Hi, I'm Lucinda
The photo was taken with my new Canon EOS 450D (with a tamron 18-200mm lense), by me in the mirror. It's a little overexposed, but at my age, that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Bare Bones Bio:
I was born in Louisiana, USA in 1956, youngest of four girls. In 1967 we all moved to New Jersey when my father was transferred. I've always loved to read and soon gravitated towards Sci Fi, Fantasy, and nonfiction (mostly English History). The last was influenced by watching Masterpiece Theatre. I had the opportunity to go to the UK and Greece on 10 day Easter trips through my high school, which instilled in me an itch to travel. After one year of college,(I learned a lot, but unfortunately not much from my professors and text books) I joined the Air Force and went to Japan and England. I married a fellow GI (Bill), in England, got out of the Air Force (Bill stayed in)and went back to the States. Bill and I then lived in Rancho Cordova, California (where we had our first son, Charles),
Biloxi, Mississippi (where we had our second son, James), Oxfordshire, UK (For me, thank you Bill), and San Antonio, Texas (where we live now). Bill is retired from the Air Force and drives a Big Rig for J. B. Hunt. I am an office manager for a carwash. Charles and James graduated last May from University of Texas at San Antonio and Texas A&M at College Station respectively. Yeah!!!
Interests:
Reading - Mostly nonfiction history, though I have widened the field somewhat. I also like journals and diaries and have been reading "The Diary of Samuel Pepys" on and off for a while now. I'm currently on Vol. VII 1666. (I haven't gotten to the great fire yet). My fiction tends to run to fantasy, Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, and Neil Gaiman to name a few.
Music - I grew up on rock, folk, musicals, classical, and Gilbert and Sullivan. I still love all that and have added jazz, blues, bluegrass, celtic and a little country. I don't play any instruments and can't sing (the singing talent in our family seemed to lessen with each new sister and I'm the baby of the bunch), but I'm an enthusiastic listener.
Art (Drawing, Photography and Oil Painting) - One of the regular pastimes of my sisters and I growing up was paper dolls. We used typing paper to make swimsuit clad paper dolls with pattern book heads. Then we spent countless hours drawing and coloring clothes for them. Depending on the current story, they could be clothes from Regency England, Colonial America, or Star Trek. I also drew faces from the hairdo magazines and was happy if they looked fairly human. I now draw and have recently taken up oil painting. I'm a definite amateur at photography. I've taken pictures since the mid 70s when I went to Japan, but they are mostly of my travels, kids and cats. I've got a lot to go through to see which ones are worth posting. I bought my first digital camera last April (09) for my birthday (I ordered it in April, received it in May, for my birthday in June. (I don't believe in being too literal about such things) I bought PhotoShop in June. I've still got a lot to learn on both, but it's a lot of fun.
Other - My sister Gail and I love The Teaching Company lectures. We both buy history, I occasionally buy literature and she occasionally buys math and science and we watch each other's. I'm also a tad fond of cats.
I could gush, and probably have, about all the talent I see on RR. I find myself using the words wow and beautiful far too much. I guess I should pull out the Thesaurus.ÂÂ
Comments (28)
A_Sunbeam
Very peaceful and relaxing place to be! Nice image.
wysiwig
This looks so cool and inviting and the trellis makes a perfect frame. If you hadn't told me I wouldn't have known about the postwork. Nice image.
beachzz
Love the framing!!
moochagoo
Looks like : "I have to go there !"
psyoshida
Well, don't tell us, we would never notice. :) It looks fantastic. It's a beautiful spot.
Hendesse
Great shot of this beautiful place. Fantastic POV!
durleybeachbum
Well done, what a pretty place!
mtc
Superb lighting and very beautiful composition. Very interesting gallery.
MC-Jay-One
Beautiful scene, great shot!
virginiese
very nice POV ! Love the light on the bridge !
misskitty
I like the way you framed this picture w/ the trellis. Great job!
jocko500
cool pov .
sandra46
fantastic shot!
goodoleboy
I still don't know what you did vis-a-vis postwork, but whatever you did do, it looks fantastic. Love the lighting, reflectivity, silhouetting and fountain spray.
orig_buggy
need a bed and breakfast right behind it!! Heaven!!
mgtcs
Fantastic work, lovely place!
Fred255
I really like this! great POV and post work!
MagikUnicorn
Very Beautiful
mickuk50
I like the way your led through the trellis into the bigger pic .I would of used the clone or patch tool to tidy up the area :o) Mick
ShadowsNTime
You did a great job with the copy and paste! I do that sometimes too:-)or the clone tool. This is a very beautiful shot, I like the path thru the trellis, that spot would be nice for a small wedding or a garden party!
mariogiannecchini
Bel controluce , controllato benissimo. Immagine di ampio respiro
Buffalo1
Lovely work framing the fountain. A big thumbs up!
Kilrah_23
Beautiful place, beautiful shot.
Elcet
Very nice place, well shot, well composed, beautiful lighting. Looks like some faeric props. I would be pleased to relax in this paradisiac place. Thanks for sharing!
theboxer
Nice work and thank you for sharing with us all.
Blush
Perfect place to go Looks like a place for a romantic meeting Hugs Susan~
npauling
I wouldn't have picked your postwork in this the whole picture looks so lovely and peaceful.
anianiani
Beautiful door with decorations..and light of garden is heavenly..great one .