Gerard Schouten Nature Photography

This is the very last (and may be the best) photo I took in Iceland, just somewhere along the south-west coast. No well-known top location, no great sunset, but somehow I like this shipwreck at...

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Seltún near Krýsuvík, located on the Reykjanes peninsula, is a breathtaking geothermal area in Iceland (land of fire and ice). Here the Earth is alive, she bubbles, simmers, smokes, sighs an...

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‘Ice-harps’ at Skogafoss. Most people make a quick stop here to photograph the spectacular waterfall. But when you focus on the details, wait a little for the light to hit the water and use...

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I have seen the Northern Lights a couple of times before, and it is still magical! This evening we walked right from our hostel uphill on a slope with a thin layer of snow and hard ice undern...

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Scenic road trip from Jökursalón to Skaftafell along snow-covered mountains and moraine fields of the Vatnajökull glaciers. Global warming is very tangible here. The ‘ice rivers’ retreat...

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Blizzerd near Vatnajökull, Europe’s largest glacier massive. Roads were closed, we were completely isolated from the rest of the world. But luckily we could still see the house of our neighb...

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Glaciers not only transport material as they move, they also sculpt and carve away the land beneath them. Material picked up by a glacier forms moraines along the surface and sides of the...

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Today we stayed in the Vík area (vík means bay), Suðurland. The first photo is taken from the 218 road to Dyrhólaey and shows the morning sun on the Mýrdalsjökull (jökull means gla...

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Yesterday in the late afternoon I set foot on Iceland for the first time in my life! We (my brother Mathieu and his son Stan) landed on Keflavík, and drove up to our AirBNB address in Lauga...

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It’s really “cool” to be outside in these special circumstances. Frost and sunrise light did the magic. The moor was suddenly painted in blue and orange colors. A perching Great Grey Sh...

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Here is my last post of 2015. A big wish has come true! This Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus/Velduil) suddenly decided to land just in front of me and enjoy the last sunshine of the day. Look...

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Kestrels (Falco tinnunculus/Torenvalk) were excellent models today. Ditches and margins of fields are their favourite habitat for catching voles. * Canon EOS 7D, 500mm/f4; ISO-400, f4.5, 1...

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The terror attack in Paris of 2 days ago resonates everywhere in the world. It feels a bit strange to be in this quiet old Reichswald forest this morning. The forest has ears and the fields hav...

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Beech forest in autumn colors. I tried to focus more on forest photography this autumn. It is not easy. It is very much about creating order out of chaos. * Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 70-200mm/...

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* Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 50mm/f1.8; ISO-400, f7.1, 1/80s; hand held.

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Autumn in the Ardennes. Yesterday Bas Mandos and I followed this little mountain stream (La Hoëgne) that starts on the Hautes Fagnes plateau and ends just south of Liège in the river La Meuse...

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What happens under the mistletoe stays under the mistletoe! They are the music notes in the trees. Panorama stitch with 2 exposures. Captured this morning with drizzle in Limburg, The Netherl...

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* Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 16-35mm/f4 @ 16mm; ISO-400, f5.6, 1/60s; +1.7 stop; hand held.

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* Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 70-200mm/f2.8 @ 70 mm; ISO-400, f13, 1/400s; hand held.

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I was entirely in the flow at the Strabrechtse Heide this morning. The light was great. After a short encounter with Scottish Highland Cattle in the dark I photographed these characteristic ...

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Steaming fenscape this morning at Haterse Vennen near Nijmegen. Autumn is coming soon now. * Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 70-200mm/f2.8 @ 165 mm; ISO-200, f9, 1/125s; -1 stop; tripod.

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August 29th 2015, party-time for landscape photographers in the south-east corner of The Netherlands. The purple heather period is at its peak and you don’t have to be a weather guru to under...

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This Little Owl (Athene noctua/Steenuil), I guess it is dad, successfully raised 2 youngsters. The owlets are still tolerated in his territory, but not for long. As soon as one of them appears ...

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The garden of our cottage in the Italian Alps hosted a Bonelli’s Warbler (Phylloscopus bonelli / Bergfluiter), some Goldfinches (Carduelis carduelis / Putter) and a family of Black R...

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My grandmother always sad: “When somebody closes a door right in front of your face there is always a small porthole that opens up”. The second week of our holiday we stayed in a small moun...

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