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 (26)
pat40
Lovely pic, Andrea
jayfar
A super portrait and great detail. Looks good in mono too.
wonderworld
Marry me Keith!!! :)
dakotabluemoon
A wonderful capture and closeup shot.
midnightmum
Fantastic shot, did he take a picture of you, the wild life I mean, haha.
Juliette.Gribnau
nice chap; cool pic
jendellas
Andrea what are you like. Lovely portrait though!!
alanwilliams
a wonderful close up portrait
aksirp
very near man;) straight portrait, looks great, the pic and the object:)
Faemike55
of the two versions, I like this one better Great capture, though
auntietk
LOL @ Cynthia! :P Keith is undeniably handsome though, isn't he? Did you give him the RR website? Maybe his wildlife pictures are worth seeing! He could use this as his avatar. :)
angora
fantastic portrait!! like the colour version best (cuz he wears coloured glasses??) but both are stunning!! (LOLLL @ replies)
Mark-David-Rogers
Both colour and mono work in their own original ways, the joy of shooting in colour is that you can make it monochrome and the subject takes on a different effect. Linda McCartney often worked that way, I love her photographs of Willem De Kooning Here
moochagoo
A quite nice portrait of this man.
Hendesse
Photographer photographing photographer. An excellent portrait.
Katraz
Great Portrait.
goodoleboy
Outstanding portrait of the grizzled old gentleman, Andrea. At least he keeps his facial hair well trimmed.
photosynthesis
A lot of character in those deep wrinkles & gray hair - fine portrait...
wysiwig
What a great character study. He has the look of a wildlife photographer. Or a documentary filmmaker.
drifterlee
Nice portrait!
helanker
A very nice portrait, Andrea :)
kgb224
Superb capture Andrea. God bless.
MrsRatbag
What an excellent portrait!
danapommet
Weathered skin but trusting eyes. Excellent capture Andrea!
kaward
An instant character study, how do you do it! Excellent!
anahata.c
a beautiful searching portrait, with gentleness and a touch of yearning. I've done lots of street shots (random shots), but haven't posted any; but seeing yours encourages me to keep doing it, because you do them simply and beautifully. (I posted 3 last night, btw, but one of the people in them said they were uncomfortable being shown in a gallery---I knew her---so I took them down out of respect. She may change her mind soon, though.) Beautiful detail on Keith's beard and hair, and such gentle contrast to his kind smile and upward-leaning stare. Like he's dreaming or seeking something 'out there'. And such a sensitive capture of his soul. Beautiful simple work, and another touching portrait in your long series of delicate peerings into a random human being...