A misty morning near the Roode Beek on the Brunssummerheide in Parkstad, Limburg (The Netherlands). (2019)

Early morning mist in nature park "De Teut". The title of the image refers to "the 8th color" in the Discworld universe: a sort of greenish purple yellow (but only visible to wizards and cats of course!). (2018)

Sunrays burst through the trees on a sunny sunday morning in Autumn at the border of the Schaelsbergerbos (forest) in Oud-Valkenburg. Locals will know this location as "De Drie Beeldjes" (The Three Statues). The bridge to the right leads to Schaloensvoetpad and Kasteel Schaloen. (2017)

Signs of Autumn appear in the trees at Schaloensvoetpad, a nice avenue near Kasteel Schaloen (Oud-Valkenburg, Limburg). This path leads to "De Drie Beeldjes", just visible in the far diatance. (2017)

The sun rising above the horizon as seen on the Hogeweg in the fields between the villages of Puth and Sweikhuizen (gemeente Beekdaelen, Limburg NL). Setting the aperture to f/13 and using a (very) wide-angle lens it's not difficult to get these nice sunstars! Trick is to find a nice spot and to be quick - I always find it surprising how fast the sun rises, typically you only have a few minutes of time to get this kind of shot. (2023)

"Wyck" is one of the many urban quarters of Maastricht. It has a long history and was once seen as a place "outside of Maastricht", but nowadays it's an upcoming area full of trendy shops and good restaurants! (2016)

This is why you get up at the break of dawn, to have the possibility to be at a great location (Brunssummerheide, Limburg) when there's a nice sunrise! At the end of August the heather was still very purple - adding a little morning mist completes this image. On the technical side, it's a single exposure so I had to lift the shadows quite a bit and bring the highlights down as well. It's not the best image to print big - and it might look a bit over-processed - but I still find it worth sharing 🙂 It definitely was a promising morning. (2019)

Clouds and mist slowly drift through the landscape giving this scene a very ethereal look. Image taken on an early Sunday morning in September at the "Mechelse Heide" which is part of the National Park "Hoge Kempen" (Limburg, Belgium) (2018)

Looks like a sky replacement composite image, right? No, this day the clouds where actually there! 🙂 Funny the way the cumulus clouds formed right above the rural town of Schimmert in Zuid-Limburg (South of the Netherlands). The image title refers to the exponential function in mathematics, kind of how these clouds formed; minute after minute they expanded more and more and more 🙂 A great sight! (2017)

Woodland photography is often a challenge. Trees, branches and leaves crisscrossing each other make it difficult to find a composition that doesn't look utterly chaotic. But sometimes even just a little bit of morning mist can help you out! I spotted this scene on a quick scout on my way to work at the upper part of the Stammenderbos, near the small village of Sweikhuizen (Beekdaelen, Limburg, The Netherlands). (2023)

The sun rising above the horizon as seen in Daniken, right on the border between Sittard-Geleen and Beekdaelen (Limburg NL). The long shadows really make this image. It's always surprising how fast the sun rises, typically you only have a few minutes of time to get this kind of shot. Even the time of the year needs to be right! (2023)

Flowering Calluna, or simply (common) heather, on the Brunssummerheide on a nice summer evening in August, just before sunset. The Brunssummerheide is well-known for its large patches of purple heath in the months of August to September. (2017)

A bird watches other birds fly by while perched in the top of a tree alongside the Dominicanenwal (old city wall) in Sittard, Limburg (The Netherlands). I think it's a nice catch!

Early morning mist drifts through the trees in National Park Hoge Kempen (Limburg, Belgium). Because it was at the end of September, the heath was still quite purple which gives the scene a nice color-contrast as well! (2017)

Panoramic views from "Lange Terril" - a left-over spoil tip from the coal mining that has been done here in the recent past. The spoil tip is located in the mining area that is now called "Connectera" (Maasmechelen, Limburg in Belgium). Unfortunately, access is somewhat restricted - you need to pay a small entrance fee - but once you're in, you can stay until sunset. Or a little after sunset if you stay for some golden or blue hour images 😉 This image was taken about an hour and a half before sunset, so the light wasn't optimal. The clouds were, so that is why I took the shot! It's a single 50sec exposure using an ND10 filter (that is why the trees in the foreground are blurry as well). (2019)

Looking up while walking along the Hommelsdaalweg in between the villages of Genhout and Beek, I noticed the sky turning remarkably orange - well, maybe not this much, but creatively it reflects the mood of that particular November afternoon, right before sunset! (2014)

Autumn colours along a quiet forest path in Daniken (Geleen). (2014)

Looking out over a small but wonderful patch of woodland, called "Kelmonderbos", near Geverik and Beek (Limburg, The Netherlands). I quite like the browns and greens in contrast to the blueish sky with the moon visible as well (2017).