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2012-11-18 11:38:55 (10 comments, 2 reshares, 52 +1s)

The fall is always so beautiful in Holland...

2012-09-16 11:29:01 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 11 +1s)

7 of my pictures of a vulnerable plant Genista Benehoavensis have recently been published at Arkive.org, the online archive of the vulnerable species. I'm very happy that I was able to contribute to their project. If you also have pictures of vulnerable species that you would like to share, check the most wanted list at their website.

2012-09-16 09:30:43 (12 comments, 3 reshares, 43 +1s)

I took this picture yesterday morning in our back yard. I hope you are all having a great weekend.

2012-08-25 13:54:44 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 6 +1s)

My blog post with event photography - the parade of antique carriages in the Netherlands. Hope you'll like it :-)

2012-07-25 19:45:40 (14 comments, 0 reshares, 22 +1s)

Hoverflies on the buddleja.
I thought I was seeing double for a moment ;-)

I've posted more pictures of them to my blog: http://www.azfoto.nl/2012/07/25/parende-zweefvliegen/

2012-07-23 21:31:10 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 20 +1s)

Hoverfly inside a bellflower.

For #MacroMonday by +Kerry Murphy , +Jennifer Eden and  +Kelli Seeger Kim.

2012-07-22 22:00:13 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

I've added four new pictures, which I made with my new macro lens MP-E 65 mm. It's a wonderful lens with many great macro possibilities. It magnifies to 5 times more than a regular macro lens does. It's a bit more difficult to use, because it's only possible to focus manually with it, but after a while you can get used to it.

You can also see some more pictures on my blog:  http://www.azfoto.nl/2012/07/22/nieuwe-aanwinst-mpe65mm/

2012-07-13 17:44:57 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

Yesterday I was invited by my neighbour to photograph flowers in her garden.  Here are some results from this macro shoot.

2012-07-13 17:28:02 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 21 +1s)

Purple bells on a summer evening.

2012-07-08 17:58:03 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Rainy afternoon red poppy macros. I hope you like them :-)

2012-07-01 14:15:36 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

The best of our garden in June: http://www.azfoto.nl/2012/06/30/tuin-in-juni/

2012-06-20 13:21:19 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Don't forget to make backups :-)

2012-06-09 12:22:34 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 45 +1s)

A purple pansy after a rainy day.

+PurpleCircle 

2012-06-06 11:47:37 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

The best of our garden in May.

http://www.azfoto.nl/2012/06/06/onze-tuin-in-mei/

2012-05-27 17:39:14 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 25 +1s)

Buttercups

2012-05-27 13:04:04 (20 comments, 2 reshares, 40 +1s)

I was very lucky to be able to photograph this Common Blue during a nature photowalk I took yesterday. It was a very hot day yesterday and normally these butterflies fly away very quickly.

I posted more pictures from this photowalk on my blog. Check: http://www.azfoto.nl/2012/05/27/natuurgebied-cortenoever/

2012-05-26 20:43:21 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 19 +1s)

I took a fantastic walk today with my neighbours who are great nature lovers. I had a chance to take some shots I've always wanted to take. This is one of them, that I'm particularily proud of. Hope you all are having a great weekend!

2012-05-21 18:25:05 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 26 +1s)

Dahlia for #MacroMonday curated by +Kerry Murphy, +Kelli Seeger Kim and +Jennifer Eden.

2012-05-19 16:24:45 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

I planted those lovely dahlias in our garden today. Hope you are having a great weekend :-)

2012-05-10 18:17:59 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 24 +1s)

Daisies.

2012-05-06 16:59:30 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

I've just enrolled for Mark Wallace's course. Can't wait! :-)

2012-04-29 14:57:44 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 27 +1s)

April in our garden: http://www.azfoto.nl/2012/04/29/april-tuin/

2012-04-29 13:12:06 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 48 +1s)

Spring in the garden.

2012-04-14 15:15:34 (15 comments, 1 reshares, 38 +1s)

Blossoms in our garden.

2012-04-04 18:04:13 (12 comments, 0 reshares, 30 +1s)

Magnolia blossoms.

2012-03-30 14:53:47 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 35 +1s)

Spring blossoms for #FloralFriday +FloralFriday by +Tamara Pruessner.

