During a walk along an almost dried out pond I stumbled upon an abundance of sundew. Where I normally had to search for hours to get a beautiful specimen in front of the lens, I couldn't move a step without maneuvering between the plants on my toes like a ballerina. My eye fell on a specimen with a damselfly in it. Lying flat on the ground I took some shots when the creature started to move. I made a few more shots and then decided that I would make an attempt to free the creature. Clumsy the creature flew away from me a little later.
My name is Gerry van Roosmalen, photographer and author with a passion for images and stories that touch. After years in the corporate world, I followed my heart and chose photography in 2002. I completed the Fotovakschool in Apeldoorn, specialising in portrait and reportage photography.
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