SPRING IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER - EVENINGS IN ZAANS RIETVELD
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After my first outing with this good weather I headed out again to the same place, but now with a nice evening sun. The only thing is that it’s still early in the year so the sun is setting quite fast, that is a pity as it was really good light. I headed to the same area Zaans Rietveld by bike and was searching for others birds along the way.
Grabbing the bike and headed out, while cycling towards Zaans Rietveld I saw this nice Grebe (Fuut) stretching it wings, shooting with a high frame count allows you to get the perfect position of the wings. At this same location I saw this little Blue Tit (Pimpelmees) struggling with the wind on a perch - bouncing up and down. Again due to the high frame count (FPS) I was able to get the Tit exactly in this position, quite a funny perspective as you normally don’t see these birds in this way.
After this fun encounter I cycled to Zaans Rietveld. There the light was even better. Unfortunately there were not many “new” species so it was more of the same like my previous visit, however I got a nice photo of a Lapwing (Kievit) with the sun at its lowest point, just before sunset. So this resulted in a nice orange glow.
In the end a really nice two hours spend and seeing the first signs of nature. Trying out new gear but will keep that to myself for now. Let me know what you think and don’t hesitate to leave a comment or an e-mail. Click to view larger in a light box and navigate with mouse or arrow keys. Enjoy!
