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 (42)
kansas
Beautiful wind blown gnarled tree. I like it.
magnus073
Lucinda this really is a magnificent creation. I've got a lot more to say about it and will do it in a message later.
mgtcs
Very sweet image, really a fine work my friend, love the textures and shapes!
Rerewhakaaitu
I love this remarkable picture, even though it's summer where I am.
Chipka
This is remarkable. I love the complexity of form here, the bold black and the nice earth tones. In short, there's a lot going on here, and it invites exploration. That's always a great thing and I love it. Fantastic work! I particularly like the fact that I don't really know what I'm looking it. It could be a plant-thing...it could be peacock feathers (squeezed through a dimensional riff, or seen while drunk) or it could be any number of other things. I love that. This rocks!
MagikUnicorn
I agree...WONDERFUL ARTISTIC DESIGN
vaggabondd
This is so nice, I bet this would look awesome in a 16x20 picture, very nice
nigh23
i like this its interesting
mariogiannecchini
Immagine un po' cupa , aggrovigliata come un cumulo di pensieri che si richiudono su se' stessi .Mi piace molto. Buona giornata Lucinda ! Image a bit 'grim, like a pile of tangled thoughts that they close in on' themselves. I really like. Lucinda good day!
durleybeachbum
Marvellous,Lucinda! I can easily imagine a whole series of these to illustrate some deliciously alarming childrens' story, involving some of the creatures I can see in these branches. I particularly like the deep turquoise 'snat' centre bottom, but there are at least a dozen more.
helanker
WOW Lucinda! That is magic and so beautiful. I like it alot :-D
ragouc
Well done.
jmb007
magnifique photo,un vrai tableau!!
emmecielle
Fantastic image! :)
flavia49
excellent work!!
wysiwig
"Beautiful wind blown gnarled tree." - kansas Yeah, gnarled tree with EYES! I'm thinking Rorshach Test. This is a stunning piece of work. Really creative. And as Chip said, we don't know what this is. I'm guessing a tree but it could be black ink on oily water. Wonderfully odd and an instant fav.
IO4
Beautifully done.
tennesseecowgirl
wonderful effect..
Hubert
Beautiful!
jendellas
Beautiful, unusual tree, love it!!!!
drifterlee
I see winter trees!
sandra46
marvelous, superlative creation!!!!
pauldeleu
Great shot indeed. Excellent photo with the history behind it. Excellent photo.
ShadowsNTime
Wow Lucinda! This is totally awesome! I love all those bare twisted branches and what wonderful postwork! You go girl!
knupps
Love this capture. Great reflections.
goodoleboy
Utterly marvelous what you did with this old peacock feather, Lucinda! Almost looks like a decrepit barren tree that refuses to give in to the harsh elements. And sharply contrasted against the wonderfully rendered background.
psyoshida
This is already a great favorite of all. A truly wonderful piece of creativity, again. It's like clouds the more you look, the more you see. An absolute favorite of mine.
clbsmiley
windswept and twisted... COOL~~!!~
Radar_rad-dude
A marvelous capture of the surrealism of nature! Exquisite!
0rest4wicked
fantastical creation!