A day at the Apenheul in Apeldoorn is always a nice opportunity to shoot some nice monkey photos. Especially when there are newborn monkeys. Today we went with the kids and we had a wonderful day with many photo opportunities.
Click on the monkey photo above to go to the gallery. There you will find more monkey photos.
I especially like the ones with the little baby Squirrel monkeys. The small hands and the one where the mother is feeding her baby. I was able to make these with just a lot of patience and some good luck.
All shot with my Canon 5D mkii and 24-70MM or 70-200MM lenses.

Today we went to Hindeloopen, a little village close to the coast of the IJsselmeer (a big lake (former sea)) Although most of the ice has melted over the last days there is still a lot left on the IJsselmeer. And the south west wind has made it drifting towards the coast of Hindeloopen. Some of the piles were six meters high. This is a pretty unique scenery for The Netherlands so you can imagine that it attracted a huge crowd.
We also went to see these wonders of nature and I have to say it was a pretty amazing sight. Despite the cold and the crowd I still managed to shoot a few nice decent photos.
See below for an example and click on this link to go to the gallery to see more.

[Canon 5D mk2, 24-70mm, Flash 580ex mk2]