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 (51)
wysiwig
Where did you get this? This is magnificent. Four in one and pin sharp. Outstanding work, I'm sure Cheryl will love it!
myrrhluz
I forgot to say. I took this at San Antonio Botanical Gardens last October. I don't know what the plants were but I have to think they had tranquilisers in them, because the butterflies were very easy going. :)
durleybeachbum
What a super shot! Stoned butterflies eh?!
vaggabondd
This is crazy good my friend :)
xpersona
Piękne praca.W powiększeniu robi ogromne wrażenie piękna natury. Fantastyczne ujęcie i zatrzymanie chwili.. Pozdrawiam miło.
mariogiannecchini
Veramente bella e splendidi colori! Credo che Cheryl sarà molto felice di questo omaggio ! Really nice and beautiful colors! I think Cheryl will be very happy with this gift!
helanker
OHHH MY, hov gorgeous this shot is. Such a beautiful dedication to Cheryl. Best wishes for her recovery.
J5ive
Wow what a great shot!
magnus073
Lucinda the butterflies are so lovely and a truly warm and wonderful dedi to your friend in her time of need. You have such a giving and caring spirit when it comes to your friends and that is shown so well here.
alanwilliams
Wonderful picture of three stunning beauties.
misskitty
Beautiful! Great capture! I am now looking forward to spirng!
annie5
Very very beautiful! Stunning capture :)
unstart
Exceptional photography!!
flavia49
marvelous image and dedication!!
tennesseecowgirl
Wow, this is so pretty!!
ShadowsNTime
Hi Lucinda:-) Very beautiful image, terrific photo! Lovely dedi for our friend! My get well wishes to Cheryl too! I'm not back yet but wanted to visit a few folks and view some art...been to long! I hope this finds you and yours well and I know I still owe you email. Things are just tough right now but I hope to be back soon..
pspworkshop
This is so amazing work!
drifterlee
really beautiful!!
frankie96
Really like the color and the graduated lighting...
watapki66
Wonderful image!
goodoleboy
Exquisite and gorgeous lighting effect all the way through, Lucinda! A perfect feel better dedication for your friend Cheryl. And, I don't know how to do links, either. Let me know when you find out.
sandra46
wonderful, gorgeous image!!!
GailB
Okay, Lucy, I'll comment on this one. It is lovely. I'll be using it in my jigsaw puzzle program. I really like the subtle alteration for the border. Who knows, may be I'll even put a picture up myself some day, if you nag me enough. Maybe Hugh's Pittsburgh reflections. Love always.
myrrhluz
Nag, nag, nag, nag, nag, nag, nag and again, nag, nag, nag, nag, nag, nag, nag. Hugh's Pittsburgh reflections are a great place to start, then after your trip to Ireland... Love always.
jocko500
wow three in a roll.
mgtcs
WOW.....What a marvelous image, so delicate my dear, beautiful view, very sweet dedication, love it!
auntietk
Beautiful! I believe the number of butterflies I've successfully captured is somewhere around zero. This is fantastic!
clbsmiley
Wow~~!!! These are excellent!!! Thank you so very much dear!!!
M2A
Really beautiful. I like the framing too.
jendellas
Fabulous image, they are so beautiful & I think Cheryl will love it!!!!