2012-03-25 13:12:46 (12 comments, 0 reshares, 33 +1s)

Ladybug

2012-03-21 10:45:46 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

An American artist +Claudia Goodell has used one of my macro pictures as inspiration for her paining Dutch Doozie. What a great honour it is to be able to inspire another creative person!

http://www.claudiagoodell.blogspot.com/2011/07/dutch-doozie.html

2012-03-18 12:50:11 (11 comments, 1 reshares, 35 +1s)

A crocus macro.
#purplecircle +PurpleCircle curated by +Craig Szymanski, +lynn langmade and +Sinead Sam McKeown

2012-03-17 18:03:46 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 25 +1s)

A crocus straight from our garden.
#purplecircle +PurpleCircle curated by +Craig Szymanski, +lynn langmade and +Sinead Sam McKeown.

2012-03-14 12:15:38 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 31 +1s)

Hellebore.

2012-03-12 06:38:29 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Great idea of +Matthew Jordan Smith to watch The Sound of Music and concentrate on the composition and the photography. Check Matthew's blog post.

2012-03-09 19:13:33 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Great episode of reDifine with two brilliant photographers: Sue Bryce and Tamara Lackey.

2012-03-05 18:21:14 (17 comments, 0 reshares, 40 +1s)

"After the rain" - for #MacroMonday +Macro Monday curated by +Kerry Murphy , +Kelli Seeger Kim and +Jennifer Eden.

2012-03-03 12:51:21 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

My work is also available at Redbubble.com

2012-02-29 19:02:46 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Next weekend is glamour photography weekend at CreativeLIVE!

2012-02-26 15:18:53 (14 comments, 0 reshares, 29 +1s)

Spring flowers.

2012-02-23 20:45:45 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Join us tomorrow as Sandy Puc' leads our first Newborn and Baby photography workshop. We go LIVE at 9:00 AM Pacific Time! It's going to be a fun-filled three days including around 8-10 photosessions of babies at various ages.

You can still en-roll to receive updates about the course. And in case you didn't know. The course is FREE to watch during the LIVE broadcast, or you can purchase the video downloads for a mere $99. A steal of a deal for sure!!

2012-02-19 13:33:09 (10 comments, 1 reshares, 32 +1s)

Quiet evening.

2012-02-16 19:56:34 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Macro Photographers Circle 3.0
It's been a few weeks since the last update, so here is V.3. This list, and any mistakes on it, is my compilation. I'm sure that I have left off many fine macro photographers, so if you know one (or are one), please let me know.
These photographers have shown macro work that impressed me enough to place them on my list.
I appreciate the comments and shares from previous versions, so if you enjoy this, pass it on, so that others may benefit from it.

2012-02-16 19:45:07 (7 comments, 1 reshares, 14 +1s)

Buzzing poppy.

2012-02-05 08:37:14 (10 comments, 2 reshares, 18 +1s)

Winter Sunrise for +Zen Sunday #zensunday curated by +Charlotte Therese Björnström and +Simon Kitcher

2012-02-04 12:06:21 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 24 +1s)

As the snow we got yesterday is almost gone I came back to the pictures I've taken a year ago. Hope you like this one. It's very close from my home and I can see this windmill through our kitchen window.

2012-02-04 10:05:12 (0 comments, 4 reshares, 13 +1s)

2012-02-03 14:20:14 (13 comments, 1 reshares, 22 +1s)

Fresh snow.

2012-02-01 21:09:37 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

2012-02-01 18:05:50 (13 comments, 2 reshares, 31 +1s)

2012-01-31 19:19:53 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

2012-01-27 15:33:18 (8 comments, 1 reshares, 25 +1s)

For #floralfriday +FloralFriday by +Tamara Pruessner and for the #purplecircle +PurpleCircle by +Craig Szymanski, +lynn langmade, +Alexis Coram, +Sinead Sam McKeown.
Have a great weekend everyone! :-)

2012-01-23 19:34:09 (10 comments, 1 reshares, 37 +1s)

For +Macro Monday #MacroMonday curated by +Kerry Murphy, +Kelli Seeger Kim and +Jennifer Eden.