{"id":442,"date":"2018-03-15T16:16:19","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T16:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/?p=442"},"modified":"2019-01-23T10:57:10","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T10:57:10","slug":"bernard-castelein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/15\/bernard-castelein\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernard Castelein"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bernard Castelein is based in Belgium and attaches great importance to photographing nature close to home.<\/p>\n<p>Bernard has also travelled extensively in many regions of the world, with a particular fascination for high altitude regions such as the Andes and Himalayas. He has rich coverage on Indian and Madagascan wildlife and peoples.<\/p>\n<p>He was Chairman of BVNF, the Belgian Society of Nature Photographers, for many years, and is closely involved in organising the <a href=\"http:\/\/fotoforumbrasschaat.be\/\">FotoForum Brasschaat<\/a> festival in the town where he lives. His Altiplano exhibition will be shown there during March 2018.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery gallery-442 style-standard'><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01582962-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"James&#039;s flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi) walking with wings outstreched Laguna Colorada \/ Reserva Eduardo Avaroa, Altiplano, Bolivia\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01582962-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01582962-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01582962-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01582962-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01582962.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01582962-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01582962-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01582962-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01582962-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01582962-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"James&#039;s flamingo  walking with wings outstreched Laguna Colorada, Altiplano, Bolivia\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01560539-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Salar de Uyuni salt flat at sunset, Altiplano, Bolivia\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01560539-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01560539-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01560539-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01560539-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01560539.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01560539-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01560539-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01560539-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01560539-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01560539-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Salar de Uyuni salt flat at sunset, Altiplano, Bolivia\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01501540-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Fosa (Cryptoprocta ferox) male in tree, Kirindy Forest, Madagascar.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01501540-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01501540-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01501540-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01501540-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01501540.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01501540-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01501540-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01501540-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01501540-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01501540-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Fosa (Cryptoprocta ferox) male in tree, Kirindy Forest, Madagascar.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01322815-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Tibetan Wild Ass (Equus kiang) with view of snow capped mountains behind, Tso Kar lake, Ladakh, India\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01322815-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01322815-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01322815-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01322815-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01322815.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01322815-600x398.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01322815-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01322815-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01322815-375x249.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01322815-900x598.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Tibetan Wild Ass (Equus kiang) with view of snow capped mountains behind, Tso Kar lake, Ladakh, India\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01322807-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Himalayan Marmots (Marmota himalayana) play-fighting, Ladakh, India\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01322807-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01322807-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01322807-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01322807-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01322807.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01322807-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01322807-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01322807-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01322807-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01322807-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Himalayan Marmots (Marmota himalayana) play-fighting, Ladakh, India\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01209551-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Trees and grass covered in heavy hoar frost, Groot Schietveld, Wuustwezel, Belgium\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01209551-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01209551-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01209551-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01209551-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01209551.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01209551-600x398.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01209551-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01209551-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01209551-375x249.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01209551-900x598.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Trees and grass covered in heavy hoar frost, Groot Schietveld, Wuustwezel, Belgium\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01166265-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Six Spotted Owlet chicks (Athena brama) perched in a row, Keoladeo Ghana NP, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01166265-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01166265-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01166265-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01166265-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01166265.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01166265-600x398.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01166265-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01166265-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01166265-375x249.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01166265-900x598.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Six Spotted Owlet chicks (Athena brama) perched in a row, Keoladeo Ghana NP, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01152329-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Indian gazelle (Chinkara) (Gazella bennetti) with flock of Common pigeons, Lohawat, Rajasthan, India\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01152329-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01152329-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01152329-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Indian gazelle (Chinkara) (Gazella bennetti) with flock of Common pigeons, Lohawat, Rajasthan, India\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01022649-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"White spoonbills (Platalea leucorodia) roosting in tree, Keoladeo Ghana NP, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01022649-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01022649-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01022649-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01022649-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01022649.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01022649-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01022649-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01022649-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01022649-375x249.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01022649-900x599.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"White spoonbills (Platalea leucorodia) roosting in tree, Keoladeo Ghana NP, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n<p>See an expanded gallery of Bernard Castelein&#8217;s images <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/-photographers\/a-d\/castelein-bernard.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bernard Castelein is based in Belgium and attaches great importance to photographing nature close to home. Bernard has also travelled extensively in many regions of the world, with a particular fascination for high altitude regions such as the Andes and Himalayas. He has rich coverage on Indian and Madagascan wildlife and peoples. He was Chairman&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/15\/bernard-castelein\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"button\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[57,58,59,60,61,62],"class_list":["post-442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photographers","tag-bernard-castelein","tag-belgium","tag-altiplano","tag-mountains","tag-madagascar","tag-fotoforum-brasschaat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":746,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442\/revisions\/746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}