Dutch Nature Photographers

Rene de Heer

ReneRene has been a nature photographers for 20 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.

Equipment list

Camera bodies:
Nikon D300+MB10 Nikon D300+MB10

Lenses:
Nikon AFS VR G 200-400 F4

Nikon AFS 300 F4
Nikon AFS DX 12-24 F4
 Nikon AFS VR G 70-200 F2.8
Nikon 1.4 converter
 Nikon 1.7 converter
Tokina Macro 100mm F2.8
  

Flash:
Nikon SB 800 Better Beamer

Tripods:
Feisol CT-3371 Carbon Fibre Manfrotto Fluid head 503 HDV
Groundpod  
JOBU Black Widow Gimbal Head Benro ballhead

Digital imaging and media:
Kingston 4GB Compact flash cards Dell XPS M1330
Ridata 4Gb Compact flash cards Hyperspace 120GB
Western Digital 80 GB Passport HD Dell Dimension 9200
Buffalo Terra stations external hard drives  

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

Transportation
Lowe Pro Vertex 300 AW Thinktank Airport International#
  Storm Hard Case

Credits

Eagle

Dunlin

Crested Tit

Kentish Plover

Hazelhen

Black woodpecker