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)
Adobe_One_Kenobi
Excellent shot and a fitting title.
jendellas
Hairy prickly spider :o))))
emmecielle
An extraordinary natural fractal! Wonderful shot! :)
greyone
Looks like a hairy spider! Awesome capture.
giulband
Beautiful !!
jayfar
This is really nice Andrea.
tommorules
"Notocactus magnificus," If Harry Potter said that, who knows what would happen!!! When I first so saw the thumbnail, I thought "oh, no - not another fractalius plugin photo", but in full view, hey, it's real ! Who needs software, eh?
wysiwig
Excellent capture of this unusual cactus. There is a smiley face in the center of that flower. Odd, I just saw Tara's image "K is for Kids" with thirteen children's faces and now your spider looking plant with thirteen 'legs'.
auntietk
I never realized Mark had such a counting compulsion! It's nice to know, though, that you and I were on the same wavelength somehow. Aside from all that ... nice pic! It looks a bit dangerous, but beautiful.
MrsRatbag
Looks like feathers to me, or maybe a macro of some exotic insect. What a shot!
Faemike55
Strange and beautiful flower Excellent capture
irisinthespring
Beautiful!
blinkings
It reminds me of a big hairy spider!
kgb224
Amazing capture Andrea. God bless.
helanker
What a fantastic cactus this is. Wonderful shot too.
Juliette.Gribnau
fascinating !!!!
Katraz
It never fails to amaze me some beautiful are made by nature.
kaward
This is one well armoured plant! Great shot!
Mark-David-Rogers
Fascinating shots.
danapommet
At first I thought that this was a barrel cactus but the example on FlickR changed my mind - beautiful symmetry!