I took this photo on Staverden estate near Ermelo in the Veluwe. The building in the photo is the estate's main building. Staverden Castle is also called the white peacock castle because of the white peacocks on the estate. It is a frequently photographed building though, wedding photos as portraits are taken in front of this building. When I took this photo it was late January despite there being no snow, you can tell by the bare trees that it was taken in the winter period. As you can, it was sunny when I took this photo. To take this photo I put my camera on a tripod and took 3 photos with different exposures, the 3 photos I merged afterwards to create this HDR photo.
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…