feb 5, 2012 A large number of photos has been added to the album <South Africa 2011>, mainly birds and landscapes. If you visit www.dickbos.eu you'll also find photos of a fantastic hike into the Wolfberg Cracks in the Cederberg Wilderness Area. Click here to go straight to that collection of albums, the hike is at the bottom of the list. Enjoy!
nov 19, 2011 More than once I find that it is not always clear what can be found on this site. Therefore a short introduction is added to the section <About the site>.
nov 18, 2011 Before I update my site and put it on-line I test the main pages in all of the current browsers namely Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome and Opera. For some reason on my computer this site does not render properly in Chrome, all the other browser work fine. I'm sorry, I'm afraid this is not the first time and not the only site that I know of.
nov 18, 2011 All of the photos of my last trip to South Africa are on-line now and have been integrated in the site.
okt 24, 2011 A number of people asked me about the photos I took during my recent trip to South Africa. I've already put a number of photos on-line so here is the link to this 'preview'. There is (a lot) more coming, so check back in a while.
aug 17, 2011 The lay-out of the site is changed a bit. Hopefuly the page <For birders> is more clear now. Let me know what you think.
aug 10, 2011 End of this month I'm traveling to South Africa. One of the things I'll do is give a presentation at the Cape Town Bird Club. Check the site of this club.
aug 1, 2011 Photo's of my backpacking trip to Wales are on-line. You will find them in <Europa> <Wales> and albums are integrated in their respective categories.
may 22, 2011 All of the images of the trip to La Palma (Canary Islands) are now on-line. You will find them in their own <Europa> <La Palma> albums as well as integrated in their respective categories.
 
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Click this button and view a selection of the best bird photos on bosfoto.nl.

These image are of high quality and can be printed A4 size or better.

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This button provides access to all albums with bird photos on bosfoto.nl.

These images at times are not of high quality. They are primarily intended to be 'just' a photo of a certain species.

 

Find images of specific species

Search bird images on www.bosfoto.nl

 

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Clicking this button one can search for a species by region or album

In the overview on the left select a region, then look for the image in the list presented on the right

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This button will present a list with over 1000 photos of more then 550 species

Search this long list for a photo of the species you are looking for by using the filterfunction provided

The following can be found on
www.dickbos.eu
[links below open in new browser window]
 
wereld
 On www.dickbos.eu you'll find quite a number of travel reports in pdf and photo album, of trips to various continents, mainly the Americas and Africa.
(Lots of photo's included, but dutch language only)
 
New Zealand

You'll find also a logbook of a trip in New Zealand
in febr, march and april of 2005.
(Photos and maps included, dutch language only)
 
South-America

And photos of several of our trips like
in 2006 our trip in Chili, Bolivia, Peru.
A super trip!

 

My love for the natural world has been educated since I was a young boy. Whenever and wherever, I will go out to enjoy the wonders of the wild. And as long as I've been taking photographs my preference has been this wildlife, mainly to relive those moments again and again. I noticed however that others would enjoy my images equally. Therefore I decided to make my images available for viewing through the internet.

 

The natural world is a vulnerable world and humanity has a great influence on it. Not only is climate change a 'hot' item. For example, every day vast areas of primeaval forest get axed by logging companies and with them the wildlife that populated it disappears. We can read about it or watch programs on this on the tv. I've seen it with my own eyes... Heartbreaking! So I think that showing around the beauty of the wild world may help to improve awareness. Hopefully not in vain.

 

My hobby has more or less gone out of hand. Therefore I would like to finance part of it by selling prints. I'm willing to sell prints of all the images on this site, size A3+ max. If you're interested contact me please using the info in the 'Contact' section.

 

General.

This part is the home of the site. Here one can select albums to view in the [Portfolio's] section of the menu on the left. Following the buttons [Information] gives you a lot of general info. Photo's are organized in albums, after selecting an album a second window will open with that album.

 

Via the menu button [For birders] specific birdphoto's can be searched for. There is also an option to view all birdalbums available, including those with images of a lesser quality.

 

 

Findig your way in the albums.

The left side of an album is the selection zone. The top part is a pull-down menu with all the other albums in that portfolio. Navigate the album in three ways: using the thumbnails, the keyboard or the buttons below the image displayed.

 

Albums can be viewed 'clean', in a slideshow or in an continuous slideshow. Select a different display mode using the icons along the top-left the album window.

