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 (30)
wysiwig
This is way cool! You caught him in his element. I like how the bird is framed by the tree.
MrsLubner
I bet this was exciting. Seeing something this majestic and wild. Excellent shot.
clbsmiley
A very natural setting!!! Great way to show him. And thanks for the info.
mgtcs
This is really a marvelous shot my friend, very impressive bird, congratulations for this excellent work!
mariogiannecchini
L'airone bianco in un ambiente indubbiamente naturale !Bella cattura e bei colori, un volatile molto elegante non facile da avvicinare!Interessante spiegazione sulla formazione della zona. Buona notte , Lucinda. The white heron in a natural environment undoubtedly! Beautiful capture and beautiful colors, a very elegant bird is not easy to bring! Interesting explanation on the formation of the area. Good night, Lucinda.
army4499
Excellent shot! Timing is everything. Bravo!
helanker
How beautiful it stands in its lovely Nature and the lighting is perfect.
durleybeachbum
I do like the way the tree and the bird are both so sinuous. And wonderful to hear that they came up with a sensible water plan.
jmb007
bel oiseau,superbe photo!!!
jendellas
Such a natural looking picture, he is looking very proud!!!!
magnus073
I think you did a wonderful job of capturing him Lucinda despite his attempts to keep just out of range. Enjoyed the info you dug up also.
jayfar
Great capture in its own environment.
annie5
Stunning capture, Lucinda! Good timing :)
flavia49
Wonderful capture!!! Flavia & Sandra Comments are both from Flavia49 and Sandra46. That's because we have just one free connection in the hotel!!!!! We are enjoing ourselves very much!!
watapki66
Very nice!
unstart
A beautiful capture!
drifterlee
Beautiful! We have herons where I live.
goodoleboy
Love this shot of the waterfowl with the S-shaped neck, Lucinda! One would think that it would encounter great difficulty in negotiating its way through the dense thicket of branches that surrounds it. And thanks for the aquifer info.
Madbat
Y'know, it really twists my brain when something bends it's neck like that!
misskitty
Wonderful shot of a beautiful creature...so majestic. I like the way you even captured the ripples in the water. Great work lady! Thanks for all the history behind the lake too. Kudos!
vaggabondd
Great shot, we have a few Egrets around here but I have never been able to get a nice shot of one. they always fly away before I can get close enough to get a good capture. Nice work
danapommet
Super background for this capture. Dana
psyoshida
Gorgeous shot! I think he was posing quite nicely for you. He's a real beauty standing beside that wonderfully crooked tree. It's a stunning composition. It's nice to hear that an environment has been created rather than destroyed. Thanks for that great info.
emmecielle
seems to be waiting Pino, the heron of Mario! ;) Excellent photo! :)
npauling
A lovely capture of this very elegant bird and what a great idea on using the water wisely and making a great habitat for wildlife at the same time. It just shows you that if there is a will there is a way round these problems.
BertDes
Beautiful shot.
Chipka
This is a superb capture. I love the mood of it and the way it accompanies the music I'm listening to. The soundtrack to Avatar has nothing to do with egrets and wetlands, but there's a particular sort of musical trope that James Horner uses so often that really works well with this photo. I love it when things come together like that, especially since I doubt that you were thinking of a soundtrack to go with this image! Or maybe you were...? At any rate, this is quite lush and I love the stark white of the egret so proudly emblazoned with that nice "S" curve in his neck. Super! Great addition of extra information as well.
rainbows
A wonderful capture in the wild, you were so lucky to get this shot. I love the sound of the place from your writing. I am sure I would like it there. Hugs. Diane. xx
CoreyBlack
I really like the neck on this guy. He's very elegant and self assured. The whole picture is perfect; I like the woody, swampy environment and the way the heron just stands out with that sharp white. Really great work.
novelist
I love the contrast between that stoic bird and the tangle of branches and grasses. Lovely shot and interesting commentary. I learn so much at the galleries. Snowy egrets are one of my favorite birds and they're always a welcome sight. This is lovely.