I took this photo on Staverden estate near Ermelo in the Veluwe. Behind this waterfall is an upper battle water wheel that used to be attached to a corn mill. There has been a water-powered corn mill on this spot for a few centuries. You can see I used a slow shutter speed so you can see the flow. When I took this photo it was at the end of Autumn so there were no leaves on the deciduous trees. I chose to take this photo standing up so you can see the height of the trees and a small part of the stream's course. This photo is an HDR photo consisting of 3 photos with different exposures that I merged afterwards, and I converted it to sepia so the contrasts are more visible.
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…