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)
Star4mation
Fantastic shot Andrea :)
jayfar
She really is lovely and sitting on a wonderful background.
jendellas
Its amazing how she walks on her legs, lovely capture!!
Hendesse
This species of beetle I know well. Excellent shot, fantastic details.
Adobe_One_Kenobi
Built like a Volkswagen. I love the males with those large jaws.
GARAGELAND
WOW your stuff is coming on in leaps and bounds!!!!!!!!! This is a truly Awesome shot (I dont like using the word awesome as it is overused, but I cant help myself on this one) Popped into Fav´s
ia-du-lin
beautiful beetle, very nice capture
bebopdlx
amazing capture
blinkings
A beautiful creature for sure.
Juliette.Gribnau
fantastic !!
auntietk
I do like that shiny armor!
goodoleboy
Phenomenally terrific clarity and detail in this shot. The Stag in the name means it is genetically predisposed to go alone to parties and see if he can pick up females of the species.
Faemike55
She's a beautiful lady Great captures
wysiwig
Isn't she lovely. I think Harry is on to something. It never occurred to me that anyone but the Fab Four could produce a "beetles" album. Outstanding clarity. You can see every detail on her exoskeleton.
CavalierLady
Mercy Sakes Alive! I don't know if I could go close to get a photo or if I would squeal and run. But what a magnificent shot! And right there in your own yard - wow Andrea!
moochagoo
Love that capture !
MrsRatbag
She's lovely! And what a great shot. They are so big!!!!
kgb224
Amazing capture Andrea. God bless.
danapommet
I like all three photos over on the Beetles album on FlickR. A spectacular Beetles album over there and a great male stag beetle at the very bottom!