Buiten-beeld - The Nature picture library

About

Buiten-Beeld is a new and dynamic photo agency specialized in Dutch and European nature photography,
where quality and service are of the highest priority.

The online archive has tens of thousends of images by eshtablished photographers and some new young talents.
Buiten-Beeld has unique images of flora and fauna.
Besides that it has an extensive collection of images of outside recreation,the agricultural sector,natural phenomena,
cultural landscapes,natural reserves and environment and nature enjoyment.
A speciality are the birds of Europe.
Buiten-Beeld also has one of the most extensive collections of insects,local reptiles,fish and amfibiens.

News

January 14, 2010Major maintenace from 19 till 20 january

Due to major maintenance our website is down from 19 till 20 january. Sorry for this inconvenience. If you need our pictures urgent, please send an email to info@buiten-beeld.nl or make a call to + 31 33 2451260.

November 4, 2009Wadden Sea UNESCO Worldheritage

At the end of June 2009, UNESCO, the United Nations organization for nature and culture, placed the Wadden Sea on the World Heritage List. This puts the Wadden Sea on the same footing as other world famous natural wonders on the World Heritage List like the Grand Canyon in the USA and the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.

The Wadden Sea World Heritage Site encompasses the Dutch and German parts of the Wadden Sea. It covers an area of almost 10,000 square kilometres along a coastal strip about 400 kilometres long.

Pieter de Vries is specialized in aerial photography of the Wadden. His archive consists of thousands of aerial pictures as well from the Dutch part as of the German and Danish part. Click here for a showcase of some pictures of the Wadden Sea. In the coming months we will add hundreds of new aerial pictures. If you cannot wait for this, please contact us and tell us what you are looking for.

February 2, 2009New version of website online

We introduce a complete new version of our website. We listenen well to our customers and more than 50 features have been added. Among others: - larger views of the pictures (1024x768), activated by clicking on a photo at a photodetailpage. - easy browse through a selection of photo's by clicking on the right or left side of each picture. - searchfunctionality has been extended. It's possible to search by vinkboxes at a photodetailpage or refine your search with advanced search. It's also possible to search on photo id number; - a comping image of 1024x768 can be downloaded for our customers with detailed captions; - the overview of our photographers has been changed; - we can fill lightboxes on request; - the order procedure has been simplified; - the amount of pictures found after a sarchrequest is showed in the leftupper corner. We hope that these new features will make it more easy for you to find the pictures you are looking for.

January 30, 2009New photographers

Recently some outstanding photographers joined our photo agency. We will introduce them briefly.

Theo Bosboom. A very creative photographer with a good sense for atmosphere. Theo is an award winning photographer. Amongst others, he is category winner in the BBC Wildlife contest.
Peter den Hartog. His portfolio has a great variety and he travels all over the world, but his eclips- and astronomy pictures are fabulous.
Ronald van Wijk. He combines photography of pure nature with atmosphere and cultural elements.
Misja Smits. This female photographer has an outspoken style, with great creativiy and use of color. Recently she won several photo awards..
Wilco Dragt's pictures are very convincing. Creativity and athmospere are an important theme in his pictures.
Tim de Boer. He has a great portfolio on nature recreation.
Sjon Heijenga. For years he is a fulltime professional. Two of his specialties are trees and 'man and nature'.

December 13, 2008International awards for Buiten-Beeld photographers

Recently, some Buiten-Beeld photographers won prices at several international photo competitions. Han Bouwmeester won the second price in the Americal National Wildlife competition 2008. Theo Bosboom, who recently joined Buiten-Beeld and already won prestigious prices, got a 'highly recommended' in the German GDT photocompetition. Finally, Wendy Kreeftenberg won the Belgian portfolioprice in the Argus photocompetition, she is the most promising young photographer of 2008.

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