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)
mariogiannecchini
Lavoro creativo con colori belli e intensi ! Creative work with beautiful colors and intense!
wysiwig
Unique. First impression is of trees but the texture is very liquid. They all look like they are reaching for the sky and the sky is on fire. This requires some study.
ragouc
Well done.
BessieB
Bright and beautiful, you couldn't just pop over here and give me some lessons??? lol
flavia49
excellent work! great colors!
IO4
Wonderful creation:):) Very vibrant and colourful.
myrabe
Seeing it made me shake. I can't stop. What will I do next? Rates a 5
annie5
It looks like a painting! Great colors and work/Ext :)
jendellas
Love it, Vivid colours, could be trees or irate women!!!!!
virginiese Online Now!
excellent postwork and vibrant colors
sandra46
excellent work!!!!
mgtcs
Excellent creation, amazing colors, well done!
goodoleboy
You pushed Photoshop to its extreme in this dynamic concept, Lucinda! Funtastic!!! Looks like the trees are being both electrocuted and on fire, all at the same time.
KaiArt
Excellent work!
jmb007
superbe!!
Hubba1
Very cool :)
psyoshida
I'm so happy to see your Photoshop up and running again. I just love it when you play there. This is so vivid and a live. It almost feels as if the trees are reaching up. Mark it right, it does feel like a fire to me too. The trees are very expressive and almost animated. I love this! Excellent job.
BenTheArtist
Wonderful work! so fresh and vivid.
moochagoo
Quite interesting work !
elfin14doaks
Awesome image, very cool work!
drifterlee
Very pretty work and colors!
JaneEden
You did a great job here, it is great to play around in PS isn't it, I love doing that too? I love the vibrancy to this very much, hugs Jane xx
Mondwin
Superbly and fantastic design my Friend!!!!!!!!!!Bravissimo!V:DDD.Hugsxx Whylma
Alex_Antonov
Remarkable work!
icerian
Excellent drawn!!! Marvelous colours and atmosphere. 5+
tennesseecowgirl
Super cool. have a great night..
ShadowsNTime
I like! Reminds me of Disney's Fantasia! and a bit of Monet as well! Excellent work Lucinda!
alanwilliams
Lovely colour cascade, beautiful. alanwilliams
clbsmiley
Oh very Cool image.. I like!!! I am starting to feel a little better. This has been a rough month. Comments have helped me get through times. Thanks, clbsmiley
helanker
OHHH! so you have been pushing pixels ?? :-))) It looks so beautiful and like it alot. ALOT ! It is such a fun doing this, dont you think so? You did it so nicely here.