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 (12)
wysiwig
An unusual looking plant. I still think it looks like the tortillas strips they put on my taco salad.
photosynthesis
Yes, tortilla strips or possibly confetti. Very colorful & exuberant...
Juliette.Gribnau
beautiful
Faemike55
this is new to me
wonderful capture
SunriseGirl
I always love your witch hazel photos. Thanks for sharing.
jendellas
Love this colour.
auntietk
LOL @ Mark and Claude! :P Now I'm hungry. Must be getting on lunchtime!
Star4mation
Great shot Andrea. Distilled witch hazel is good for bruises I believe :)
dochtersions
What a fantastic colour Hazel you have, Andrea, I've never seen this colour before, and I love it. btw, We didn't eat our Marigold yet, I just use it in my herb-tea. One can make a good cream of it. This I'll do when we have more of them.
junge1
Very nice. I like the way you emphasized the flower by the narrow depth of field!
MrsRatbag
They are slow at the arboretum this year, for some odd reason. Lovely capture!
anahata.c
well at least 2 people saw tortilla strips or confetti. That's pretty close. And the buds look a little like sleigh bells. What a wholly fascinating capture. In full zoom, it's like the detritus that vacuum cleaner rollers pick up from carpets after a party. A real crinkled, wrinkled bunch. Just fascinating, and the hues are beautiful, with that deep purple on the buds in contrast with those reds...