The photo was taken on 10 May 2024 at 0.08 in the night when exceptional northern lights could be observed all over the world. It is very exceptional to observe the northern lights in Zeeland and certainly in this way. I was present at the Zeeland Bridge from 10.45pm hoping to photograph this distinctive Zeeland structure with northern lights. Short after midnight, the sky showed the distinctive green colour of the Northern Lights which later changed to spectacular red and magenta colours. I took this photo east of the Zeelandbrug from the basalt stones at the bottom of the dike.
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2023 (#WPY59). All my pictures were taken in the wild, so nothing from the zoo! I have been photographing since I was twelve years old and the focus has always been on nature photography. In the Netherlands I mainly look at birds, but.. Read more…