Judith's Blog

up-close and colourful

Judith Swinkels — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:39:52 +0000

I recently switched from Canon to become a Nikon user and I’m in de process of rebuilding my kit . My latest investment is a macro lens and of course you have to experiment a little with new stuff:

water droplets

Judith Swinkels — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:48:21 +0000

A little while ago a few of my colleague photo club members and I started a little project on photographing water droplets. We had been reading on it and had seen some examples. You don’t need a lot of kit or a difficult setup. And the good thing is: you can all do it during one night. Which is good when you try to find a free spot in the calendar of five people .

After practising a little and getting the light right the shooting could start! Here are my results:

Some more winter…

Judith Swinkels — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 19:21:55 +0000

Although spring is finally there and temperatures are getting up again, I would like to post one more winter shot. It’s taken on Glacier 3000 near Gstaad in Switzerland. I was up there on a beautiful winter day that started with a bright blue sky. During the day however the weather started to change and dark, grey clouds moved in. The shot below is still a colour photo! Only minor adjustments are made in Lightroom.

I used this picture for the assignment on minimalism within our photo club. You can check the results of my fellow photographers here!

Winter!

Judith Swinkels — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:46:35 +0000

It’s finally winter in Europe! Snow is coming down in huge quantities and the Netherlands might actually have a white Christmas for the first time in 28 years. I’m looking forward to it! This weekend I’ve been testing a camera. I went to Konstanz in the South of Germany… planned to visit the Weihnachtsmarkt… but the temperature soon dropped below -10°C and the Weihnachtsmarkt was no fun… too cold! During the night temperatures in Germany dropped to -30°C. A new record. On our way back to the car we passed this little terrace…

Shipyard

Judith Swinkels — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:20:36 +0000

Hi everyone! Recently our Photoclub went on a field trip. We took off to a shipyard in Grave (Netherlands) where we were able to walk around, take pictures. We were even aloud to go onto (or rather into) a ship under construction. It is going to be a cruise boat on the larger rivers in Europe. It was nice to see the process of building… the back was almost done with cabins and all. The front was still a large, empty steel room. I liked the details that could be found on this shipyard. Below some examples. We finished the day with a Djembé session (African drums, makes you fingers hurt!) and a BBQ. Great day and compliments to the committee for organising this!

Dahlias

Judith Swinkels — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:11:46 +0000

Beautiful flowers on the Island of Mainau, near Konstanz in Germany. I visited this island in September, when the dahlias were in bloom. Hundreds of different kinds all in different colours. Really beautiful!

Beautiful Dahlias

As you may have noticed, I will be continuing this blog in English. I have a few international readers and Dutch is a bit hard for them to read. Please feel free to leave me comment (either in Dutch, English or German)!

de herfst komt alweer dichterbij

Judith Swinkels — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:16:20 +0000

Onlangs genomen tijdens een lekkere zomerwandeling… de herfst komt alweer dichterbij…

beesies

Judith Swinkels — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:47:05 +0000

Onlangs heb ik een bezoekje gebracht aan het Zoo Parc in Overloon. Het ligt al jaren bij mij om de hoek, maar het was er nog steeds niet van gekomen om er eens naartoe te gaan. Ik kan het iedereen aanraden! Echt veel beesten zien voor je geld. Veel beter dan een dierentuin waar dieren kijken eerder een speurtocht wordt! Tja… en wat fotografeer je dan? BEESIES! Maar wel met een beetje een andere touch…

Flamingo's: ik vind het zo'n leuke vogels!

Ringstaartmaki op een halve meter afstand!

frisse versnapering

Judith Swinkels — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:37:47 +0000

Wat is er lekkerder dan met dit weer ergens in het zonnetje (of in de schaduw, want het is wel heeeeeel erg warm) een lekker drankje drinken? Ik krijg dorst als ik de foto’s van Martin Wonnacott zie, maar oordeel zelf!

creatief met souvenirs

Judith Swinkels — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:14:20 +0000

Was net een beetje aan het surfen op het Internet en ik kwam deze foto’s tegen. Leuk om te zien hoe creatief je kunt zijn met de welbekende prullaria die je bij elke toeristische trekpleister kunt kopen! Ideetje voor iemand?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/michael_hughes/sets/346406/show/with/14310622/