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Caption: HILVERSUM’S HEATHS
Wester- en Bussumerheide
Caption: How many times in your life have you experienced that sense of perfect timing?
You’d have felt it after this morning on Hilversum’s heaths located in the heart of the Netherlands.
A unique bright morning in the dreariest of autumn seasons, followed by continually finding yourself in the right place at the right time, thanks to a guide with intimate local knowledge of the area. PERFECT MORNINGS
Picture of Wester- en Bussumerheide
Caption: You leave the edge of the heath at 7.15am and stop at your first photo spot. You are still a handful of minutes away from dawn.
Picture of Wester- en Bussumerheide
Picture of Wester- en Bussumerheide
Picture of Wester- en Bussumerheide
Caption: Then the sun crests the hill to send its first rays underneath that lonely tree up on the top, right onto the frozen heather at your feet.
Picture of Wester- en Bussumerheide
Caption: Time to move on. More lonely trees await you.
Picture of Wester- en Bussumerheide
Caption: Or a triplet...
Picture of Wester- en Bussumerheide
Picture of Wester- en Bussumerheide
Caption: Now the sun is eye to eye with you - and you and your guide happily take in all the orange, purple and lilac tones that have been sprayed across the heath.
Picture of Wester- en Bussumerheide
Picture of Wester- en Bussumerheide
Picture of Wester- en Bussumerheide
Caption: You get to a fenced area - where culture turns out to be as beautiful as nature.
Picture of Wester- en Bussumerheide
Picture of Wester- en Bussumerheide
Picture of Wester- en Bussumerheide
Caption: Autumn yellows mix with
the first winter whites.
Picture of Wester- en Bussumerheide
Picture of Wester- en Bussumerheide
Caption: Time to move on. To Africa.
Picture of Wester- en Bussumerheide
Picture of Wester- en Bussumerheide
Caption: Three ladies in their winter coats are a giveaway, though. This is Holland in November.
Picture of Wester- en Bussumerheide
Picture of Wester- en Bussumerheide
Picture of Wester- en Bussumerheide
Caption: You continue your way to the wooded area in the centre of the heath.
Picture of Wester- en Bussumerheide
Caption: Where you will pick up a career as a ray-chaser. And again, you’re bang on time.
Picture of Wester- en Bussumerheide
Picture of Wester- en Bussumerheide
Picture of Wester- en Bussumerheide
Caption: You keep your final snap as a trophy, shot minutes before noon. The perfect morning indeed.
Picture of Wester- en Bussumerheide
Caption: HILVERSUM’S HEATHS Thanks to @heleenleonie for guiding me around and being such great company.
Mattijs Diepraam
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Caption: There she is...
Picture of Wester- en Bussumerheide
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