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!
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!
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 (19)
Juliette.Gribnau
he is as red as the flowers ! supeb captured
monjo71
Very nice!!!
Faemike55
Both images are fantastic
jayfar
A very nice shot indeed. Julie thanks you very much for the e-card.
kgb224
Superb capture Andrea. God bless.
jendellas
He also matches the flower. Super captures!!
Adobe_One_Kenobi
Excellent, as mentioned above. It does blend in well.
goodoleboy
Common in your parts, never seen in mine. A medley of angles, colors, contrasts, lighting and shapes to be awestruck with. Love those wings.
sandra46
EXCELLENT IMAGE
whaleman
Both shots are rather nice!
MrsRatbag
Wow! I never see anything like this here, an occasional damselfly or spotted darter that darts right out of sight as soon as it spots me...Superb captures, Andrea!
danapommet
Extraordinary wing details in both fabulous photos!
auntietk
It's amazing to me how they hold still for you! I see dragonflies darting around here and there (mostly WAY over there) but never close up like this. Wonderful image!
wysiwig
It boggles the mind how good these are. I have seen the progression to excellence in your images over time. Outstanding work.
angora
oh WOW!!! great capture!!
Katraz
Super closeup and well spotted he's so well camouflaged.
kaward
He certainly picked his spot to rest in! Well spotted and taken!
anahata.c
a real symphony of strokes, diagonals, criss-crosses, and lights---not to mention the presence of that powerful darter, with its crinkly wings and long walking-stick body, just blending in, form wise, with the whole entourage. Another of your so-well seen insect captures. And the reds are like huge succulent peppers, peppering the shot with delicious looking protrusions. Ditto the comments above: Outstanding work, Andrea.
helanker
A really fantastic shot and the colors are a feast for the eyes.