Luuk Belgers
Back in business
Back in business
2021 was the year of the great garden renovation. Instead of photographing foxes, badgers, sun rays and frosty mornings I was now building my own Japanese garden paradise with a large pond, a rocky garden stream, stepping stones throughout the garden, a fancy shed and a large wooden deck. Great fun to learn how to build it yourself of course, but that also meant very little time for photography in 2021. Luckily all that is finished now and we can soon enjoy the warmer seasons again in a garden full of wings, fins, fluffy tails, and flowers.
As a kick-off to this new year of photography, I visited the cold northern parts of Finland and Norway, together with 5 highly talented nature photographers. While temperatures back home reached +20°C, we were experiencing snow blizzards, cold sessions in drafty hides and getting pooped on by thousands of birds. Definitely one of the better photography trips I’ve been on though, all thanks to Stefan Gerrits Photography for putting together the perfect trip to the Varanger Peninsula!
Anyhow, this is the first of many images I will share from this trip. The European Shags (the bird, not that other thing….) at the island of Hornøya were closely sitting together, forming this dark patch of feathers with here and there some bright yellow cheeks and a pair of vivid green eyes staring back at you.
Back in business
Back in business
2021 was the year of the great garden renovation. Instead of photographing foxes, badgers, sun rays and frosty mornings I was now building my own Japanese garden paradise with a large pond, a rocky garden stream, stepping stones throughout the garden, a fancy shed and a large wooden deck. Great fun to learn how to build it yourself of course, but that also meant very little time for photography in 2021. Luckily all that is finished now and we can soon enjoy the warmer seasons again in a garden full of wings, fins, fluffy tails, and flowers.
As a kick-off to this new year of photography, I visited the cold northern parts of Finland and Norway, together with 5 highly talented nature photographers. While temperatures back home reached +20°C, we were experiencing snow blizzards, cold sessions in drafty hides and getting pooped on by thousands of birds. Definitely one of the better photography trips I’ve been on though, all thanks to Stefan Gerrits Photography for putting together the perfect trip to the Varanger Peninsula!
Anyhow, this is the first of many images I will share from this trip. The European Shags (the bird, not that other thing….) at the island of Hornøya were closely sitting together, forming this dark patch of feathers with here and there some bright yellow cheeks and a pair of vivid green eyes staring back at you.