 

This button in the top-left opens a sort of help file, this gives a lot of details on navigating the albums.
When this camera appears to the right of the button controls, an additional image is available. Directions for seeing it will show-up below the buttons.
When this symbol appears it indicates that the current image does not meet my normal standards of photo quality. Further reading on this in the next tab [On the photos ]
'Photo' vs 'Image'.

In my view the words 'image' and photo' have a different meaning. Let me explain. Sometimes I need to take several photographs to capture the image I'm seeing. With these photos I can then digitally create that image I want. Panoramic images are a great example. The result then is strictly speaking not a (single) photograph but definitly the image I intended.

 

Special albums for birders.

By clicking the button <For birders> a number of extra photos and albums can be viewed. These extra photos are primarily for the interest of birders. The quality of the images does not always meet my photographic criteria. Some times they are not sharp enough. Or they may be zoomed-in too much and may not contain enough pixels so that a descent print is not possible. Or they just are not nice enough, they are not photogenic. However, I have put them on-line anyway, because I know many birders might like to see them in any case. I have also provided special search pages to easily find an image of a specific species.

 

How are those panoramas made? If it all possible the camera is placed on a tripod with a level. The exposure setting should be 'M', manual' and all photo's taken with the same setting to make sure they have the same exposure for a smooth blend. I then take the required number of shots, each with an overlap of about 1/3. Back home I stitch these together with a pixel-editing program ('stitching').

 

 

Colored backgrounds are distracting and influence color perception. For unbiased viewing, images should be presented against a neutral background, i.e. shades of neutral grey and black.

 

For building this site and keeping it up-to-date Adobe Dreamweaver is used.
This program offers the 'Spry framework voor Ajax' (acronym for 'Asynchronous JavaScript and XML'). This combines JS and XML in a smart way such that webpages adjust interactively on user demand. Practicaly speaking this means that just one click of the mouse replaces the image and all relating information.

 

Spry is ideal for webdesigners who only have basic knowledge of html, javascript and xml like yours truly. Thanks to Spry I was able to build this site. All relevant info is stored in xml files, this in turn is placed on screen with fairly simple Spry-commands. View a sample file here.

 

Here are some links to further information and samples:

 

Dreamweaver general
 Adobe Dreamweaver
   
General info on Spry
Spry FAQ
Functionality of Spry
Spry API
Spry application
Spry samples
Spry in practise
Spry demos
   
   

 

Camera 1 Nikon D2X
Camera 2 Nikon D300 and MBD10 Vertical Grip
Wide-angle zoom Tokina 12-24mm f/4.0 AT-X PRO DX
Wide-angle 18mm f/2.8 AF Nikkor
Wide-angle 24mm f/2.8 AF Nikkor
Normal zoom 28-70mm f/2.8 ED-IF AF-S Zoom-Nikkor [my standard lens]
Tele zoom 70-210mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor
Tele zoom 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor
Travel zoom 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D ED VR AF Zoom-Nikkor
Macro Micro Nikkor 60mm
Convertors TC-14E and TC-20E Teleconvertors,
Soligor AF 1.4x Teleconvertor
Flash Speedlight SB-28 and Speedlight SB-800
Better Beamer Flash extender
Accessoires Set extension rings (12, 20, 36mm) brand Kenko,
Nikon Right-angle Viewfinder DR-4,
Nikon ML-3 IR Remote Control,
Nikon MC-20 Cable Release.
CF memory cards SanDisk Extreme III 2.0 and 4.0 Gb
Tripod Gitzo G 1325V Mk2 Mountain with G 1321 levelling head.
Manfrotto 488 Ballhead.
For the super telephoto zoom a Wimberley head.

 

Camera Nikkormat [my first SLR (1972)]
Standard lens 50mm f/2.0 Nikkor-H
Wide-angle Vivitar 28mm f/2.5
Tele zoom Bushnell 90-240mm
 
Camera Nikon F90X with MF26 Databack and MB10 Vertical Grip (#1)
Camera Nikon F90X with MF26 Databack and MB10 Vertical Grip (#2)
   
Wide-angle zoom Sigma 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5 D (now on my wife's D70)
Tele zoom 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6D AF Nikkor (now on my wife's D70)
Tele zoom Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX APO
Tele zoom Sigma 170-500mm f/5.0-6.3 AF-D APO
Converters Sigma 1.4 en 2.0 EX Convertors
SuperTele 400mm f/2.8D ED-IF AF-S II Nikkor
About Dick Bos [1949].

