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 (21)
Juliette.Gribnau
that's early !!! wonderful flower and drops
Hendesse
It's always a pleasure to see such a beautiful flower in the winter. Fantastic shot!
kgb224
Superb capture Andrea. God bless.
pat40
So Wonderful
Adobe_One_Kenobi
Such a mild winter, I just today went to the corner store in a tee shirt, wasn't at all cold.
kaward
A striking bloom indeed! The plants are so confused by this weather.
jendellas
Ver beautiful, love the rain drop. Warm here today.
Glendaw
Still in perfect condition way past due date !
blankfrancine
A gorgeous capture!
Faemike55
I bet the bees and other pollinators love this one Great capture
bebopdlx
A very early beauty.
jayfar
What a real beauty this shot is Andrea. I took a picture today of a red Camelia at Forde Abbey which I might post!
wysiwig
You mean its not Spring? This is a beautiful shot but I wonder what the plants are going to do in March and April?
Katraz
A beautiful flower maybe you should buy it a calender.
SunriseGirl
That is such a perfect shot...simply beautiful.
helanker
WOW! What a beautiful mistake :-)) Wonderful shot, flower and droplet :)
auntietk
Love that fluffy center!!
MrsRatbag
Pure and beautiful! This looks like some that were blooming at the Arboretum a little while back, same sort of dense brush central area.
irisinthespring
Fabulous capture, love it!
danapommet
A beautiful photo, zoom, rain drops and golden stamens - perfect!
anahata.c
you know so many flowers, and it always makes me feel like an idiot! And you have lots of them with human names (I presume named after the person who developed them? or studied them?) Anyway, the left-sided compo is right for the flower (right as in good), it blooms out into the shot. And the closeup reveals not only the natural fuzzy grain of the petals, but those few little drops on our left. (We can see them in the display version, but the zoom makes them look like bits of clear put on as adornments.) A beautiful flower capture, and you bokeh'd the background to make an abstract of deep and light greens and browns. Delicately done all around.