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 (29)
Mondwin
Amazing macro my friend!!!Bravissimo!:DDD.Hugsxx Whylma
prutzworks
great pose & POV
GARAGELAND
This Looks horrific and beautiful at the same time. Wonderful Close-up and compo !!
monjo71
Wonderful image. Well done
giulband
great macro
Juliette.Gribnau
stunning capture
Rob2753
A fantastic image and should be zoomed to fully appreciate the detail, Bravo !
ronmolina
Another wow shot!
bebopdlx
Excellent capture.
kgb224
Superb capture Andrea. God bless.
Hendesse
Stunning shot. Fantastic details.
johndoop
Very great macro picture!!Awesome!!!!!!!
jendellas
They always look as if they have a helmet on :o)
jayfar
Those wings really come to life in zoom. Excellent shot Andrea.
helanker
Excellent compo and clarity on this lovely shot :)
drifterlee
Great macro!!!!!!
goodoleboy
I say, driftwood in your garden? You must have brought it from the beach. Supreme POV and lighting effects in this stellar macro of the imposing-looking darter, atop the errant artifact, Andrea.
iceberg5
A superb photo : the wings are so beautiful and delicate !
MrsRatbag
Wow! What a splendid shot of this beauty!
Faemike55
while this one is great and beautiful, the one with this beauty on your finger is just totally outstanding and impressive Excellent
blinkings
Don't let these guys bite you. Whilst not poisonous....they hurt!
whaleman
What a beauty, and your macros are just amazing!
auntietk
Wonderful! The light is marvelous.
wysiwig
Once again I feel like throwing my camera in the trash. While I cannot get these guys to sit still for one shot you have them visiting you and sitting down for tes. The one on flickr seems quite pleased with itself. In this image it looks like it is ready for takeoff and just waiting for clearance from the ground crew.
dakotabluemoon
A fantastic close up of this red one so cute.
Adobe_One_Kenobi
Yeah they can be a ruddy nuisance hehehe. Joking aside this is a fab pic my friend
danapommet
Both versions are excellent photos but I love the head on POV and spread out wings on the FlickR version!
jgeorge
But not a common macro! Well shot...
Celart
Impressive capture