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Veluwe + Feature

Journal Entry: Thu Dec 17, 2009, 4:09 PM

I went to National Parc 'the Veluwe' to take photo's a few weeks ago.
I spent two full days photographing which was pretty exhausting

(First day: 7 AM - 6 PM. Second day: 11 AM - 6 PM)
I took around 700 photo's, so expect to see a lot of photo's from this trip in the future

All photo's can be found here: [link]

Below are a few examples of them.

Spotlight

_{Below are a few beautiful photographs I found at DeviantArt. Be sure to check out the fullview, because the thumbnails don't do the photos justice}

Features

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_{I want to thank you all for the support!
I want you to know that it's very, very appreciated!

I can't thank all of you personally for favourites.
This doesn't mean they don't mean much to me.
I just don't have the time to do so...

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Grtz,
Dominic.}

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Mood: Joy
Listening to: Johan - Everybody knows

Off for the weekend

Journal Entry: Wed Nov 18, 2009, 3:18 PM

_{This weekend, I'll be on a trip taking photo's at the Veluwe.

The Veluwe is a forest-rich ridge of hills (1100 km² in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands.
The Veluwe features many different landscapes including woodland, heath, some small lakes and Europe's largest sand drifts.
The Veluwe is the largest moraine complex in the Netherlands, stretching 60 km from north to south, and reaching heights of up to 110 meters.
The Veluwe was formed by the Saalian glacial during the Pleistocene epoch, some 200,000 years ago.
Glaciers some 200 meters thick pushed the sand deposits in the Rhine and Maas Delta sideways, creating the hills which now form most of the Veluwe.
Because the hills are made of sand, rainwater disappears rapidly, and then it flows at a depth of tens of meters to the edges where it reaches the surface again.

Originally the Veluwe was surrounded by a string of swamps, heavily populated with game such as deer and wild boars because these areas offered rich vegetation to feed on.
Since the 1990s many plans are underway, or have already been implemented, to restore these wetlands by blocking the drainage systems built by farmers during the last 150 years.
This results in very dry heathland changing into wetland within a span of just a few hundred meters.
The Wisselse Veen near the village of Epe, on the North West Veluwe, offers a good example of this.

(Source: Wikipedia: [link] )

Expect to see a few (or a lot) photo's of that trip when I get back}

Spotlight

_{Below you can see a few artpieces (photographs, digital and/or traditional) which deserve a lot more attention in my opinion.
Go take a look at them and show your support!}

Features

Thanks for the support

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Mood: Joy
Listening to: Alb: Ulrich Schnauss - A strangely isolated place

Beautiful nature!

Journal Entry: Sun Nov 8, 2009, 12:11 PM

_{This journal is just to give you an impression of the beauty of nature.
Mostly I don't like human influences in nature at all, but sometimes it cán add a lot to the scene}

Spotlight

_{Take a look below at all the beautiful photo's I found at DevArt. Be sure to check out the full view of them and leave a comment while you're at it}

Features

Thanks for the support

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Mood: Joy
Listening to: Alb: Ulrich Schnauss - A strangely isolated place

Animals & Insects

Journal Entry: Fri Oct 30, 2009, 4:40 PM

_{The animal world (including insects) is one of the most beautiful things at earth in my opinion.
This journal is to show you just a tiny bit of that beautifulness.}

Spotlight

_{I couldn't choose between the beautiful photo's which were submitted at the forums to be featured.
So, this is why there are 20 photo's feautured instead of 15 which I said at the forums past week .

Take a look at them below and enjoy them as much as I did!}

Features

Thanks for the support

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Mood: Joy
Listening to: Album: Air - Moon Safari

Subscription & Features

Journal Entry: Thu Oct 22, 2009, 4:03 PM

_{Just wanted to tell you I have a subscription now.
This means I can do features too!

So below you can see the first features.
Will try to do more features in the future}

Features