Hello Dear Visitor of my homepage
This is me, Henk van der Poel alias Hedepo. Born in The Hague, The Netherlands in the year 1949. I joined the inspiring Renderosity community on the internet in April 2004 with a focus on photography but I like to play with Fractal Software as well.
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BIO In 2002 I have picked-up the hobby of digital photography in conjunction with ?playing with Photoshop? on the computer. As camera I use Sony Alpha 100. The only real limitations I have found in this exiting hobby so far is the availability of time: To find time going out for making photos. To find time and to get access to our computer. My wife Deanne is joining me a lot in wandering around to find the nice spots for making photos, but loves to search the internet for her and our roots. If the weather is to bad to be outdoor, this happened over the last few years very regularly in the Netherlands, I escape to my second hobby: Fractals.
 We have three sons
Maurits (1986) will achieve his master in economics in Q3 2012,
Caspar (1984) has settled as physiotherapist / acupuncturist since 2010, (it was Caspar who introduced me in the world of renderosity)
Rogier (1979) master in science, chemistry and working for a large German Chemical Company as corporate  process engineer.
 I enjoy very much to be a member of the renderosity community on the Internet, inspiring to see so many photos and artwork from all kind of people around the globe and to get comments on your own Photos & Fractals is great fun. I?m born in The Hague, The Netherlands in the year 1949. We are still living in this area, close to the sea behind the dunes were you can find in the springtime all the tulip and daffodil fields.
In the Netherlands we are gifted with quite a lot of very exiting musea, and lucky as we are nowadays, taking photos is allowed!!
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Mid 2007 I stopped with working (as a PhD in chemistry I have worked for more than 25 years in the coatings and paint Industry; activities bridging from R&D and pure fundamental research work – to - general management, marketing and Business unit Manager/ management) , and thought to find more time for myself, but a fact of live is that I don’t understand that I have found in the past the time for working ….. LOL ……
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I still have a high interest in general chemistry, however my real hobby is to travel and to catch the world into photos and to play with them on the computer.
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Thanks for passing by,
Take care
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Comments (18)
Blutak
Great photo. one i might get to see something like this.. one day..
WiserAngel
What a lucky shot! That must have been so exciting!!!
miharo
OMG SUPER Shot!... got it right on time...
thaly2005
Beautiful image!
Tedz
It is wonderful to see them in the Wild :]
nathalie06
Only this moment justifie a voyage to the Acores !!!! And indeed you went there for the whales. What a incredible chance to be able to cross them ! Pure moments of happiness ! It's so rare, and then it's the most beautiful gift and way to tell you "goodbye". You showed us a series of splendid photographs Henk, I really liked so much ! But it's this photograph I prefer.... Have a great week-end Henk. Hugssss
Lledeline
Nice shot.
Cosme..D..Churruca
Lucky you... awesome capture !
MoppelundWilli
superb shot!
pm_hackworth
Excellent and VOTE
kimariehere
fantastic shot... excellent how lucky you were to get this capture!
sharky_
Beautiful and an excitement that no one will ever forget. Excellent capture. Aloha
cynlee
a fantastic shot!! :]
jcv2
Oh wow, shooting these animals in the wild is such a special thing! sigh Excellent work, Henk, what a joy!
erskogly
A wonderful shot of this huge and powerful, but still graceful animal. Excellent!
camera2
You are so lucky to have not only captured a perfect moment but alas, also seeing it in the first place. Have a wonderful weekend Henk.
donvino
which for a luck you had. Fabulous, a stunning image..very excellent work!!!
pimbotin
I made a trip in Monterey on a boat named "whales watching"... After 2 hours I came to the conclusion that I probably confused it with "waves watching"... It seems that you've had more luck than me... Cool shot!