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 (27)
tennesseecowgirl
beautiful sight.. love the lighting
annie5
Impressive sky..great shot! :)
MagikUnicorn
Many thing have to change...and fast ! :) Gorgeous sky
wysiwig
Nice capture. Wonderful composition.
frankie96
Well worth the wait...very pretty....
mgtcs
Wonderful sky my friend, amazing shot!
LovelyPoetess
Lovely sky, well seen and glad you got to enjoy it for so long that evening. : )
mariogiannecchini
Wonderful sky my friend ! Wonderful composition.
lizzibell
Beautiful...
prutzworks
very nice cloudcapter with those rays
alanwilliams
Very good shot that really illustrates a coming change in the weather. alanwilliams
0rest4wicked
Love the composition of clouds and tree tops. The Sun rays are fantastic as well. Nice capture!
flavia49
fabulous sky!
AlphaWolf007
Thank you so much for your wonderful comments, and I want to let you know you do some fantastic work yourself! Beautiful shot!
virginiese Online Now!
breathtaking light. I love those rays ! great capture
vaggabondd
Very nice work my friend, I love the way the light comes out from the clouds, it gives hope :)
jendellas
That something else will always wait :o) Lovely pic, moody clouds, sounds like you had a perfect Sunday evening.
sandra46
EXCELLENT SHOT
misskitty
Wonderful shot! I love sky pics! It is a reminder that God is the master artist!
goodoleboy
Beyond stellar!
elfin14doaks
This si a truely gorgeous shot!
drifterlee
Beautiful sky and shot!!
psyoshida
Duty called but not before you got this gorgeous shot! You can feel how fast the clouds were moving in this. Really nice.
icerian
Very powerful capture. Congratulation!
Alex_Antonov
Wow!
PSDuck
Beautiful photo! The weather will change: it what it does.
anianiani
Beautiful scenery ..excellent capture.