action shots

I have been doing real photographic work (as in pictures for (little) money) the last weekends.

And this is how it looks (pictures by PVDP):





Note that I'm using my trusted 70-300mm lens mounted on a Nikon D200 on loan.

MUST... HAVE... ONE... TOO... My birthday is coming up; if I may be so free as to give hints.

Bichterweerd

Some more pictures from a walk in Bichterweerd, an active sand/gravel quarry on the Belgian-Dutch border near the river Maas. The Jack Russell pictured was presented here last December. The past 6 months he (it is very visibly a he) grew into the most intelligent and energetic dog I know...









This bolt is one of the bolts used to fasten an overflow valve built into a levee next to the Maas. Note the weld, to protect it from theft. Having done quite some plumbing the past months I can't help wondering who would want to steal a 1 meter diameter custom-built steel valve..

in memoriam...

An uninvited tenant

I found them in our garage a few days ago. In fact one of them found me, by almost flying into my head and giving me quite a shock.

They are a pair of nestling Black Redstarts (Phoenicurus ochruros). Very nice, but unfortunately they are nestling in a hole in the garage wall just above the entrance door.

I feel very sorry for them as I have to go in and out of the garage with frozen pizza and dryplaster walls. Just a quick picture below, of mother Black Redstart on the nest, protecting the little ones from a Nikon-wielding flashing giant.

A summerly Sunday afternoon walk...

... on the Belgian/Dutch border, near the Oude Maas in Stokkem. Prime farming countryland, good for biking and walking. And for pictures:













All: Nikon D50, 70-300 VR. Resized and curves adapted in Photoshop.