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.Â
Comments (32)
helanker
OH Yes, it looks really beautiful and so peaceful. Very lovely.
jendellas
Lovely moody shot!!!!
durleybeachbum
I LOVE the squiggles! Just imagine how long it would take to make that with paint! (I've never washed a car!)
magnus073
Lucinda this really is a beautiful capture and those fun squiggles added to it so well. It seems you leave work at the perfect time of day if this is the view your greeted with. Thanks so much for sharing :)
flavia49
beautiful picture!!
SoulEatar
Great Aura - Nice work !
njb2000
Great shot!
mgtcs
This is an excellent photo my friend, excellent effects, You captured the lights great!! Love it!
unstart
Beautifully worked photo!
drifterlee
Beautiful sunset!!
sandra46
superlative, creative image!
goodoleboy
Stellar contrast, lighting, sepia effect and silhouetting in this magnificent shot, Lucinda. Nothing more romantic than watching the setting sun from the carwash.
annie5
The lighting is excellent! Great sunset..well captured :)
jocko500
love the lighting here
misskitty
Great capture! Love the squiggles too :)
jmb007
splendide photo!!
Madbat
Groovy! A sunset and some postwork, even a carwas can look good! (I used to work in one...it really sucks at -35c)
watapki66
Very nicely captured!
Chipka
This is deliciously moody. Just looking at the shapes and silhouettes alone, it looks a bit industrial, surreal, and otherworldly, rather like you're looking at the end of the day from behind an odd barrier that is all that remains of...oh, I don't know...a cloning facility that went into disrepair after The War. Or at least after funding ran out and they started outsourcing clone-gestation facilities to wherever cloning-gestation facilities would be outsourced to. I like that vibe in this; it's obviously an urban view, but without an urban context. The post-squiggles are rather paint-like as Andrea pointed out, but they also remind me of the kind of granular shape heat-shimmers would take if you photographed them on a high-grain film or something like that...the sort of thing you'd find in older photography from the 70s, and that gives a refreshing and surprising patina to this shot! What I really like are the colors...that rich, buttery, honey-blond gold, and those sharp black strokes/shapes. This is both photograph and painting, in my opinion, and I must say this is deliciously moody. Great work.
mariogiannecchini
Trovo interessante cercare il bello anche nel proprio ambiente di lavoro, credo ci sia più soddisfazione . E penso tu sia riuscita molto bene nella tua intenzione , sfruttando bene la luce , con interventi mirati . Molto brava ! Buona notte , Lucinda . I find it interesting to look for beauty even in their work environment, I think there is more satisfaction. And I think you have succeeded very well in your intention, using good light, with targeted interventions. Very good! Good night, Lucinda.
wysiwig
A very cool image. The squiggles make it look like it was filmed through glass. And because of the silhouetting it has an abstract feel to it. Wonderful colors.
vaggabondd
Looks like the makings for a beautiful warm evening, very nice
bmac62
very eye-catching. being a filters fan too, I really like what you've done here. And you are 100% right...need to zoom this one.
BertDes
Fantastic shot.
greensleeves81
And there is a golden wash! It seems like a story happens here. well, indeed and the only witness is cut down.
Radar_rad-dude
A very dramatic capture and excellent manipulation! Great photo!
MagikUnicorn
GOOD EYES
clbsmiley
Excellent... makes me think of movie and song.. At the carwash yeah!!
psyoshida
Very, very nice postwork!!! That is the most romantic looking car wash I've ever seen. Leave it to you to turn the mundane into a splendid work of art. Bravo.
A_Joker_B
Great capture!