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 (23)
MagikUnicorn
Great scan pic :)
psyoshida
Oh beautiful. I love the way railing frames the view. Great shot. I can't wait for you to post your Japanese picts. I can't help with your scanner recommendation, I have a room full of scanners, they all hate me. :)
DEWoodward
Beautiful capture!
annie5
Great result with your scan! Magnific scene..love it :)
elfin14doaks
Nice scan! Love it.
mgtcs
Lovely place, excellent shot! Love her pose!
Richardphotos
just buy a scanner by it's self versus a multifunction printer/scan/copier.if one thing breaks then it is like having a lame horse.I flew into Tokyo but only seen what I could from the jet window.excellent shot
goodoleboy
Superlative feeling of depth and soft ambiance in this stellar foto, Lucinda! As for a scanner, I really can't help you in this area. Although mine still works great, after eight years it's obsolete, and works only on an equally obsolete operating system.
mariogiannecchini
excellent shot!
wysiwig
Ok, nice photo but 'taken...in Japan' just won't do. Where? Inland sea? I bought a Plustek 7500i SE in June when I decided to start uploading. Cost $364 complete. Scans 35mm negatives and slides. Plug and play with XP. I had a Nikon 4000ED before and, like Patty (psyoshida), it hated me. This little Plustek is wonderful (I should get paid for this). Lucinda - show and tell for tonight - check out this amazing photo of a Kindbird driving off a Red Tail Hawk:http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_13452818 Truly, a unique, once-in-a-lifetime shot.
myrrhluz
Maarrk!! (Whine, Whine!) That involves some digging. I put the picture on my external hard drive some time ago and didn't remember. OK, I've dug and it is on the way to Miyajima Island. I've got a picture of the Mayajima Torii, but until I can get a better scan, it's not worth posting. Thanks for the info! The photo at that link is truly astounding. Poor Red Tail Hawk!
Radar_rad-dude
A most interesting scene! Love the effects post-scan! Great artistry in this photo! Thanks for sharing!
Hendesse
Beautiful shot. I like the mood you've captured here. I found a test report about the scanner under "http://www.filmscanner.info/en/CanonCanoScan8800F.html".
Alex_Antonov
Very well done!
flavia49
great shot!
sandra46
splendid shot!
virginiese Online Now!
excellent postwork and capture
jendellas
Great pic, looks good!!!! Sorry I am not technical :o)
vaggabondd
What a wonderful pov. all of the world traveling I do I am afraid is here on rr so please do share do share
icerian
Interesting photographic work. Very special and beautiful.
wjames
Excellent capture.
jarmila
pretty capture,like a scene of a film
anianiani
A beautiful part of nature..thanks for sharing