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 (28)
lizzibell
great capture...
helanker
I love reflections and this is beautiful and fun. I can even see to the other side of the house WOW ! Well seen and captured, Lucinda :-)
durleybeachbum
Absolutely fascinating!! Very complex, i thought at first I could see a couple of enormous thumb-prints!
bimm3d
wonderful photo!!
wysiwig
Whew! Thanks for clearing that up. All I saw was an orange glow in the sky and was convinced the aliens had landed. klaatu barata nikto! Kind of surreal, like you've caught a glimpse of the spirit world.
alanwilliams
A great picture with abstract undertones
jmb007
superbe effet!
mgtcs
SOOO perfect!! You captured the reflections great and create an amazing mood! Well done!
flavia49
fantastic capture!!
Hubba1
Very cool shot :) Love the reflection !
auntietk
Love the reflections, especially of the window behind you looking out across the street. Excellent image!
mermaid
cool shot!
jendellas
Wow, this is a clever unusual pic!!!!
annie5
Amazing capture..great reflections too! :)
tennesseecowgirl
Very clever shot..
MagikUnicorn
COOOOL IDEA :)
drifterlee
This is a cool shot!
ShadowsNTime
Very good and clever shot! Interesting abstractions in the reflections too!
magnus073
This really is a wonderful photo and I love the reflections and colors throughout
goodoleboy
A remarkable and eerie display of indoor reflections cast upon this backyard scene, Lucinda. The rectangular window on the right of the image looks like a portal to another world.
elfin14doaks
Interesting and yes kind of eerie shot.
psyoshida
I think it would be very fun to spend the day with you. You see creativity everywhere and in everything. I consider that a great attribute. Very fun!
frankie96
Very busy in there...and a very creative image...
sandra46
BEAUTIFUL!!! GREAT CAPTURE
vaggabondd
I had to do some thinking on this one, nice job
Chipka
Oooh, this is really intense. I love the multiple worlds you see here; and it kinda makes me understand how the god Janus must feel, being able to see in two directions at once...well...in this case, maybe three! I love the details, and the way reflections of reflections also play such a part in this image. Great, clever work!
vagalex
That is a great picture!
anahata.c
I always say that everyone should view art full-size; and even though the full version, here, isn't a lot bigger than the display version, it's still richer and the hues are so much purer. (RR displays images at no more than 700 pixels wide, because of space considerations; so anything we post over 700 pixels wide will default to that, or less, in the non-zoom version. That's why I always zoom.) The reflections are beautiful, and some are quite blatant--like the door or light--and they make a fascinating intrusion. The others are quiet and lurk down inside the image. Then there's the composition, which I find fascinating, the way it opens up on top & we still see a roof behind with trees & sky. And then there's the quality of color, which I like an awful lot. (There, the full size is better.) A beautiful piece from a deep dark cavern into light at the top, and your complexities are beautiful & engaging.