Purmerbos and also the Amsterdam Water Supply Dunes. Many species of birds, squirrels and of course the fallow deer and foxes. This page I will fill only with the foxes. In March/April the…
Photo booth in Twente Over the past few months, I have been infected with birding bug by Mieke. Since there is no vaccine or pill for this, we’re going to completely sweat it out! After my (thankfully minor) surgeries this year, I’m not allowed to dive for a while yet so I set out for…
Artificial Intelligence in Photoshop We are bombarded to death with Artificial Intelligence these days. The principle is very simple, teach a computer a trick, add additional software and let the computer perform the trick. By adding a variable, the computer will arrive at a slightly different outcome, and so the computer learns more and more.…
Amsterdam Water Supply Dunes 2024, What do we see in 2024 This page will be frequently updated with photos featuring the animals and nature of the Amsterdam Water Supply Dunes. This is a large dune area of about 34 square kilometers between Noordwijk and Zandvoort. It is the filtration area for the Amsterdam and surrounding…
The Early Bird Hut, Liesbeth Vroege – van Leeuwen Addiction must be turned for the better say psychologists! Thus done, and now been to a birding lodge for the 3rd time. This time the Early Bird Hut in Odijk. A nice cabin, well equipped with handy tripods and a nice little pond. There is also…
