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Rene de Heer

ReneRene has been a nature photographers for 24 years. His main interest is bird photography but given the chance he will also try his luck with mammals and landscapes.

His photography has taken him all over the world; the USA, Canada, India and Namibia, to name a few of the places he has visited. His favorite region is Scandinavia, especially in the winter.

Rene was the founder of one of the first Dutch Nature Photography Societies, which is still going strong today.

In 1998 Rene moved from the Netherlands to the UK, where he works as a Marketing Director for an E-commerce company.

Rene is married to Frances and they have 2 children Toby and Eleanor.

Rene’s work has been widely published in magazines and calendars and he has participated in several successful exhibitions.

Planned Trips

October 2007: France,Somme estuary for waders January 2008: Winter birdphotography trip to Sweden May 2008: Texel June 2008: Birdphotography trip to Bulgaria.

Equipment

Equipment list

Camera bodies:
Nikon D300+MB10 Nikon D3

Lenses:
Nikon AFS DX 12-24 F4

Nikon AFS VR G 70-200 F2.8
Nikon AFS 300 F4
 Nikon AFS 500F4 G ED-VR
Nikon 1.4 converter
 Nikon 1.7 converter
Extension tubes
  

Flash:
Nikon SB 800 Nikon SB 900
Better Beamer  

Tripods:
Feisol CT-3371 Carbon Fibre tripod Manfrotto Fluid head 503 HDV
Groundpod  

Digital imaging and media:
Transcend 8GB Compact Flash cards Ridata 8GB Compact Flash cards
Dell XPS M1330 Laptop Hyperspace 120 GB external harddrive
Dell Dimension 9200 Desktop Buffalo Terra stations external hard drives
   

Printing images:
Hewitt Packard HP B9180 Hewitt Packard Advanced Glossy paper
Hewitt Packard Advanced Satin paper Hahnemuhle Fine Art paper

Transportation
Lowe Pro Vertex 300AW Kata BP 502
Thinktank Airport International Storm Hard Case

Credits

  • Birds illustrated
  • RSPB magazine
  • RSPB Christmas card 2005
  • RSPB Calender
  • Outdoor Photography
  • Practical Photography
  • Runner up Image of the year 2004 Naturephotographers.net
  • Bird watching magazine
  • Denali National Park
  • Alula magazine Finland
  • Pan Parks Hungary
  • Het Flevolandschap
  • Various exhibitions in the Netherlands
  • Dorrestijns Vogelgids
  • Flevoland, verrassend natuurlijk