Seal release on the island of Texel by Marcel Pietersen

Sometimes you just get lucky and are in the right place at the right time. This time I was lucky. Due to the somewhat poor weather, I drove around Texel by car to visit all the bird-watching spots. I was driving on the Wadden Sea side near de Cocksdorp. I saw 4 containers with a seal in each one. It was immediately clear that these would be put in the wild by employees and donors of Ecomare Texel. Quickly parked my car and headed towards the spot where everything would take place. What struck me was that there was very little public present. There appears to be no publicity for moments like these. A lot of public is not good for the animals. The animals were released by volunteers and donors. At first, the seals were still a bit shy but this changed quickly when they realised what was intended. A nice moment to witness, though.

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The very first picture I made in 1974 . It was a project for school . The intention was to use my parents' house a photo. And that failed. It was then with a roll and everything had to be set manually. Once a camera of my oldest brother had it many years later to Mallorca . Also no success, because the sand came later rolls from the device . There were a number of nice pictures but not to write home about. Years later bought yourself a camera . It took me many rolls , but to say that I made pretty pictures , no ... In the Dolphinarium a full roll of film shot . I go to the photographer ( as you did then ) . But the pictures were again unsuccessful.Finally did the digital processing era . Many photos taken , many photos discarded idieaal because it costs nothing. Once they are on the PC have the ability to preserve them, to edit or to throw away. I now had the opportunity to exercise . Like many other novice photographers , I started with a Trust Power 710 @ m zoom . With this unit , in 2003 , even the wedding pictures made ??for my best friend and girlfriend . And not even that bad . Even if I do say so myself .Then I bought a HP 945. It was getting better with my pictures . Received increasing pleasure in photographing everything loose and stuck. I started to print photos and was regularly comment on the pictures taken . Holiday pictures in the Czech Republic , Belgium and Switzerland were made and it

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