One early morning, I was standing on the quiet beach of Breskens, in south-western Zeeuws-Vlaanderen. In the distance was Vlissingen, across where the North Sea turns into the Westerschelde. Although the day began without bright sunlight or colourful skies, a special atmosphere hung over the coast.
A dark rainstorm was moving towards the mainland from the south. Even before I could take my shot, the shower reached the beach and I was soaked. The threatening clouds and the silver-grey glow over the water gave the landscape a powerful and ominous character.
As the squall slowly moved towards Vlissingen and hung right over the city, an impressive spectacle emerged: the contours of Walcheren were surrounded by masses of clouds, the water reflected the grey light. That was the moment I took this landscape photo - an honest depiction of the changeable weather on the Zeeland coast, where wind, water and clouds play the leading role.
My passion is to capture the beauty of the landscape through photography. In recent years, I have visited several coastlines, as that is where my passion lies above all else.
Unfortunately, due to health issues, I have become less active. Very occasionally, something new still appears...
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