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Gregory Standaert Photography

(Hobby) Nature Photographer. I hope my images inspire you to go outside and explore the beauty that mother nature provides. Adventure awaits!

12/04/2023

Sunset at the beach.

09/05/2022

Búðakirkja, Iceland

Sony A7 III
Sigma 27-70mm F2.8 Art @ 61mm f/8.0
1/500 sec
ISO400
Handheld

12/04/2022

This must be one of Iceland's most beautiful waterfalls, don't you agree?

Sony A7 III
Sony FE 16-35mm F2.8 GM @ 27mm f/16
1/13 sec
ISO100
Gitzo GT4542LS Tripod
Really Right Stuff TA-U-LB Universal Leveling Base
Acratech 1165 Panoramic Head

04/04/2022

Graphite Drawing. That's what this photograph reminds me of. It looks so calm and serene but reality was quite the opposite. It was freezing cold and the wind was ferocious. We saw this scene while driving north, from Keflavik to Kirkjufell. We parked the car in an outlet on the side of the road and jumped out for a quick shot. My very first image of Iceland! (not counting a few smartphone snaps :D)

Sony A7 III
Sony 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS @ 100mm f/5.6
1/2500 sec
ISO400
Gitzo GT4542LS Tripod
Really Right Stuff TA-U-LB Universal Leveling Base
Acratech 1165 Panoramic Head

02/08/2020

Gotta love those starry nights! I made this short timelapse at lake Feldsee, in Germany's Black Forest. The skies there are a lot darker making a lot more stars visible than here, in my light-polluted home town of Antwerp...

Had to cut short the recording because the rest of the night was completely clouded, but it was still nice being out there.

11/10/2019

Durdle Door Milky Way

Throwback to our summer holiday in Cornwall and Dorset. It's been 2 months since I was sat on the beach at Durdle Door. A beautiful night sky, the ocean rumbling on the rocky beach, good company. What more does one need?

Sony A7 III
Sony 16-35mm F2.8 GM @ 16mm f/2.8
20 sec
ISO6400
Gitzo GT4542LS Tripod
Really Right Stuff TA-U-LB Universal Leveling Base
Acratech 1165 Panoramic Head

31/08/2019

First Encounter

About a month ago we were on a holiday in Cornwall, Engand. We were thoroughly enjoying the beautiful coastline, but there was one thing I really wanted: to see and photograph the milky way. This is something that is practically impossible here in Belgium due to all the light pollution we have.
Although we had beautiful weather during our stay, most nights where completely clouded. But on july 28th, while staying near St. Michaels Mount we got lucky! Clear skies! It was the first time we could see the milky way with our own eyes. Beautiful! Hopefully many more encounters will follow...

Sony A7 III
Sony 16-35mm F2.8 GM @ 35mm f/2.8
10 sec
ISO6400
Gitzo GT4542LS Tripod
Really Right Stuff TA-U-LB Universal Leveling Base
Acratech 1165 Panoramic Head

05/08/2019

Verrine of sheep and grain

It doesn't always have to be difficult to get a nice image. This beautiful scene is what greeted us upon arrival on our first camp site during our holiday in England. It was taken literally 5 steps from our tent :D

New House Farm Camp Site in East Dean, South Downs National Park

Sony A7 III
Sony 70-200mm F4 G OSS @ 200mm f/11
1/125 sec
ISO400
Lee Landscape Polariser
Gitzo GT4542LS Tripod
Really Right Stuff TA-U-LB Universal Leveling Base
Acratech 1165 Panoramic Head

BTS (Behind The Scenes) in comments

09/03/2019

Lioness

A B&W portrait of a lioness, taken in a local zoo (Planckendael).

Canon 7D Mk II
Canon EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM @ 400mm f/5.6
1/1000 sec
ISO320
Handheld

27/01/2019

Looming Lineup

Saturday morning 5.00AM. My phone starts buzzing. Even though the bed is warm and cosy, I get out. I only had to get dressed, grab a quick breakfast and fill my thermos flask with warm tea. (I had already packed my gear in the back of my car the night before, after having checked there was still snow in the location I wanted to shoot. Thank god for the internet and wheather/snow cams!)

Thirty minutes later I was on my way for a two-hour drive to the High Fens. The closer I got, the more mist appeared. I drove fifty on a ninety road because I couldn't see further than a couple of meters in front of my car, even with the mist lights on! When I finally arrived on the parking site of Baraque Michel, I got a cup of tea, put on my waterproofs, grabbed my camera bag and started walking.

