I took this photo on Staverden estate near Ermelo, you can see the main building of Staverden estate. When you arrive at Staverden from Ermelo you see this view of the castle, Staverden estate is a beautiful estate on the Veluwe. For this photo I used 3 photos with different exposures to enhance the contrasts to make it an HDR photo, you can even see texture in the sky. When I took the photos for this HDR, it was sunny spring weather with cloud fields. The house of Staverden is one of the few country houses that are plastered white. Across the path in this photo are 2 hiking trails of about 5 kilometres. I don't know exactly what kind of deciduous trees they are what are along the path, generally there are different kinds of deciduous trees on the Staverden estate. On the left of the photo, you can see another rhododendron, a shrub that is common on the estate. In this photo, I tried to capture the tranquillity that prevails on the Staverden estate.
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…