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 (38)
Hubba1
I love the polka dotted ones :) Awesome job!!!
bimm3d
it's gorgeous!! perfect photo!!!
mgtcs
This is an adorable image...magic pictures and wonderful! Congratulations!10+
mariogiannecchini
Complimenti !!!!! Bellissima foto! Buona giornata e buon fine settimana! Congratulations !!!!! Beautiful photos! Good day and good weekend!
lizzibell
great capture...
helanker
WOW! Two in one. That is really beautiful. Excellently done.
wysiwig
Wow, you got two. Outstanding detail and dof. Superb image.
Meisiekind
Wonderful composition! It is so neat that you caught the pair posing in tandem! Great image! :)
auntietk
Beautiful capture!
durleybeachbum
Super pic, we don't have these in the UK.
jclP
nice shot
jmb007
wonderful butterfly and shot!!
flavia49
fabulous capture!!
Chipka
Are these Monarchs or Viceroys? I can't actually tell the difference, which is the point, since Viceroys taste good to birds and Monarchs are full of milkweed toxin. It's best to look like something nasty when things are interested in eating you! Anyway, I love this shot. Butterflies (at least in Chicago) are notoriously skittish, and they present unique challenges to capturing them. You captured these two beautifully, and I love the details. Great use of light as well. This is a great shot.
moochagoo
Amazing composition and capture !
magnus073
Lucinda you are amazing as this one really moved me this morning and gave me a lift I needed. What a lovely and delicate capture here. I love this pair of classic beauties that would brighten anyones day
drifterlee
This is a gorgeous shot!
annie5
Wow..what a great capture! Beautiful photo :)
jendellas
Perfection, they always look like stained glass windows!!!!!
vaggabondd
This is a amazing shot my friend, it truly is art at its best, awesome capture. I love butterfly's they are natures poetry and they are hard to catch like this. wonderful capture
frankie96
This is definetely a pair to look at...have a hard time at getting one of them to sit still...great shot..
virginiese
nice clear capture ! congrats !
sandra46
excellent capture they are wonderful!!!!!
goodoleboy
Superlative POV, clarity, detail, colors and composition in this lovely capture, Lucinda! I didn't know San Antonio had any botanical gardens.
GBCalls
Well composed! Excellent
MrsLubner
The year I went, I was there at Easter and the butterflies were all hiding - or at least were not to be found. Stellar double shot,
qrud
Nice capture.
emmecielle
twins butterflies... great shot! :)
pspworkshop
This is so wonderfull my friend.
psyoshida
Oh, one for each eye! They are gorgeous and you got a beautiful shot! Excellent composition.