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.Ă‚Â
Comments (27)
tofi
Absolutely a dazzling and splendid composition! Such a great mood and atmosphere indeed. Simply magical, with a wonderful feel and texture! Thank you so much for sharing!
Rainastorm
Very excellent post...nice! Thx again for the tips:-)
elfin14doaks
Wonderful shot and excellent postwork. Great job!
orig_buggy
your post work in this excellent !!!!
psyoshida
Great technique on on the water. It looks just great. The background really makes it stand out. Excellent job.
mgtcs
What a great work my friend, amazing post work, congratulations!
goodoleboy
There we go...a huge royal shower of water as it comes gushing up into the air, with fantastic pixelated reflections below to emphasize it.
clbsmiley
Very Very nice lovely effects!!!
misskitty
This is absolutely gorgeous! Awesome work!!
moochagoo
Very interesting render here.
wysiwig
A very interesting treatment especially the abstract patterns in the pond.
ledwolorz
Fantastic photo.
MC-Jay-One
great shot and postwork!!
Alex_Antonov
Excellent!
frankie96
Nice results..
virginiese
nice capture and love the postwork !
Dreamingbee
wonderful splashing shot ;) !!
jeroni
Excellent work and perfect realisation
MagikUnicorn
Great shot & C0Ol F/X
junge1
Fantastic work!
annie5
Great result of this fountain..cool effect! :)
mickuk50
These are great filters .love the effect :o) Mick
katy555
Beautiful composition and colors…
danapommet
Love your postwork with the filters. Dana
Buffalo1
Beautiful. It looks like sprinkling diamonds!
mariogiannecchini
Complimenti per l'ottimo lavoro in post
anianiani
Nice water play and good shot...thanks.