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 (7)
miwi
Fantastic capture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
blinkings
What a cracking shot.
jendellas
Oh no, should be careful.
helanker
Well it hasnt got a chance to escape the Ice Queen :) Fab capture.
Faemike55
Crab spider 1 - Hover Fly 0
wonderful captures
kgb224
Superb capture Andrea. God bless.
anahata.c
I know woody allen is out of the loop now, but he did say some funny things; and one of them was that nature was a "gigantic lunch". This illustrates that perfectly. Esp with the contrast of the spider's stunning white with the hoverfly's usual blacks and browns. And you got the spider's natural camouflage in those striking white ammi flowers; and, against a near black background, it stands out like a visual slap in the face. Wonderful eye-popping capture. And when you ask, "Misumena vatia and Eristalis, nemorum?"---what'm I gonna say: "Noooooooooooooo..." (And then I'll make up a name.) (Lauropetium meriflora gladiorus...) I think one has to be very close to nature to get shots like this: an amazing shot of nature in the raw, with amazing contrasts.