Wishing you all a Happy Easter!
May your Easter basket be full of hope, health, joy, happiness and peace.

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
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March 24, 2016 | Categories: Canon 60D, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L IS USM, nature | Tags: closeup, flowers, photography | 18 Comments
Some photos I took this afternoon 🙂 I was especially thrilled to find the beautiful moth!

7-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata)

Not sure that kind of spider this is?

Red Soldier Beetle (Rhagonycha fulva)

Wood Leopard Moth (Zeuzera pyrina)
And: caleephotography is 3 years old! 😀

Thanks for stopping by, I appreciate your visit!
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August 2, 2015 | Categories: Canon 60D, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L IS USM, nature | Tags: bugs, butterflies, closeup, insects, ladybugs, moths | 32 Comments
Withered, but still decorative 🙂


Ps. I’m taking a little blog break, back in a few weeks!
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February 21, 2015 | Categories: Canon 60D, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L IS USM | Tags: flowers, photography, still life | 26 Comments
Only seven weeks into 2015, and this weekend I already found flowers to photograph. Crazy! This winter’s no winter.



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February 15, 2015 | Categories: Canon 60D, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L IS USM, nature | Tags: closeup, flowers, photography | 37 Comments
So far we haven’t had a real winter here in Amsterdam this year either, but last night it snowed for the first time! Unfortunately it’s melted away already.. These pictures were taken this morning
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January 24, 2015 | Categories: Canon 60D, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L IS USM, nature | Tags: closeup, flowers, frost, photography, winter | 18 Comments
When the birds don’t cooperate it’s nice to have the macro lens in the camera bag, so you don’t have to come home empty handed 😉
Five pictures taken yesterday in Amstelveen:
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September 21, 2014 | Categories: Canon 60D, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L IS USM, nature | Tags: bokeh, closeup, flowers, leaves, photography | 24 Comments

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August 31, 2014 | Categories: Canon 60D, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L IS USM, nature | Tags: flowers, photography | 20 Comments
It’s always fun to see a bird for the first time! Since I’m new at birding, this happens with fairly common birds as well. Here’s a Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), a cute little warbler related to the Garden Warbler (see previous post).


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June 24, 2014 | Categories: Canon 60D, Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM | Tags: animals, birds, blackcap, photography | 21 Comments
Two collages of bird photos, taken today along the Brettenpad nature path outside Amsterdam.
First some warblers: #1 Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin), #2 Common Whitethroat (Sylvia communis), #3Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)

And here is: #1 European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis), #2 European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris), #3 Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)

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June 21, 2014 | Categories: Canon 60D, Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM, nature | Tags: animals, birds, garden warbler, goldfinch, greenfinch, photography, song thrush, whitethroat, willow warbler | 16 Comments
Happy Easter everyone!!

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April 19, 2014 | Categories: Canon 60D, Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM, nature | Tags: photography, spring, tulips | 45 Comments
Yesterday I took a flight in a small plane over Holland. Unfortunately the weather wasn’t fully cooperating, but I could still see Amsterdam and some tulip fields!
Six pictures from the plane- Click to open slideshow
Tulip fields near Lelystad
Amsterdam
Tulip fields near Haarlem
Tulip fields near IJmuiden
Tulip fields near Zaandam
Windmills in Zaanse Schans
Also: Caleephotography has got leet followers! A big THANK YOU for taking the time to visit my blog!!

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April 13, 2014 | Categories: Canon 60D, Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM | Tags: amsterdam, flowers, photography, spring, tulips | 49 Comments
The ultimate sign of Spring: Tulips!
Photos taken in Amsterdam today


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April 9, 2014 | Categories: Canon 60D, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L IS USM, nature | Tags: amsterdam, closeup, flowers, photography, spring, tulips | 31 Comments
Six pictures taken on the last Sunday of March- Click to open slideshow
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April 6, 2014 | Categories: Canon 60D, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L IS USM, nature | Tags: blossom, bokeh, bugs, closeup, flowers, photography, spring | 22 Comments
Spring is here! 🙂
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March 29, 2014 | Categories: Canon 60D, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L IS USM, nature | Tags: blossom, bokeh, closeup, flowers, photography, spring | 41 Comments
Signs of Spring this week: Pink quince blossom

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March 23, 2014 | Categories: Canon 60D, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L IS USM, nature | Tags: blossom, bokeh, closeup, flowers, photography, spring | 29 Comments
Signs of Spring this week: White quince blossom


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March 15, 2014 | Categories: Canon 60D, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L IS USM, nature | Tags: blossom, closeup, flowers, photography, spring | 34 Comments
Signs of Spring this week: Crocus vernus

f/2.8 – 1/125s – ISO 200 – 100mm – Amsterdam 2014-02-23
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February 23, 2014 | Categories: Canon 60D, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L IS USM, nature | Tags: closeup, flowers, photography | 30 Comments
Signs of Spring this week: two kinds of snowdrops

Galanthus nivalis (Common Snowdrop)

Galanthus nivalis ‘Viridapice’
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February 16, 2014 | Categories: Canon 60D, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L IS USM, landscape | Tags: closeup, flowers, photography, spring | 39 Comments

Hazel (Corylus avellana) catkins
f/2.8 – 1/160s – ISO 100 – 100mm
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February 12, 2014 | Categories: Canon 60D, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L IS USM, nature | Tags: bokeh, closeup, photography | 20 Comments

f/2.8 – 1/160s – ISO 100 – 100mm
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February 8, 2014 | Categories: Canon 60D, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L IS USM, nature | Tags: bokeh, closeup, photography, winter | 19 Comments

f/8 – 1/250s – ISO 400 – 180mm – Zandvoort 2014-02-02
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February 2, 2014 | Categories: Canon 60D, Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM, nature | Tags: animals, deer, photography | 30 Comments