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.
Hover over top left image to zoom.
Click anywhere to exit.
This site uses cookies to deliver the best experience. Our own cookies make user accounts and other features possible. Third-party cookies are used to display relevant ads and to analyze how Renderosity is used. By using our site, you acknowledge that you have read and understood our Terms of Service, including our Cookie Policy and our Privacy Policy.
Comments (21)
ysvry
great foto, well spoted.
kgb224
Superb capture Andrea. God bless.
jayfar
A lovely capture Andrea. Plenty of these about but no red admirals yet!!
dakotabluemoon
It is a very pretty face on it cool capture.
Adobe_One_Kenobi
Used to have lots of these in London, nothing now though, as I said before, too much destruction of their habitat by avaricious scum developers. I will always have a passionate disrespectful hatred of these people, I would dearly love to wall them up alive and let them see how it feels :)
Faemike55
Very good capture Impressive colours
pat40
Excellent pic.
kaward
Sometimes we capture a different moment to what we expect. This has revealed a stronger facial impact for sure. Glad you posted it!
helanker
HAHA! The evil butterfly :))) Lovely shot.
photosynthesis
It is kind of scary if you look at in a certain way. I think the slight lack of sharpness actually adds to the eeriness of it...
Juliette.Gribnau
great shot !
jendellas
But beautiful too!!!
Celart
Great capture and shot
goodoleboy
Lovely color, detail and composition in this never to be forgotten image.
MrsRatbag
How lovely they are, scary face and all! Great shot!
wysiwig
Well, would you try and sneak up on someone that was staring at you like that? Super shots, both of them. I live next to a protected marsh and still no butterflies. Perhaps I should try growing some milkweed.
auntietk
That IS a pretty scary face, isn't it? I've seen pictures of these before, but this is just the right angle to show off the brilliance of the disguise.
Katraz
Boo ,great shot.
whaleman
That's a perfect illustration of how effective this is. He has probably scared off many birds already as evidenced by the fact that he has had no strikes thus far!
Mark-David-Rogers
An excellent capture and what a beauty, such beautiful colours and proving further that nature is the greatest artist of all.
danapommet
Both versions are excellent shots Andrea and a lovely color combination!