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 (22)
Juliette.Gribnau
awesome image; I like this one more than the zoomed one
jayfar
A lovely picture and I like the cloud reflections in the sand.
jendellas
What a beautiful photo, loving this sun with the sharp chill.
radioham
This is an beautiful veiw love the image
kgb224
Wonderful capture Andrea. God bless.
Adobe_One_Kenobi
Superb Andrea. The light is just like wearing sunnies.
giubandph
Very very beautiful landscape !!!
pat40
Beautiful. nonstop rain here today
bebopdlx
Both shots are wonderful.
X-PaX
Beautiful capture Andrea. I like both shots very much.
Mark-David-Rogers
Two excellent shots, I love the prints in the wet sand and the sky reflecting off the fairly still water. Two high quality shots.
alanwilliams
beautiful Andrea, just beautiful
irisinthespring
Awesome captures!
Faemike55
fabulous capture
kaward
A Glorious shot! It has such impact with the boosted contrast!
Chipka
Oh, I love both of these; I like the first one because of the more overt drama, especially in terms of the clouds and the interesting jiggles and squiggles that are going on. The quality of light is absolutely superb: it makes me think of perfect winter light, which differs from summer light in that summer light is always a wee bit...well...I guess you can say it's not quite as crystalline and faceted as winter light (if that makes sense.) Contrasts are sharper, shadows are deeper and there's an astringent quality to open air. Or maybe that's just my imagination running off with the idea that it's chilly. The second photograph is equally brilliant and I love the shifted emotional focus. Things are smoother, slower paced, contemplative, and that's perfect. The footprints are a wonderful implication of humanity; and often an implication works a lot better than the thing itself. These are two perfect photos.
wysiwig
Brilliant image! Outstanding definition in the clouds. As for the second image, my first thought was "Friday! There are pirates on the island (don't ask)." Then I saw the title reference. So you know Miles? You do have an eclectic soul. BTW - No 'E' in Davis.
MrsRatbag
Oh, nice work! I really like the dogprints with the sky reflection.
jocko500
very lovely
Glendaw
Both are totally awesome photos Andrea. Thanks for sharing.
Katraz
I like both shots and I wish I could have been there.
danapommet
I like the reflective light and the contrast with the cloud shaded areas. Love the foot prints in the sand. Just as an FYI - groynes like this one, build of stone, are called "breakwaters" on this side of the great pond!!!!