Its been a while, photography in winter this time wasn’t really on my mind. Except the one time on the beach when it was really a good frosty morning. The last few days saw some awesome early spring weather with sunshine and high temperatures. So why not go visit the dunes and see what birds there are this time around.

Finally the grey dull rainy weather made space for some blue skies and frosty morning here in the Netherlands. Love seeing the morning sunlight and the warm and cool tones it made me go back to the beach where (already two years ago) I photographed snow buntings. I got some nice photos, but not the perfect one. So time to go back.

Like my last post I am more enjoying cycling and taking the m43 kit with me. The flexibility and the enjoyment of getting to use that is quite a differentiator for me. Lets skip the whole full frame is better discussion and just shoot what you like!

So part 6 already, the final one and I will now revert to normal blogs. As in the end it’s not about what I do but what I experience and photograph. It doesn’t really matter if it’s on my street or not. The AK diffuser came in the mail. It took a while to properly setup, but I think I got the sweet spot. The main thing is the light it produces is just lovely and more so, due to the enclosed nature of the diffuser more light hits the insets, so I can photograph with a lower flash setting.

So part 5 already, I think there will be a part 6 and then I will revert to normal blogs. As in the end it’s not about what I do but what I experience and photograph. It doesn’t really matter if it’s on my street or where ever. The AK diffuser came in the mail. It took a while to properly setup, but I think I got the sweet spot. The main thing is the light it produces is just lovely and more so, due to the enclosed nature of the diffuser more light hits the insets, so I can photograph with a lower flash setting.

So part 4 of my street macro, its has been fun up till now. Really enjoying finding bugs and just do the complex technical stuff and finding compositions. However I start to reach a plateau due to lighting with flash and hand holding the foldable diffuser. It kind of limits me. So for the next part I ordered and AK Diffuser. Let’s see in the next blog if it lives up to its promises.

Just before spring exploded, I visited a new area for me. Birding at Zouweboezem it was. It is known for its many diverse birds as this area is a bit of everything. Wet grasslands, reeds, trees and forest cover for the more skittish birds. So an ideal area for the start of spring, but it seemed that I was a bit too early.

A while ago just before spring we took a small break to go to Ibiza, just before all touristy stuff would break loose. Well that was the truth as not much was yet open. However it was very nice to visit the island and explore. The idea was to capture some birds on the main Island and to explore Formentera just below of Ibiza. That should have many birds and even flamingos.

A short one this time. I still have some cool macro photos, but with spring in full effect I could not resist to find some birds. This time it was not with the OM-System 150-400PRO but with the “oldie” Olympus 300PRO with the TC2.0. Still amazed on the resolution that the TC2.0 still gives you at a bizar 1200mm FF equiv.