Wim Harwig

Category: zeeland

  • Zeeland

    Zeeland

    Yesterday I had a nice ride in my velomobile. It was not about speed, but about looking at the Zeeland landscape with the eyes of an “actual” photographer. Many horizontal lines in which vertical lines immediately attract attention.The so-called “fertile soil” in Zeeland needs a lot of “fertilizer” and despite the many salty water that…

  • melancholy

    melancholy

    Full of melancholy I cycled home yesterday after the last night shift … it could be the last … The “phosphoric acid plant” is now blowing the last vapor from its chimney … maybe a few more days … then the factory will die. What a differance compared to the situation on Juli 2010 ……

  • Once a week …

    Once a week …

    Once a week I try to take a nice walk on the former work island Neeltje Jans. That’s what I promised my dog … and a dogowner has to keep his word.

  • headshot

    headshot

    “Lex de Meester will take a portrait of you on a dyke close to the factory“, said Frank Balkenende.At first, I was not enthusiastic about the idea of seeing my old head on the front page of the newspaper, because I just got out of bed after the night shift.But when I heard that Lex…

  • lots of colours today

    lots of colours today

  • this day started cloudily

    this day started cloudily

  • Zeeland lights and skies

    Zeeland lights and skies

    This morning the light was beautiful They were at their spot again …

  • Stormy weather

    Stormy weather

  • it was windless today

    it was windless today

  • Colours of autumn

    Colours of autumn

    Walking the dog on the former work island of Neeltje Jans. I did my best to capture the colours of autumn and thought that it would be very difficult so close to the sea … But even though the difference with summer is less than with deciduous trees, it is also clearly different on the…

  • Tourists who do not pay taxes for their place of residence …

    Tourists who do not pay taxes for their place of residence …

    You can see from their boats that they have enough to pay, but the Netherlands does not yet have a tax on pleasure crafts.

  • Oosterschelde

    Oosterschelde

    I was born and raised in a wooded area with typical “scenic landscapes” (de Achterhoek), perhaps that is why after about 40 years I can still appreciate the open flat landscape.In any case, I try to capture the “open” as well as possible in photos that I make in my current neighbourhood, Zeeland.

  • Hendrik Willem van Loon Hardzeildag 2019

    Hendrik Willem van Loon Hardzeildag 2019

    I went to Veere to have a look … and had my camera with me … it was raining first, but soon the sky cleared and the sun started to give a magnificent light … there were a few moments when there was a reasonable wind over the Veerse Meer, in these circumstances the old…

  • PLANTS AND BIRDS

    PLANTS AND BIRDS

    Today our strolling on the former work-island Neeltje Jans showed us many plants and birds. It was a nice day for walking the dog after a few days of tropical heat … I made a short video of the frightened Long-eared Owl

  • Veere

    Veere