In the early morning, the polder landscape comes alive in an atmosphere that is at once silent and magical. The sun slowly climbs above the horizon and casts its first soft rays over the vast grasslands. A thin layer of mist still hangs over the fields, creating a dreamlike spectacle in which shapes blur and light becomes diffuse. Everything seems slowed down for a moment, as if nature is taking a moment of silence before the day really begins.
The fresh green of the grass shines in the moisture of the dew, while ditches and ditches snake through the landscape like silver ribbons. The occasional sound of birds greeting the morning is heard. The silence is interrupted only by natural sounds and the gentle rustling of the grass in the wind.
The combination of the open view, the damp mist and the warm light of the rising sun gives the polder an almost picturesque quality. It is a moment when the mundane landscape turns into a poetic scene.
A morning in the polder shows how powerful simplicity can be: grassland, sun and mist merge into an experience that feels pure and unforgettable.
                                
 
                                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…
 
                         lesser black-backed gull above the North Seaeric van der eijk
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 coast with beach and North Sea at sunseteric van der eijk
coast with beach and North Sea at sunseteric 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
Rotterdam skyline with the head of southeric van der eijk beach entrance North Sea beacheric van der eijk
beach entrance North Sea beacheric van der eijk lighthouse Texeleric van der eijk
lighthouse Texeleric van der eijk Dutch poldereric van der eijk
Dutch poldereric van der eijk Scenic view of the beacheric van der eijk
Scenic view of the beacheric 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 traces on a deserted North Sea beacheric van der eijk
traces on a deserted North Sea beacheric 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