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)
Faemike55
WOW! Impressive macro Beautiful orchid
Juliette.Gribnau
another of those gorgeous orchids !
Adobe_One_Kenobi
Superb Andrea, what beauty.
Mark-David-Rogers
Nice capture of a beautiful flower, these orchids really are special, first class capture... getting the best out of the camera.
bebopdlx
I wish I could grow these here, beautiful flowers.
pat40
Superb pic & Flower
three_grrr
I think this beauty is sticking it's tongue out at me!!
jayfar
That new camera of yours is really showing its worth, beautiful shot.
kgb224
Superb capture Andrea. God bless.
auntietk
Such texture, up close and personal! Beautiful.
blinkings
Top rate macro.
sharky_
Nice flower capture. Aloha
Jay-el-Jay
A striking image of this orchid.
jendellas
Lovely colour!!
MrsRatbag
Wonderful closeup, this one really is marvelous!
helanker
What a lovely macro of a very pretty orchid :-)
ia-du-lin
very nice macro
danapommet
An exquisite capture my friend - lovely colors and clarity!
Celart
Impressive macro
goodoleboy
Looks like a baby leopard or ocelot floating amongst a myriad of bright confetti in this stellar macro, Andrea.
anahata.c
Holy cow, two shots to see---I'll do the alternate next. I've wanted to comment on this for several days---it's big, sumptuous and spills all over one's eyes. You have a great background, and you've treated it so that it harmonizes with the flower beautifully---softening, but keeping its boldness. The stamen section is positively sexual (as flowers are supposed to be, biologically), and your pov lets the petals blast away from the center; and those background blurries are perfect for the shot. (I made up the world 'blurries'.) Beautiful work. You're in O'Keeffe territory here, Madame. (Georgia, that is.) She made canvases like this, and they were like Beethoven symphonies...Love this.