 

Because of his love of wildlife and the natural world Dick's junior ambition is a career in natural or environmental management. However, he needs to 'serve his country' first and he then qualifies for pilot training. After graduating from Military Academy and pilot training with the Candian Armed Forces, he is awarded his pilot wings in December of 1973.

 

His military career takes him to many airbases in many places. He holds several command postings, like squadron and station commander. Dick climbes through the ranks up to one-star general officer. He retires from the Air Force in 2005 at age 55. His pilot logbook totals well over 4000 flying hours on several types of jet aircraft as well as helicopters.

 

His love of the natural world never fades. And he develops another passion: photography. As a teenager the first camera Dick buys is an Olympus Trip-35 compact. He gets himself a true Nikkormat SLR in 1972 and he has never failed the Nikon brand since.
[Check-out his gear in the 'Gear'-section]

 

Through the years Dick travels a lot and makes many a photo. Loving both nature and photography results in quite a number of beautiful wildlife images that you can check-out on this site. And now that he is retired, Dick is devoting a lot of his time to these passions. He is co-founder and chairman of the regions chapter of the Dutch Wildlife Photographer Association. He also is a member of the birds working group Meijendel, participating in bird monitoring programs.

 

Some of the photographers that inspire his photographic efforts include Ansel Adams, Eliot Porter, David Muench and Frans Lanting. For bird photography his favorite is Arthur Morris.

 

 

 

All images shown on this site are for sale. If you would order prints these will be printed 'all Epson' with the R2400 photoprinter on high-gloss photopaper using Ultachrome K3 inks. These prints have a proven long display permanence. Max printsize is A3+ (about 32x48cm).

 

Prints will normally include an aluminium frame with an off-white matting.
The standard framesizes are from 50x50cm to 50x70cm. Prints without frames are of course an option.

 

 

Prices vary from €175,= to €200,= mainly depending on the desired photo and framesize. Do not hesitate to contact me if you would like a smaller or still larger print, or prints on a different material. That should be possible, but since most of that will be outsourced, prices will differ. Please note that prices do not include shipping.

 

Contact. If you would like to make an order please contact me directly either by e-mail or phone.
Please find my details on the 'Contact'page.

 

 

My work has recently been displayed at expositions in places like my hometown Delft. Until autumn of this year an exposition of bird images is open for viewing in the cafe of the Dutch Military Aviation Museum.
Click here for an impression.

 

Expositions of images on this site can be realized on request and in consultation.

 

 

Contact. Are you interested in displaying my images? Then please contact me directly via e-mail or phone.
You can find my details on the 'Contact' page.

 

Pricing will depend on the duration of the exposition as well as framesizes and number of images.

 

 

I have been successful in repairing several damaged or washed-out prints and old photo's. (Samples to follow here.) I may be able to repair your dear but deteriorated or damaged photos, all or in part, to an acceptable quality.

 

 

Pricing will mainly depend on the amount and type of damage and the work to be done.

Please note that repair may not always be (fully) possible.

 

Contact me via e-mail or phone please, my details are available on the 'Contact' page.

 

 

Wildlife photography

Photography has been a part of me for over forty years; the result can be viewed on this site. I would like to share my experience and could give presentation(s) on a number of photography themes, all subject to consultation. An example of a presentation (in dutch) for clients of Habari Travel on their open day can be viewed on-line: 'Op safari met Habari'. Please note that this pdf does not include the photos used in support of the presentation.

 

Digital image processing

I have used Adobe Photoshop for over ten years, from version 5.5 onward, mainly for imageprocessing and manipulation. I would be quite happy to share my experience, preferably not as a classroom effort, but "made-to-measure" for one or two persons.

 

Digital Asset Management (DAM)

Since the introduction of digitial photography loss of images (computer crash, disk failure!) has been a serious threat to photographers. For years I have been using a reliable system in my digital workflow, partly based on the books of Peter Krogh. I am available to share my experience with others. A presentation in dutch can be viewed on-line. Duration of this presentation is about 1,5h.

 

 

Pricing would be depending on your requirements.

 

Contact me via e-mail or phone please. My details are available on the 'Contact' page.
 

Dick via e-mail:

Queries or information:
 

Phone:

+316 38 1558 78