I took this photo in the Leuvenum forest near Ermelo in the Veluwe. When I took this photo, the sunlight was partly against me, so I had to partly underexpose it to get it right. In post-processing, I was able to partly adjust the shadows. This meadow used to be home to cows, but nowadays it is part of the surrounding forest. I chose to include branches of trees on the left as well as on the right to get a view through and depth. I took this photo out of hand, which was possible because of the light.
Welcome to my shop. My name is Gerard de Zwaan and I was born in 1983 in the Veluwe town of Harderwijk where I grew up and still live. I started photography in 2013. My first camera was a Nikon D3200 which I still own and is now as a.. Read more…