Hi, I'm Andrea, and I'm interested in creatures and plants both wild and tamed, and people of all sorts. I only use a compact digital camera ,as I love being able to get it into a back pocket, and not have to cart heavy kit about. I carry a Panasonic Lumix TZ series, binoculars and a hand lens almost everywhere.Most of my outings are with the dogs so I only use point and shoot.
I am getting the hang of Photoshop, thanks to some very kind folk on RR!Â
I have a wildlife garden in Bournemouth, Dorset, in the UK, and spend a lot of time there . I retired from teaching art to teenagers a while ago.
I'm now getting some good results with my digi compacts; it took me a while to make the switch from my old film camera, an 1960 ish Pentax Spotmatic, but the mistakes are much cheaper! Â
I have 4 lodgers, 3 dogs and a parrot who, as at 2017, I have had 40 years.
I has so far had 19 dogs, mostly rescues.
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Comments (23)
kgb224
Superb capture Andrea. God bless.
helanker
WOW! I have never seen such a double Rhodo. It is gorgeous.
jayfar
A beautiful flower and a lovely gift. It almost looks like a birds wing in there!
ronmolina
Beautiful!
Juliette.Gribnau
fantastic !!, wow after 12 years !
dakotabluemoon
Oh i have not seen this color of them yet so pretty.
GARAGELAND
Wow! I love the Leopard spots!
Faemike55
Very beautiful colours
MrsRatbag
Wow! What a gorgeous flower! The ones in my back garden are this colour, but not this double blossom type.
pat40
Stunning pic.
jendellas
What a beautiful colour!!
wysiwig
Well, it certainly took its time. Seems to have been worth the wait. Gorgeous flowers.
alanwilliams
a spectacular bloom
sandra46
GREAT SHOT
goodoleboy
And purple yet! I admit I'm no expert, but with those petals I would have never guessed this was a Rhododendron, or two. Lovely, though, in any event.
danapommet
A lovely color and I like the marking inside the petals!
three_grrr
Superb! Love the color, and simply adore those leopard like spots inside it!
jocko500
very lovely
whaleman
Very pretty photo!
ia-du-lin
beautiful flowers and colors.
auntietk
Oh my! I've never seen such a thing. What a glorious bloom! I didn't even know there were double varieties. I learn something new here on RR all the time!
blondeblurr
I simply love Rhododendron, I remember them so well, when I grew up in a Berlin flower-nursery and yours is so spectacular with the 'Butterfly effect' on the inside of the petals, BB
Blush
Beautiful love that color hugs susan