During severe frosts when food is scarce, birds are forced to forage more intensively. due to the scarcity of food, birds are therefore a little less shy than during spring or summer, for example. For a nature photographer, this provides a unique opportunity to get just that metre closer to capture the details. So on a freezing cold, windless morning, I captured this image of the bearded reedling. The bird exuded an intense focus, driven to get food. if you look closely at the whole, you can see the hoarfrost still on the tail, a reminder of this cold morning.
this moment for me means not only taking a good photo. but also witnessing nature in rigorous drive and the resilience of the birds.
My name is Tim Leusink and I am a hobby photographer focusing mainly on nature in the broadest sense of the word. When I smell the outdoors, and go out with my camera l, I forget everything around me and am totally in the moment... Read more…