Along the North Holland coast, the dunes wake up in silence, shrouded in a soft veil of mist or early dew. The landscape looks enchanting and serene; contours blur, colours are muted and sounds seem muffled by the damp air.
Patches of mist appear among the marram grass and slowly glide over the dune tops. The sun tries to break through, casting diffused light across the sand and making dewdrops sparkle like tiny crystals on cobwebs and leaves.
These moments are brief and fragile, but so special for that very reason. In the mist, the dunes seem like a different landscape - mysterious, almost unreal. Walkers move silently along winding paths, with only the soft crunch of sand under their feet.
The mist both hides and reveals. It invites stillness, attention to the small: a distant bird call, a hare scurrying away between the bushes, a suddenly visible view as soon as the mist lifts.
The dunes with mist or dew are not a backdrop, but a living atmosphere. A reminder that even familiar places can surprise again and again, especially when nature shows its subtle magic in the early morning.
                                
 
                                Welcome to my photo gallery. Living close to the Dutch coast myself, as a professional photographer I am also inspired by landscapes of the dunes the beach and the sea. Many images here were taken by a medium format camera and offer unprecedented image quality. I also.. Read more…
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lesser black-backed gull above the North Seaeric van der eijk sunset in the Dutch dune landscapeeric van der eijk
sunset in the Dutch dune landscapeeric van der eijk Seascape with walker on the North Sea beacheric van der eijk
Seascape with walker on the North Sea beacheric van der eijk pattern sand relieferic van der eijk
pattern sand relieferic van der eijk Rotterdam skyline with the head of southeric van der eijk
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beach entrance North Sea beacheric van der eijk North Sea with its cloudseric van der eijk
North Sea with its cloudseric van der eijk lighthouse Texeleric van der eijk
lighthouse Texeleric van der eijk sunset over the dune landscapeeric van der eijk
sunset over the dune landscapeeric van der eijk Dutch poldereric van der eijk
Dutch poldereric van der eijk Still life with coloured tulipseric van der eijk
Still life with coloured tulipseric van der eijk sunset on the dunes and the North Seaeric van der eijk
sunset on the dunes and the North Seaeric van der eijk Autumn in the foresteric van der eijk
Autumn in the foresteric van der eijk Colorful bulb fieldseric van der eijk
Colorful bulb fieldseric van der eijk dune landscapeeric van der eijk
dune landscapeeric van der eijk the coast in the pictureeric van der eijk
the coast in the pictureeric van der eijk North Sea with the Dutch duneseric van der eijk
North Sea with the Dutch duneseric van der eijk North Sea with the dunes in Digital Arteric van der eijk
North Sea with the dunes in Digital Arteric van der eijk the coast in panoramaeric van der eijk
the coast in panoramaeric van der eijk dune with marram grass beach and north seaeric van der eijk
dune with marram grass beach and north seaeric van der eijk