Marsel van Oosten

Active 2004–2014 · Member since March 9, 2004 · Website · Blog · PhotoPortfolio

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Forum posts

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Critiques

Through the Years

2004–2014

2004

9 critique photos · 6 portfolio images · 39 critiques

2005

9 critique photos · 6 portfolio images · 33 critiques

2006

6 critique photos · 4 portfolio images · 4 forum posts · 43 critiques · 1 image in discussions

2007

1 critique photo · 11 forum posts · 4 critiques

2008

15 critique photos · 16 forum posts · 68 critiques · 4 images in discussions

2009

10 critique photos · 6 forum posts · 72 critiques · 2 images in discussions · 1 magazine comment

2010

9 critique photos · 24 portfolio images · 1 forum post · 92 critiques · 1 image in discussions

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2011

11 critique photos · 11 forum posts · 104 critiques · 1 image in discussions

2012

13 critique photos · 105 critiques

2013

12 critique photos · 1 forum post · 66 critiques

2014

4 critique photos · 27 critiques

Critique Gallery Photographs

99 photos

The Edge

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The Shadow Of Death

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Landscape - 1st Place

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Circling the Dead

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Desert Choreography

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Wildlife - 2nd HM

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Fauna - 1st HM

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Photo of the Month 05/10

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Gotcha!

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The Fight Club

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Japanese Winter

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Oops

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Macaca fuscata iluminata

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Dance of the Dead

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The Veil

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The Unfortunate Salmon

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Snow Ball

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Lazy Afternoon

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Ice Capades

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The King Is Thirsty

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Oxcart

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Oh no, not again!

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M&N - 1st Place

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The Wall

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Miss Zambia

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Brave Elephant

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Ice Comet

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Quiverophiliac

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On The Lookout

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Cape Gull

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Flakes

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Synchronicity

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The Valley of Death

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Giraffe

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Invasion of the dunes

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Introspection

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Dwarfed

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Translucency

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1740

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Twins

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Fairy Chimneys

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The Warning

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Vulturescape

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Springbok

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Let There Be Light

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Swan Lake

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The Thief

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Double Light

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Namibian Morning

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The Row

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Hippopotamus Amphibius Impressivus

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White Silence

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Steller's Sea Eagle

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Framed

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Portal To The Stars

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Lonely hippo and lots of lettuce

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Longer Lashes Naturally

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Vantage Point

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Namibian Nights

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Frost Falls

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Namibian Nights IV

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Diamond head

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Snow Mouth

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Greetings from Holland

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Did anyone see my herring?

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The Bird Flip

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Little Guy

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Web-footed gecko

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The Sands Of Time

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Into The Maelstrom

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Symmetree

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August 2012 GOTM

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Eye to Eye

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Big Mouth

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Namibian Nights V

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King of the night

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Lonely stem

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Spot the Elk

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Sand Storm

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Nature's Best

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Panthera tigris

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Oops-a-daisy

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Camp Antarctica

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WC #169 - Hocus Crocus

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Flower Road

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Leopard

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Nomad tent, Morocco

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McNeil River

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Walking with Giants

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Snowmobile

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Horn to be wild

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Downpour

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Wild Romance

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Tree Lace

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Winter Windmill

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WC#129 - Caught between a rock

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Sleeping under the stars

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WC#144 Bridge to the past

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Octapod

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PhotoPortfolio

View portfolio · 40 photos

Images in Discussions & Critiques

9 images

Images attached to forum posts and critiques. Usually the member’s own work, though a critique sometimes reworks someone else’s photo.

2006 Nature's Best International Photography AwardsSeptember 18, 2006

2008 International Photography AwardsSeptember 16, 2008

More NPN success at TPOTY!December 17, 2008

Re: BEST OF 2008- POST YOUR SHOTSDecember 18, 2008

National Geographic - March 2009February 18, 2009

Critique of Wild RomanceOctober 27, 2009

Critique of Fairy ChimneysJuly 28, 2010

Re: To disturb or not to disturbMarch 9, 2011

Discussions Started

16 topics

2006 Nature's Best International Photography AwardsSeptember 18, 2006 · 45 replies To disturb or not to disturbMarch 9, 2011 · 29 replies National Geographic - January 2009December 17, 2008 · 23 replies National Geographic - March 2009February 18, 2009 · 22 replies Nature Photographer of the Year 2011August 23, 2011 · 22 replies 2008 International Photography AwardsSeptember 16, 2008 · 19 replies More NPN success at TPOTY!December 17, 2008 · 14 replies National Geographic - April 2011March 16, 2011 · 12 replies European Wildlife Photographer Of The YearOctober 27, 2009 · 9 replies Camera store in Anchorage?July 15, 2007 · 8 replies Nikon World Magazine Audio SlideshowJuly 6, 2009 · 6 replies Bald Eagles in Homer in July?April 17, 2007 · 5 replies 'Save for web' - mysteryDecember 23, 2007 · 5 replies McNeil logisticsMarch 26, 2007 · 4 replies Using Bowens Pulsars as remote camera triggersFebruary 8, 2007 · 1 reply Expedition AfricaMarch 25, 2007 · 1 reply

On the Magazine

letters & comments

On Photoshop and Nature Photography: How Far is Too Far?, December 2, 2009

It's interesting to see how different nature photographers are in this aspect compared to almost all other sorts of photography. Fashion photography, car photography, model photography, advertising photography, etc.- you're not very likely to hear a fashion photographer say 'I like it like this, because that's how I saw it'. Or a model photographer 'We have to leave that pimple there, otherwise it's cheating'. There is a lot of fundamentalism in nature photography, and it's one of the main reasons why nature photography makes so little artistic pro