I spent 3 days photographing bees at the cherry blossom trees. This one is my favourite.

absolutely insane aurora in the Netherlands last evening. Taken Just 10 minutes from my house

Snow in the Netherlands earlier this week.

My favourite windmill shot of the year! Beautiful sunrise, mist, and 2 running horses right in front. Couldn't get any better :)

Cold winter scenes in Slovenia earlier this year.

Dancing trees in the Netherlands, taken last week

A mushroom photo from last weekend with some beautiful light in the forest. Taken with my wide angle lens all the way on the ground. No, this is not AI. It's carefully choosing the right perspective , light and angle with a wide angle lens close to the mushroom.

The biggest moon of the year , shot with a 800mm lens yesterday evening above the Cunera Church in Rhenen, when it was rising behind a thin layer of clouds. The moon was about 8% bigger than normal because of its position to the earth.

A group of porcelain mushrooms from below, taken with a fisheye lens.

Earlier this week storm hit the Dutch coastlines. This was a shot of the Oranjemolen that stands right next to the coast in Vlissingen. During storms like this you get this unreal scene that looks like a painting. I got soaking wet, but it was worth it!

Mushroom city, taken last week in the Dutch forests.

Mount Sneffels, Colorado a week or 2 ago.

Back from Colorado. Loved the fall colours.

A windmill peaking over the fog in the Netherlands.

The classic mushroom.

Line of mushrooms in the Netherlands.

Autumn is slowly making its way to the Netherlands. Can't wait to work on my Mushrooms in their Natural World Series again next month.

Countryside mornings in the Netherlands.

Moonset last Sunday in the early morning.

Photographing light rays in the Netherlands

Lunar eclipse of last evening above the St. Walburgis church in Zutphen in the Netherlands last evening at 21:08

When I woke up this morning at 4 AM I saw lots of high clouds. I had doubts if it was worth to get up to try and get the shot as the location was about an hour away. My bed was tempting. But I decided to go for it and was rewarded.

The edit: Lifted the shadow detail, pulled back the highlights to get the moon detail, applied noise reduction. All in all basic editing.

RAW unedited file with settings.

BTS in the field:

Pre-scouting on Google Streetview:

things that came together here:

- The right orientation of the windmills. And one being in X position.
- All elements: moon, 2 windmills perfectly in line with each other at the right moment.

Triple alignment with 2 windmills and the full moon this morning. For a moment it looked like clouds would ruin the shot, but the moon pushed through.

A single shot of a moment were everything came together.

A beautiful morning last week in the Netherlands, the morning just after I returned from Greenland. Glad I woke up for this! Might be my favourite windmill photo this year :)