This atmospheric winter landscape photo shows a peaceful and vast Dutch polder landscape in the early morning, just before sunrise. The lawns are covered in a thin layer of hoarfrost, giving the landscape an icy and sparkling appearance. A narrow, frozen ditch meanders diagonally through the image, creating beautiful depth. The soft pastel colours of the sky range from pale blue to warm orange, creating a beautiful contrast with the cool, frozen landscape.
In the foreground, we see a wooden fence with frost-covered branches, giving the image an authentic rural feel. To the right of the ditch is a wide grassy field that turns into a horizon with a few bare trees, farms and low vegetation. These elements emphasise the simplicity and vastness of the typical Dutch landscape.
The peace and quiet are almost tangible, while the composition naturally leads the viewer's gaze along the ditch to the trees and horizon. The combination of the cold tones of the landscape and the warm glow of the rising sun creates a harmonious and picturesque scene. An ode to the calm beauty of the Dutch winter landscape.
The picture fits perfectly into a rural interior.
                                
 
                                Bas Meelker is a leading Dutch landscape photographer. Born in Groningen, The Netherlands in 1972, Bas spent most of his life in the north of Holland. Living in this flat, open country, surrounded by some of the most beautiful nature reserves in the Netherlands, laid.. Read more…
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