Diving Goggles at Strength When you come of age, the eyes sometimes want to deteriorate. The first thing that started with me was farsightedness. Oftentimes, up close I can’t see a nut. It started with the fine print and the dive computer, suddenly unreadable. After that it got a little worse but fortunately it only…
Top 10 Like any photographer, you have your own preference for what your best photos are. That is quite. difficult because as for example in 2022 with the vacation in Bali I did take a 6,000 photos in that year. Then try to come up with your own top 10. Now, of course, it’s true…
Seahorses in the Netherlands When I started diving, I wanted to see a seahorse underwater. That was quite a challenge because they were not very common in the Netherlands. Once I dived with friends at the Zeeland Bridge and then they showed me a seahorse, or at least I didn’t see the beautiful creature because…
Netherlands Aircraft One of my old hobbies was aircraft spotting. Both civil and military aviation had my interest. As a little boy, I went to Schiphol Airport with my parents. Then we stood next to the runway and watched the big and smaller planes take off. At the French fry shop present then grab a…
Ouwehands Zoo LightNights Lightnights Aqualuna 2022 Every year Ouwehands Animal Park has a beautiful presentation of nature. Statues made of metal with covering that are then illuminated and make a beautiful presentation of life in nature. Since 2022 it has been an annual tradition for us to go there with Rob and Conny. Already 4…
Thunderstorms in the Netherlands Surely one of the most beautiful natural phenomena we can observe here in the Netherlands is the electrical storm, thunderstorms that is! Since in got the Olympus OMD-E1 mark2 I can fairly simply take the most beautiful thunderstorm photos. In fact, the Live-Composite function takes continuous photos and then only…
New Life underwater As also above water, spring is a time of the beginning of life. Last year I did a 4-week consecutive dive in Vinkeveen, at Zandeiland 4. In the twigs and even just loose on the ground, I went after the offspring of bass. Almost literally from day 1 through day 21, I…
Netherlands Salt Water Zealand When we get tired of fresh water we drive to Zeeland. There is so much more to Zeeland than freshwater. Every season there has its charms. In the winter we have the sea turtles with nests, and of course the snot wolf, the purveyor of caviar for the common man. The…
Bali 2022 Macro Lightnights Aqualuna 2022 In September and October 2022, we vacationed in Bali. This was the 4th time for me and all the times I have been in Tulamben. There sits the Matahari Resort, run by Ni Komang Suci. She herself has originally been a chef at several hotels and therefore has a…
Netherlands Fresh Water Lightnights Aqualuna 2022 Every year we do a lot of diving in the various freshwater lakes of the Netherlands. For example, for us, Vinkeveen, just a 30-minute drive away, is a frequently visited place. But we also have Toolenburg, the Twiske and Hoofddorp nearby. Occasionally we venture to lakes a little further…
