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 (23)
kgb224
Superb capture Andrea. God bless.
Juliette.Gribnau
what a fabulous shot !!! fantastic !
miwi
Wonderful shot,klasse capture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TECHNISTRATIONS
Awesome shot!
jayfar
Perhaps it thought Fritz's nose was another beetle !!!
jendellas
Good old Fritz, great photo opportunity. x
moochagoo
Excellent capture !
wysiwig
"Hmmm, a new playmate or something to eat?" Showing just the nose was a stroke of genius.
danapommet
That is a huge one and a super capture & clarity!
MrsRatbag
They are so huge! Wow!
PatGoltz
That one made us laugh.
Faemike55
Delightful capture, Andrea. I do hope that the beetle did not grab hold of Fritz's nose
SunriseGirl
This one gave me a real chuckle. :)
Glendaw
Fantastic macro shot,great timing !
CavalierLady
Oh my!! The first thing I thought was - oh dear, hope he didn't chomped on the nose! I've never seen a real stag beetle. Very cool.
Robert_Ripley
Hello, who are you :D
kaward
Even Mrs Stag beetle looks a force to keep away from your nose! excellent shot!
Katraz
Well spotted Fritz now what are you going to do with it.
irisinthespring
Superb capture and love the angle...:)))
Adobe_One_Kenobi
If this were Jazz, he'd have eaten it by now, he's terrible, he has knocked over an occasional table before now in his pursuit to eat a spider. Great image.
0rest4wicked
Most amusing, thanks for the smile!
Rhanagaz
Hi, there! Wonderful shot!! :o)
jgeorge
Hello to you! I smiled at the title. It seems a big beetle. I wonder if the dog is going to eat it.