I took this picture I the polder Arkermheen near Nijkerk in Gelderland. Arkermheen is one of the oldest polders in the Netherlands. In this photo you can see not only the polder landscape but also the Hertog Reijnout steam pumping station, named after one of the dukes of Gelre. If you look more closely, you can also see the octagon of a former windmill. I used 3 exposures for this photo, making it an HDR, There was also a polarisation filter on my lens to make the sky a little bluer. When I took the photos for this HDR, it was already summer, you can see it in the blue sky and sunlight. Despite this, there are still some veil clouds in the sky. In post-processing, I decided to render this HDR photo in 16:9.
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…