Photographing the Marker Wadden

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Yesterday I visited the Marker Wadden with Fotoclub Wijchen. This man-made area in the Markermeer was created to help nature recover. Visitors and photographers are very welcome.

The nice thing about a photography club is that you photograph things you would not normally try on your own. I would not normally spend an hour and a half in the car to walk around a man-made island, but with a club like this it is good fun anyway.

You can sail to the island in your own boat, but if you do not have one, you can simply use a ferry service. You do need to book this in good time.

A return ticket costs 25.50 euros and the crossing takes about 20 minutes. The ferry leaves from Lelystad.

You can also book an excursion on the island, costing 10 euros per person. We did this too. It keeps you occupied for about an hour and a half, and you learn more about how the area was created and the nature found there.

I am not really a nature photographer, but it was certainly interesting to hear the story of the Marker Wadden. I enjoyed myself there.

The island is also large enough to keep you occupied for the four hours you have before the ferry goes back. You can take a good long walk there, and also enjoy a drink and something to eat in the island pavilion.

There are several buildings spread across the island where you can, for example, look out over the nature reserve. There is even one where you can look underwater.

I think the Marker Wadden are a great project to visit. As a nature or bird photographer, you can really let yourself go. For me as a portrait photographer, it was less interesting from a photography point of view.

It is probably well worth visiting at the right time in spring, when all kinds of things are in bloom. On the other hand, I expect there are more than enough nature reserves around the coast where you can take similar photos.

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