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)
calico_jester
O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us It wad frae monie a blunder free us An' foolish notion What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us An' ev'n Devotion.
Robert Burns
with translation...
Oh, that God would give us the very smallest of gifts To be able to see ourselves as others see us It would save us from many mistakes and foolish thoughts We would change the way we look and gesture and to how and what we apply our time and attention.
helanker
WOW! As always, I love your self portraits................And you aint scaring me a tiny bit, Lady :-)
photosynthesis
A great self-portrait - you're definitely showing some attitude here. Two things popped into my head when I saw this. The first was a photo of my college roommate that I took when we were both about 18 - I still have an 8x10 of it that I developed in my darkroom at the time & which I still have - I will try to dig it up & post it. The second is an old Monty Python sketch called "Hell's Grannies", which I found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY-I3QTT8mY (hope you're not offended)...
durleybeachbum
Not offended at all! I loved that sketch!
Glendaw
Both are really good selfies Andrea.
Gotta say you look really cool wearing those dark shades though ! !
iborg64
very nice self portrait
jendellas
Super photo's. I am with you re Halloween.
wysiwig
I had a slightly more sinister take than Monty Python. Perhaps a villain from an Avengers episode or a James Bond movie. Whatever the reference might be this image says, "Don't mess with me."
Faemike55
in your second photo, it looked like you were trying not to smile. Both are great shots
blinkings
A thoroughly menacing character indeed!
sandra46
EXCELLENT!
X-PaX
Very nice self-portrait Andrea.
billcody
A Selfie from its best! A stunning portrait. I can see you are well and alive while I paused here for a long time. Nice to see you and all friends here again, and your pic is a very good beginning. Greetings from Berlin, Andrea!