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)
mgtcs
WOW...Lovely mushrooms, great photo, excellent POV and lighting, love it!
magnus073
Lucinda this is a wonderful shot and all the trouble to get it from this pov really paid off. Still I think we should get to see the shots of you to make it complete :)
annie5
A very good spot to find some mushrooms! Fantastic capture and photo :)
Chipka
I love the bug's eye view of this! It puts the whole world in a slightly different perspective. Wonderful light and colors as well as details. Great work.
tennesseecowgirl
LOL how funny they appear to be taking over the neighborhood. And I think your niece needs her own gallery.. :)
bimm3d
superb!!!
0rest4wicked
Nice fungi, looks like the fungi Vs. clover land grab is on!
helanker
OH WOOOW ! That is such a lovely POV you have taken this shot. Looks absolutely fantastic. I love this shot with the sun shining through the cloverleaves.
pspworkshop
Wonderful image.
jmb007
there is the photo of your niece??great shot
flavia49
excellent capture!
durleybeachbum
This is a wonderful pic! I love the light through the clover too!
alanwilliams
Lovely composition of an always interesting subject.
JaneEden
Love the pov on this one, and did you find a 4 leafed clover while you were down there LOL. Rather you than me I think it would have taken me a while to get up from that low down tee hee. hugs Jane xx
BertDes
Great mushrooms. Good pov.
psyoshida
The things a photographer must go through to get the truly great shot! I thank you for the effort. What kind of mushroom farm does your mom have there? Lol. Those are huge and the look so lovely nestled into the clover. Wonderful.
virginiese
excelent capture
jendellas
Like the effect of the buingalow in the back, shame your neice isn't on here :o)
emmecielle
Beautiful shot! :)
sandra46
SUPERB SHOT, GREAT IMAGE!!! (HOW WAS YOUR BACKBONE AFTER THE SHOT?)
danapommet
Cluster mushrooms! Have not seen these before. Great POV and thanks for getting down there for this shot. LOL :>) Super shot! I'm sure that your niece would give you permission to post the POV of you shooting this POV. :>) PLEASE! Dana
npauling
A great angle to take this shot, it has made the mushroom appear so big.
kasalin
Outstanding capture, dear Lucinda !!! Hugs Karin:)
mariogiannecchini
Sto invecchiando male : ero sicuro di aver gia' commentato questa foto ! Bella inquadratura che mette in risalto i funghi ! Peso pero' che sarebbe stato interessante vedere lo scatto fatto dalla nipote quale testimonianza dell'impegno messo per realizzare la foto ! I'm getting old evil: I was sure he had already 'commented on this picture! Beautiful shot that highlights the mushrooms! Weight but 'it would be interesting to see the shot made by his niece as a testimony of the commitment made to make the picture!
vaggabondd
very nice work again my friend :)
wysiwig
The perspective does make them seem enormous. I'm just surprised no one has cut them down yet. Great shot.