Sunset in the forest

Sunset in the Quackjeswater forest.

Flying owl 2

Owl from the flying birds show at the Rotterdam Zoo.

Eskimo kiss

Vicks and Olinka with the noses against each other. Playing in the water.
At the Rotterdam Zoo.

Art in progress

Painting the lighthouse of Hellevoetsluis.

Mushrooms

Mushrooms in the forest.

Pieter Droogleever Fortuynplein

Pieter Droogleever Fortuynplein in Rotterdam.

3 shot handheld HDR

The safest place in the world

This little grebe was in a big hurry to get to his mother.

Chrysler New Yorker

Seen by the side of the road.

3 shot HDR

Abseilen

Two brave rapelling girls. 328 feet down from the Euromast. Not for me.

Sun spots

When the sun entered the hazy layer, some sun spots became visible. They look small but the earth fits in them easily.

Sunset

Sunset over the Haringvliet.

Lonely Adventure

The silver motorcycle memorial "Lonely Adventure" by Maria Roosen in memory of Anna Blaman (1905-1960) at Heemraadssingel in Rotterdam.

In flight

A flying hooded vulture at the flying bird show at the Rotterdam Zoo.

Flying Owl

Flying owl at the flying birds show at the Rotterdam Zoo.

Sleeping beauty

Sleeping slender-snouted crocodile at the Rotterdam Zoo.

Sunbathing lemur

A sunbathing lemur at the Rotterdam Zoo.

s.s. Rotterdam

View on the cruise ship s.s. Rotterdam.

Playing

Polar bears Vicks and his mother Olinka playing in the water at the Rotterdam Zoo.

Shout it out!

A yellow mongoose having fun at the Rotterdam Zoo.

Bench

"Will you sit?"
A bench in the park.

3 photo tone-mapped shot.

Autumn

The season is changing.
The empty beginning of the Great dock, the fortress port of Hellevoetsluis.

3 photo tone-mapped shot.

ROARRR

Roaring lioness at the Rotterdam Zoo.

Horses

Horses in the meadow.

3 shot HDR

Holland polderland

Dutch polder seen from the dike. Hellevoetsluis on the horizon.

3 shot HDR

A walking Ladybug

Rotterdam CS

View on the reflecting skyscrapers of Rotterdam.
Viewed from the bus stops at Central Station.

3 photo tone-mapped

Faya

Say Aaaaaah

Nothing wrong with the teeth of this lioness at the Rotterdam Zoo.

Boompjeskade

Buildings along the Boompjeskade in Rotterdam.

Hyena OOB

One of the hyenas of the Rotterdam Zoo. OOB.

Sisters

Thirza and her little sister Tuena together at the Rotterdam Zoo.

Lightning 2

Lightning between the clouds.

On the move

Aya with her daughter Aybu (December 5th, 2010) on her back and in the background Tamani with her daughter Tamu (July 25th, 2011) to the chest. The father of both is of course Bokito.

Lightning

Lightning between the clouds.

Polder dike

Bike path along the polder dike. It was hazy in the distance.

3 photo tone-mapped

The Sun

The sunrise this morning.

Who the ape

She drums for victory!

Reflecting buildings

Reflecting buildings in Hellevoetsluis.

3 photo tone-mapped

Little blue eyes

Little blue eyed crustacean in the visitors lab of the Rotterdam Zoo.
Species unknown.

New bicycle tunnel

Today was a rainy day again.
The new bicycle tunnel at the shopping center Struytse Hoeck in Hellevoetsluis.

3 shot tone-mapped photo.

Bokito

The big ape from the Rotterdam Zoo.

Gatekeeper's home

The gatekeepers home at the Brielsegate of the fortress of Hellevoetsluis.

5 shot tone-mapped photo.

Dike maintenance

Dike maintenance by these sheep alongside the Haringvliet near Hellevoetsluis.

5 shot tone-mapped photo.

Fishing at sunset

Two fishermen at the entrance of the merchant port in Hellevoetsluis.
The setting sun illuminated the clouds above the Haringvliet and the moon just came from behind the clouds.
Later at the evening when the sun was almost under.
You can have a worse view.

3 shot tone-mapped photo.

Old naval shipyard wall

Part of the old naval shipyard wall where the navies of such Michiel Adriaensz. de Ruyter, Piet Heyn, Cornelis Cornelisz. Evertsen, Maarten Harpertsz. Tromp en Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington were built.

3 shot tone-mapped photo.

Peugeot 107

The sunset reflecting in the rearwindow of a Peugeot 107.
Nicely over-processed.

3 shot tone-mapped photo.

The fortress bridge

The bridge inside the fortress of Hellevoetsluis.

3 shot tone-mapped photo.

Sunset at Hellevoet

Sunset at the beach at Hellevoetsluis.
There were some nice clouds that evening so I decided to take some nice HDR shots all over Hellevoetsluis.

3 shot tone-mapped photo.

William and Mary square

The William and Mary square in Hellevoetsluis.
The place from where William III and Mary II went to England and ruled there from february 1689 till 8 March 1702. Of course not from this building.
The sun is just below the building. Some nice clouds at the time.

3 shot tone-mapped photo.

Zebra finches

Two zebra finches at the local petting zoo shot through the chicken wire.
A small male and a much larger female.

This is a black and white version with the colors of the finches re-inserted.

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