- Christa Moetwil - van Dijk
Winter landscapes from the region Betuwe in the Netherlands
Dutch winters, as a landscape photographer you look forward to taking beautiful winter photos. You look at the weather forecast, will it freeze, will the nights be clear, will there be snow? And yes, in the Betuwe region we got a tiny bit of snow (occasionally we were also in a snow shower) it started to freeze, there was some frost……. It was a lot of fun and it resulted in beautiful winter images that I would like to share with you. I wonder if you have also been on the road and made beautiful winter landscape photos........
Camera bag on my back, tripod under the straps and cycling over Estate Heerlijkheid Mariënwaerdt I arrived at the Notendijk. It started to snow. Gently at first, with small flakes, but soon more and more violently with large, thick flakes. These walkers, who walked between the old walnut trees, enjoyed this fairytale winterlandscape.
As said, a little snow fell in the Betuwe. On the way to Estate Mariënwaerdt I came across this ditch with trees. I've photographed here before with sunrise, but because of the snow it's only now that the ditch has a heart shape, do you see it too?
The wind had blown the snow beautifully against the trunks in many places. Not too much, so that the entire trunk had turned white, but just enough for beautiful structures.
I regularly come across this shed on my way to work and I think how can I capture it in a beautiful way.....and then a little snow fell in the Betuwe.......I'm curious if I can also take this photo in the spring and then with a field full of yellow flowers.
A typical Dutch scene. This photo was taken in December 2022. It is near the floodplains of Culemborg. No snow, but lots of skating fun on the ice.
Winter in the Netherlands means skating fun on the natural ice. This is a typical Dutch winter landscape with skaters on the moat at Soelen Castle. With 'cake and zopie' within reach. 'Koek-en-zopie' is a term used for the food (usually split pea soup) and drink (usually hot chocolate or mulled wine) that is sold near the ice during skating periods. In the winter of 2021 I was able to shoot this nostalgic picture.
Winter sunrise Betuwe landscape on the border of Maurik - Rijswijk (Gelderland)
Frozen nature - The morning light....the frost.... After a cold night there was a beautiful frosted world in the outskirts of Maurik (Betuwe). While cycling I enjoy this magical morning. Sometimes I even forget to take pictures. The morning light was beautiful, beautiful pastel shades and then I saw this scene........a winter wonderlandscape.
