This year I sent 7 pictures to the ‘Amateur Photographer of year’ contest of the Irish Times. Out of more than 10.000 pictures, 2 pictures out of those 7 were shortlisted.

On top of that, the picture ‘Forest light’ got also a honourable mention in the Nature category.

Obviously I am fully delighted for this recognition.

The pictures that made it to the shortlist were:

The cycler

Forest lamp

Check here for the result of the category Nature or  check here the complete shortlist.

Much love and thanks for my girlfriend Jacqui for her support and who persuaded me to send in some pictures.

Pictures taken this autumn, that means nature is changing it’s colours, mushrooms are appearing and the weather is changing resulting in fog and dramatic rain clouds.

A dung beetle on a Sunday walk

I’m delighted to be part of a group of photographers called ‘Schoorl groep’. You can find us also on Facebook.

This morning we went to de Hatertse vennen, nearby the city of Nijmegen. It is a moor-like area with heather and fens.

It was a stunning morning, fog was covering the area, but that was soon gone after a beautiful sunrise.

Obviously I took a lot of pictures but I hope the selection below will give you a good idea how it was.

Hatertse vennen

Yesterday, Friday the 13th, I went to the Posbank. Unlike the most of the Netherlands, it has some hills, covered with purple heather. This morning I was treated with a stunning sunrise while a fog was coming in. For some maybe haunting, not for me. It was just amazing.

In this blog just a selection of all the pictures I took.

Thanks for watching.

Just before sunrise