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Last Wednesday evening a lot of people watched the European Football Championship game the Netherlands against Germany. Although I’m living in the Netherlands for about thirty years now, on that kind of days the hard statements about Germans touches me. On Facebook ‘friends’ were laughing about some voodoo doll photos and although I’m not interested in football at all, from that moment on I hoped that the Germans would win. Fortunately I had some other plans for that evening and so I went out; no television for me! I drove to the Kleine Beerze to see if I could find some resting dragonflies or butterflies. After photographing a small dragonfly I walked around for a while and enjoyed the fact that I was alone out there. Low between the grass I found some photogenic flowers and while I was photographing them, the group of Scottish Highland Cattle became closer. It’s a small group of three grown animals and a little calf (which was two weeks old on Wednesday). Comparing to the cattle group of last year these four animals are really shy; they run away immediately. So while I was lying there in the grass I changed my lens and tried to photograph the little calf which was not easy as the grass was much higher. Then suddenly the calf run to it’s mum, the sun was coming out and there the two were standing, cuddling each other in the last sunlight......  Photographing the love between this mother and her child gave me a happy feeling. When it became dark I walked back to my car and on my way home I noticed the serious expression on the faces of some people which I passed. Despite voodoo the football fever was over!
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With this beautiful winter scenery I spent most of the weekend outside. This one was taken yesterday morning. As I did not expect a red sunrise I was focused on macro when a deep red horizon appeared. Unfortunately I was on a place which is not suitable for landscape photography (too many farmhouses with big stables) so the only option I had was to pick out some detail and zoom.....fortunately I found these cigars (also called Common Bulrush).  Canon 7D; tripod; remote release; 35-350mm at 95mm, 1/40s + flash at F5.6 and ISO100 For a decent composition I had to lean on the ice but two metres behind the water was open so it was an exciting operation. Due to the cold (that morning it was ‘only’ –11,6 degrees Celsius) the manual focus of my lens did not work properly anymore. But, the worst thing was that only a few minutes later somebody was entering the area and although he had the choice to walk into diverse directions he walked into mine (I think that a photographing woman in the field is like a magnet to men). As soon he reached me he started to talk.....that he was a hunter (lucky me); despite my non-speech signals he stayed around too long. After he continued his walk I just wanted to continue when I saw a luminous jacked in my frame.....the next male walker and of course he came to me and started talking......I will be happy when sun rises earlier in a few months!!!!!
Portfolio -> Kleine Beerze Today my patience was gone. Although it was (still is) stormy weather I went out and it was really stunning. My tripod blew almost twice into the water and my lense (which is heavy) was shaking all the time. Also due to the strong wind my eyes were tearing so it was impossible to see anything sharp. But....I loved it to be out in this weather! The creek and even the flood plains are flow over; fortunately the Highland Cattle is gone as they need dry sleeping places. For a few seconds the sun came and transformed the landscape from pale into colourful.  It's amazing that such a little creek can change into a wild and big stream.
More flood pictures are added Portfolio -> Kleine Beerze.  She looks big and she is big, this lady from a group of Highland Cattle. Actually I had a photo in mind with a lower position but I did not have the courage to lie beneath her….. although this cattle is very friendly and shy, I wouldn’t take any risk. Unfortunately, this probably will be one of the last photos of this cattle as they will be captured and taken away soon.
More photos of this lovely creatures can be found at portfolio -> Kleine Beerze. |
Jibt dir dit Leben mal een Buff, denn weene keene Träne. Lach Dir'n Ast und setz Dir druff und baumle mit de Beene.
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