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 (21)
dwarvenkind
Very nice shot.
blinkings
WOW WOW WOW I have never seen one of these in the flesh.
danapommet
This POV is much more menacing – a must zoom to check out all of those eyes! An exquisite macro and capture!
jendellas
Superb closeup. Just love that face.
Glendaw
Very interesting name for this Spider. Awesome photos, this POV being more intimidating than the other.
pat40
So Lovely, although I don't really like spiders
jayfar
She looks like she owns the place! Super capture.
TranxG
Fantastic macro. Zoom is a must.
kgb224
Superb capture Andrea. God bless.
kaward
Being on a small bloom makes it look a real monster!
MrsRatbag
I must say your spiders seem to be quite well-fed! This young lady is very lovely!
NightGallery
Gosh I love crab spiders faces, to bad I never seem to find them. Beautiful shot!!!
Mark-David-Rogers
A fascinating species, I like the way they can change colour, and they are very patient hunters for food, this shot is wonderful, such detail and it seems you have had a good relationship with the crab spider through the summer with some amazing shots.
Faemike55
very impressive captures She's beautiful
auntietk
What a fabulous shot! As I opened this, the next song came on, something by a Scottish band with lyrics that begin with a reference to a spider. Lovely! :)
ichtvan
Excellent shot !!!
CavalierLady
Wow, you couldn't have found better colors to showcase this white spider.... wonderful find!
Hubert
Great capture!
moochagoo
Really impressive. Bravo.
dochtersions
A most fantastic macro, and I just love the contrasting colours on it, Andrea.
anahata.c
Aside from the fact that spiders are powerful just because of their presence, this is powerful for the cavernous petals that hold the spider up. They'r tinged in light, and doused in shadow, and they make a big claw-like enclosure for her. You got her right between two petals---I don't know how you do these macros, but you've been doing insect and spider macros for so long, you just know how to get them, and how to 'frame' them (the way the flower frames the spider). I love the tilt too. A beautiful powerful capture, and the spider is facing us head on, beautifully captured. A fine macro, Andrea.