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 (32)
mgtcs
Amazing photo, looks like a wooden butterfly! Fantastic! 10+
MagikUnicorn
Love this can you read it ;-) I think a 40 years old life :)
Digitaleagle
Excellent capture, beautiful color, clarity and texture, love the subtle touch of color, very nice post work!!
goodoleboy
Great day in the mornin', what a fabulous POV employed, along with great clarity, contrast and postwork in this terrific shot, Lucinda! With the lines converging toward the center, one gets a deep sense of depth from this image, like entering a worm hole into another universe.
psyoshida
What a wonderful flower, it looks like a pansy! The shading is so perfect! Spectacular find. Excellent job on the postwork.
vaggabondd
looks like a clover leaf to me, I bet this brings you good luck lol. nice capture my friend
AlphaWolf007
Agreed on the clover leaf, and this is a very exceptional work of art. You do magic through your lense, Great eye, and excellent photo!
frankie96
You can let your imagination run wild with this one...nice work...
prutzworks
filters works very well nice work!
AndreiR
Fantastic find and shot!
wysiwig
I thought the texture and shape looked like a butterfly's wings. The finished and painted wood chip is jarring. Great capture.
pspworkshop
This looks fantastic!!!!!
wjames
Fantastic find and shot. I wonder what history that tree has seen?
flavia49
superb capture!!!
jendellas
Looks like the petticoats of a can can dress to me. Great image.
virginiese
fascinating texture ! great details and macro !
sandra46
excellent shot
drifterlee
Beautiful shot!!!!
durleybeachbum
Superb work.
bmac62
Fascinating...I love seeing how old a tree is counting rings. This one is so dried up and cracked, it would be quite a challenge. Outstanding title.
helanker
I just love this kind of photos and this is awesome. Isnt it amazing what mother nature can create? :-)))
giovanino
Lovely Image and Scene,Beautifully Done
0rest4wicked
Very cool effects put to this!!
junge1
Beautiful picture and postwork!
elfin14doaks
that was an old tree, great shot and filters.
mariogiannecchini
Excellent capture, beautiful color, clarity and texture !
alanwilliams
Great title and a superb picture showing great detail.alanwilliams
ShadowsNTime
Oh Lucinda, this is superb! I had to comment when it caught my eye. I have been a rockhound and tree lover since a small child. Once a tree now a beautiful flower! Thank you for your continued prayers and support! I will site mail you with my results:-)
foggywear
Wonderful photo looks like one of my fractals ,,nice work!!
anaber
I think its an old tree..because the texture and the struture...but the shape seems to me like a four-leaf clover.Lucky!!