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I was born in 1948 at Serooskerke (on the island of Walcheren) and live in Middelburg (both in the Dutch province of Zeeland).
At the age of 16 I was already greatly interested in wild flowers; I started collecting
plants, pasting them in a herbarium, but I longed for a genuine SLR camera to take
macro shots. In 1967 I followed the advice of my parents -
My finest black-
In 1972 I started darkroom work and for 18 years I developed and enlarged my own negatives.
For the photographs on my home page I use a NIKON Super Coolscan 5000 ED slidescanner.
Looking around in nature fascinates me; I like spring and autumn best, the former season with its new young leaves and the autumn because of its brilliant colours.
In all seasons I take a special interest in mushrooms, plants, landscapes, sand dunes, the sea, trees, lichens and mosses, butterflies, dragon flies, sunsets, insects, water, raindrops, hoarfrost on leaves, the texture of ferns, sand, mosses, tree bark etc.
My favourite spots are:Ter Hooge (Middelburg), Oranjezon, Oranjebosch, Rammekenshoek, the ‘Schotsman’, Schuddebeurs, the "Manteling" of Walcheren and various other nature regions in The Netherlands and Europe, e.g. The Eifel, Hungary, France and the Alps.
Equipment:
Digitale SLR spiegelreflex camera: Pentax K-
Statief: Manfrotto MKBFRC4-