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
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Comments (24)
psyoshida
What a joyful picture! Beautiful and well done.
MagikUnicorn
GORGEOUS CAPTURE !
misskitty
Great capture! It makes me smile to look at it!
goodoleboy
Terrific colors, lighting effects and textures in this freeze capture of a lot of stuff!
lizzibell
great capture...
wysiwig
What an adorable candid image. The center girl looks like she is directing an orchestra. What a better world it would be if we could all retain a child's joy and spontaneity.
Alz2008
Wonderful capture, excellent well done..
Rainastorm
Looks fun to me!:-)
emmecielle
Beautiful and joyful image! :)
mgtcs
Very nice place, excellent photo, great POV!
Mondwin
Looks a fantastic place...bravissimo my Friend...V:DDD.Hugsxx Whylma
Alex_Antonov
Amazing!
Buffalo1
A lovely composition of kids doing what they do best. Gotta love the Hill Country and a good Texas vintage.
DEWoodward
Outstanding capture
MC-Jay-One
Great shot!
bmac62
Very nice job on catching the action. Careful...the bug really bites:)))
moochagoo
Excellent capture on a good moment
helanker
What a lovely and happy capture. Very beautiful.
icerian
Excellent, dear Lucinda !!! 5+
mariogiannecchini
bellissima! immagine piena di vita e di gioia. Hai ricordato benissimo : Buon fine settimana. Anch'io cerco di imparare: beautiful! image full of life and joy. You remember very well: Buon weekend.
Elcet
What a marvelous place again, to which the people here add a more attractive dimension. Nice poses of children. A perfectly composed image.
magnus073
Lucinda you really did do an outstanding job here and this scene from the winery is beautiful. Of course the kids are what make it and you were right it was a smart idea to zoom in to see their expressions
anahata.c
Lucinda, it's a beautiful shot for the children, as well as for the wonderful variety in the background. A wonderfully spontaneous capture of children in play, they're totally un-posed and you caught them totally absorbed. Love their movements. And your background is wonderfully rich & varied, and you've captured a division too: between the light-bathed left half & the shadow-bathed right. As if we saw two different times of day. The collision of windows & reflections & stone & trees & fountain & lamp is just terrific, just as joyful as the wonderful children. This is a terrific shot. Giddy & bursting, I love it.
anianiani
Joy filled in mind ..a great moment with nice background ..thanks.