Dutch Underwater Photography Championships, Gold with the team competition! Dutch Underwater Photography Championship 2023, Team competition! A few weeks after the previous award ceremony that had been disappointing for me, things began to itch again. And after some contact with Master Ron Offermans, I decided to participate again anyway, but I wanted to compete in…
The last eggs of the perch Diving in on a Wednesday to watch beard eggs again anyway, always a good idea when the weather is a bit nice! So with Shelley and friends, we went right after work. Filling bottles at Airdiving and building things up. Our friends arrived and, after a pleasant chat, into…
Perch caviar It is time again for new life. During this time there are other fish laying eggs. While in winter it is the snot wolf and the sea turtle, now it is the time for freshwater fish. The bass have been quite busy with the big strands. In Vinkeveen it is full! The funny…
Participate with the Open Dutch Championship Underwater Photography Competing in the ONK here in the Netherlands is about the highest you can achieve here. Besides this competition, there is really only international honors to be achieved. I have now competed in the ONK 3 times, in all parts. In 2020 I participated for the first…
Wide-angle at Netherlands Besides my favorite of macro, we also have wide angle, of course. Wide angle: any photo with a lens smaller than 35mm is considered wide angle by the experts. Since I shoot with an Olympus OMD with a crop factor of 2, there are some dings to consider. So if you then…
Ice diving at Vinkeveen In February 2021, we finally had the opportunity to go ice diving. After several days of good frost, there was finally a good layer of ice and it was touch and go. At Scuba Academy in Vinkeveen, the harbor had frozen over nicely and they were able to carve a paak…
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…
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 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…
