In this 16:9 photo, a serene sunrise unfolds over Noordma nature reserve, near the Zuidlaardermeer lake.
The long exposure time has turned the water into a smooth, almost mirror-like surface - every ripple fading to calm. The sky shows soft, flowing transitions from blue to orange, with clouds trailing along the sky like picturesque stripes.
In the water, stately pollarded willows stand, their trunks firm and still, their branches like silent sentinels in a hushed landscape. Their reflection in the smooth water gives the scene an almost symmetrical calm.
The long shutter speed captures not only light but also time, and with it the stillness, slowness and balance of this early moment in nature.
Henk Meijer is a professional landscape and city photographer based in the Netherlands. His work has been published worldwide in travel brochures, photo and glossy magazines, advertisements, flyers, magazines, book and CD covers, postcards, greeting cards, calendars, newspapers, TV displays,.. Read more…