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 (24)
Katraz
I like this it looks like alien bugs on the trunk.
jendellas
I agree with you, amazing tree.
anmes
Really unusual cohabitation..if one can call it that! Quite weird
Glendaw
Excellent capture of the knotty limbs embracing the trunk of the tree. Amazing how Mother Nature puts her talents to use.
miwi
Excellent shot,klasse capture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
blinkings
They are like huge fingers.
wysiwig
Looks like fingers around a throat. A little creepy but well seen. Would make a good Halloween image.
Faemike55
looks like the tree version of Alien's face hugger. Great capture
jocko500
still it do look good and it do look like the lord of the rings
jayfar
Nice pic of the 'hand of death'. I am also guilty of not checking the camera before I shoot! Btw, that was Hazel with David taking her pic.
whaleman
The Boa Constrictor of the plant world...
sharky_
Yes, looks like fingers are grasping someone.... Nice find. Aloha
Juliette.Gribnau
wow, well seen; great title
mbz2662
Awesome :) It is very Lord of the Rings-like.
CavalierLady
Very cool shot... I saw some like these in Devon when I was there. Very surreal looking and a cool shot.
photosynthesis
That is a very tight embrace - trees & vines can do amazing things...
kgb224
Superb capture Andrea. God bless.
MrsRatbag
It looks like the tree is burying its face in its hands; what a great find, and a wonderful shot!
Adobe_One_Kenobi
Full face palm, it must be embarrassed. Great shot, and well seen.
kaward
That's a real strangle hold! What a find, and an amazing shot!
auntietk
Quite sinister! A sort of northern strangler fig, I suppose. Hope it isn't as deadly to the tree as those tropical jobs!
pauldeleu
Fantastic looking photo.
Mark-David-Rogers
Amazing observation of this tree, indeed it is rather like Lord of the Rings.
danapommet
A great find and it does look like a giant hand strangling the tree!