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.Â
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Comments (33)
MagikUnicorn
Excellent collage Beautiful presentation
Hubba1
Beautiful!!! I just love the top one but both are cool!
mgtcs
WOW....This is beautiful my friend, lovely place, great shot!
psyoshida
Yes, that is much better, now we my see the sky in full glory. Nice job. The new picture is lovely as well. I love how the sun is coming up/down just behind the house. Great caputure.
Artformz2
Wonderful cloudscape. Lovely.
danapommet
Well done with your postwork. Very nice collage and presentation. Dana
tennesseecowgirl
Nice work, enjoy your time with your family, and Happy Thanksgiving...
mariogiannecchini
indubbiamente migliorata la foto ! I cavi elettrici, anche se utili, erano una grande distrazione dal soggetto principale che cosi' risulta subito piuì evidente . Brava , ottimo lavoro ! undoubtedly improved the picture! Power cables, while useful, were a great distraction from the main subject so that 'piuì becomes immediately obvious. Good, good job!
vaggabondd
Wow that is awesome I have tried to take out wires before it is very very hard to get a good picture out of it when you are done, this is a fantastic job my friend
wysiwig
Yeah, OK, all I said was that I would take out the wires. I didn't say you had to and then do it better than me! Really stunning post work. I couldn't find any trace of alteration. I think you're better at this than you let on {;-). Have a great thanksgiving.
helanker
You have done a marvellous job removing the wires. It looks as they never were there in the first place. Superb Clone work. Well done. Lovely shots BTW.
lizzibell
Beautiful work....
flavia49
Marvelous sky!!
jendellas
It is amazing how different the picture is without the wires etc. It looks even better. Have a happy thanksgiving.
durleybeachbum
SUPERB!!! I may try that myself, i can't do a sunset in my garden without wires.
annie5
Excellent collage and presentation! I like the both landscapes, very beautiful :)
emmecielle
Wonderful images! :)
sandra46
excellent creation well done
drifterlee
Beautiful sky!!!!!!
goodoleboy
An admirable job of deleting the wires, Lucinda, but I kind of liked them, contrasted against the beautiful cloudy sky. Actually, I'm forever cloning out cables and wires from my work. Isn't Lake Charles in Louisiana? I used to go by there when I was stationed in Leesville, way back when. And, while poring through my crossword puzzle book, I came upon the word, Myrrh, who was a parent of Adonis, from Greek mythology. I don't know about the "luz" part of your user name, but is there any connection or implication here?
pspworkshop
Excellent image!!!!
elfin14doaks
Happy Thanksgiving. This is great postwork. Awesome.
wjames
Awesome!!! A great job on taking the wires out well done.
virginiese
very nice pastel colors in the clouds. Grear collage !
Chipka
I am so accustomed to life in Chicago that I can't imagine a sunset or sky shot without wires. Even in Prague, there were wires everywhere...tram cables strung between buildings on either side of the street. You couldn't see the sky without constant crisscross patterns of electrically charged cable. Having said that, I tend to really enjoy wireless images, simply because they are a reminder that human life isn't netted in by a complicated array of...well...wires. These shots are gorgeous, and I love the drama you've captured. Wonderful, moody work...and wow...wireless as well! Great.
jarmila
pleasant capture,,nice place..is where you live? ciao
nigh23
very nice look ma no wires
Elcet
Beautiful sky images. I like them both although they are quite different.
lior
Excelent job!
mmax.ch
Heavenly! Gorgeous capture