The first part walked pretty easy, but when I got to the wooden walkway over the fens, it got rather tricky. Because of the varying temperatures earlier in the week, the snow had (partially) melted and frozen again, making the wood icy and super slippery! I was glad I made it to the end without sliding off into the fens! After I exited the wooden walkway, there was still a mile or so to go until my destination started showing through the mist: the skeleton trees of Noir Flohay!

Altough the trees look stunning (especially in the snow and mist!), the story behind them is rather sad: These dead trees are what's left of a forest destroyed by fire.

I started to look for a composition. This proved to be rather tricky. There were quite a lot of trees and the ground was covered with broken off branches, making it difficult to find a clean shot. It was drizzling and the wind was howling so hard the raindrops were almost flying horizontally. That didn't help either! I tried to turn my back into the wind as much as possible, to keep my face and fingers dry. But after a while, my gloves got soaking wet anyways and my fingers started to freeze.

I finally settled on this panoramic composition: the Looming Lineup.

After grabbing a few more shots, I made my way back to the car, warmed up with a couple cups of tea and drove back home. A really cold but fun micro adventure!

Canon 6D
Canon EF16-35mm f/4L IS USM @ 35mm f/11
1/40 sec
ISO200
No filters
Gitzo GT4542LS Tripod
Arca-Swiss Monoball Z1 DP flip lock ball head
9 shots in portrait orientation stitched together and cropped to a 6x17 panoramic format

13/12/2018

Warnscale Bothy

Elusive. That's the first word that comes to mind when thinking about the bothy at Warnscale Head. I had seen a few beautiful images of this small shelter and wanted to give it a go myself. But boy, is it hard to find! When approached from above it is hard to see because it lies just behind a sheer drop, close to the moutain side. When approached from the front or below, it is hard to see because it is entirely made of slate rocks, the same kind that are shattered along the moutain side. It just vanishes in it's surroundings!

Me, my girlfriend and brother in law were approaching from above, comming from Haystacks. We only had an approximate location and a few pictures I had found on the internet and had saved on my phone. From these pictures, looking at the perspective from the bothy versus Buttermere lake in the background, we could determine whether or not we were moving in the right direction. While searching, we encountered a group of 3 photographers walking in the opposite direction. They were also looking for the bothy and were convinced we had already passed it and were going in the wrong direction. I disagreed and continued in the same direction. We got off the path and closer to the flank so we could look down. As the view we were looking at started to look more and more like the picture on my phone, me and my brother in law got excided and started walking faster. Low and behold, a couple of minutes later we finally found it!

It was only then that we realized my girlfriend wasn't with us anymore. We shouted her name. No response. Slight panic. We dropped our (heavy) hiking bags and backtracked our steps. After what seemed like an eternity (but was probably just a minute or 5) we found her. She didn't feel like walking close to the abyss, on uneven terrain, so had decided to take the long way round...

The three of us went back to pick up our bags. As it was close to sunset we decided to first look for a suitable spot to pitch our tents and have dinner. By the time we finished dinner, it was pitch black. Too dark and too dangerous to walk down to the bothy for a photograph. And I didn't want to bother the other group who by now had also found the bothy and were clearly planning to spend the night in there. There's always tomorrow...

The next morning I woke up early and had a quick peek outside the tent. There was a lot of cloud. It looked like there wasn't gonna be any sunrise so I decided to sleep in. I didn't want to disturb the group inside the bothy anyways. We had breakfast, broke up camp and headed towards Buttermere, passing the bothy on our way down. Although it wasn't sunrise or sunset (it was noon actually) I'm still very happy with the image I got. Lakes, mountains and autumnal colours. The Lakes at its best!

Canon 6D
Canon EF16-35mm f/4L IS USM @ 20mm f/13
1/40 sec
ISO100
Bracketed, no filters
Gitzo GT4542LS Tripod
Arca-Swiss Monoball Z1 DP flip lock ball head

30/10/2018

Rydal Falls

This beautiful waterfall is located on the grounds of Rydal Hall in Rydal, Lake District. (It's publically accessible though, as there is a walking trail running through the grounds.)

We stayed on the Rydal Hall campsite for 2 nights so I had plenty of time to wait for the best conditions possible. And it was only a 1-minute walk from our tent. Very convenient!

The small building on the left is called 'The Grot' and was built in 1668 (!) with the sole purpose of watching the falls.

Canon 6D
Canon EF16-35mm f/4L IS USM @ 31mm f/9
0.6 sec
ISO100
Lee Landscape Polariser
Gitzo GT4542LS Tripod
Arca-Swiss Monoball Z1 DP flip lock ball head

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