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 (21)
kgb224
Superb capture Andrea. God bless.
Juliette.Gribnau
exceptional !!!
ronmolina
Excellent shot!
Rob2753
wow that's a good find and shot
pat40
Amazing capture
jayfar
A super shot and a great infestation.
emmecielle
Excellent shot! :)
goodoleboy
Excellent color and composition of the overburdened leaf, Andrea, chokingly cluttered with the spangled gall, who had the very gall to cause the plant to curl up under the weight of their massive numbers.
wysiwig
A wonderful catch. Will you be inundated by little wasps or will there be others feasting on them?
tofi
Extraordinary image, Andrea! You always come across such unique places and things in nature. I could stare at this forever.... how amazing and the colours and tones are really something out of this world!
auntietk
Amazing! It looks beautiful like this.
MrsRatbag
Oh my! I know I have never seen anything like this, what a wonder! Superb find and capture!
jocko500
really cool
whaleman
Although I feel badly for the leaf, this is a remarkable photograph!
helanker
WOW They seem very social huh? ;-) Excellent shot :)
jgeorge
I fear they are going to kill their leaf... A great finding, and wonderfully captured...
Adobe_One_Kenobi
Excellent!!!! So many indeed :)
danapommet
A spectacular capture Andrea! We don't see many galls up here so this infestation of Spangle Galls is a ghastly sight!
jendellas
Wow, that is a few too many!!
Faemike55
WOW!
Katraz
Looks almost like a flower.