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 (20)
jendellas Online Now!
She is lovely!!
brewgirlca
Great focus across the critter and good depth too!
moochagoo
Great details. Wonderful !
whaleman
Excellent shot!
Adobe_One_Kenobi
This is a corker Andrea!
Faemike55
fabulous macro!
alanwilliams
superb
wysiwig
In your garden I would think the two would go together. Wonderful detail. Like so many young ladies I see she carries her water with her.
MrsRatbag
If it wasn't for your garden denizen portraits I wouldn't know nearly as much as I do about insect body structures. This is brilliant!
goodoleboy
Super clarity and detail in this macro of the Damsel fly, not in distress, A. Also like the background striation texture.
Juliette.Gribnau
beautiful !
bodo_56
Wonderful macro and a beautiful composition! The leaves make for a great background!
kgb224
Superb capture Andrea. God bless.
Jay-el-Jay
An excellant close-up.
dochtersions
It's a fantastic close up, Andrea. Great macro with all the details. It's also good that you have the energy to do your gardening, I hope it will stay a hobby, and not a duty you have to do, my friend. Oh btw 'sorry' that I made a mistake for not activate the video link, and thank you soooo much for your nice words! :) :)
Mark-David-Rogers
Wonderful detail.. nicely captured.
aksirp
just stunning macro Andrea, very clear, superb colors!
three_grrr
Ooohs and aaaahs! a lovely post Andrea. Time in the garden is much better time spent then time at the computer.
anahata.c
another scintillating insect macro from you, this time looking like it's climbing a paneled wall. (I assume it's a leaf of some kind.) It has that ceramic-like sheen that some insects get close up, and the legs are scintillating. And I love the waterdrop on its bottom right leg. Also, capturing/cropping him so he's in the left half rather than in the center of the image is good design. A very pleasing and bold shot. Really, when you think about it, insects are from another world---I mean compared to animals. If they didn't exist and someone drew some for you, you'd think, "what an imagination!" What did the world do before camera macros?
danapommet
Delightful clarity and detail on this Damselfly!