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 (26)
myrrhluz
I forgot to say. I made this mostly using the liquify filter and craquelure, under texture.
bimm3d
superb!!! wonderful composition!!!
frankie96
Gotta read the PS manual...you did very well...
mgtcs
WOW....Great powerful looking image my friend, a veritable feast for the eyes!Excellent textures and lighting, very well done!
mariogiannecchini
Un lavoro da manuale : filtro che usano in pochi ma puo' dare grandi soddisfazioni. Abbinato alla fusione dei livelli ha dato un grande risultato: un'immagine bella e piacevole che si presta a varie interpretazioni. Brava !!! A work-book: filter using a few but can give great satisfaction. Coupled with the merging of levels gave a great result: beautiful and pleasant image that lends itself to various interpretations. Brava!
helanker
WOW ! An image just after my head. I like this very much. The textue and the colors. Bravo !
wysiwig
So what you're saying is you've been in the cooking sherry again. This is fabulous, very creative. Looks like somne sort of bird. Outstanding work!
magnus073
Very lovely work Lucinda and I think Helle said it best that the textures and colors are a sight to behold. The design here is really wonderful
jendellas
Lovely abstract pattern & colours beautiful!!!!
drifterlee
Awesome image!!!!
alanwilliams
Oh!, this is tremendous, a feast for the eyes.
durleybeachbum
Brilliant tutorial, Lucinda, Thankyou SO much!
jmb007
magnifique image!!
sandra46
superlative work
flavia49
splendid image!!!
Lisajobb
This is fabulous. I can see so many images in this. I see a giant vulture type bird with a cap on and a big blue eye very clearly. It reminds me of one of those images where you have to stare to see another image emerge.
goodoleboy
Jumpin' Jehoshaphat, that's one of my neckties! Or at least a closeup of it. Very close to paisley in this pattern. Ultra great result to your digifiddling efforts, Lucinda! I'm sure Andrea will appreciate it.
elfin14doaks
Great work. very cool looking.
psyoshida
This is great! The craquelure filter makes it look like a mosaic. I love the colors and the shapes are perfect. Mark it right I see several birds. Absolutely gorgeous. Your abstracts are getting more and more interesting. Superb work.
vaggabondd
very cool image my friend :)
Hubba1
Awesome job :) Very fun image!
Chipka
This is quite nice on its own. Of course it made a compelling frame, but this version of it is just as wonderful. I love the color and the textures. It's a superb abstract!
junge1
Fantastic image!
emmecielle
Excellent work! :)
MagikUnicorn
Gorgeous filter F/X
kasalin
Outstanding and creative artwork, dear Lucinda !!! Hugs Karin:)