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 (37)
Madbat
He's a wee little thing isn't he?
watapki66
Great shot!
MrsLubner
That's an amazing tail. Excellent shot.
mariogiannecchini
Molto carino questo piccolo uccello , mai visto prima . bella cattura e bella foto ! Very nice this little bird, never seen before. beautiful capture and nice photo!
jayfar
Great shot - never seen one of these before.
alanwilliams
A pale beauty, bird colouring is one of natures many highlights.
JSGraphics
Awesome! Well done!
wysiwig
And you probably got the prettiest one. Excellent capture of a real cutie.
flavia49
wonderful cature!!
durleybeachbum
Superb shot! So glad you got him!
magnus073
This is a wonderful capture of the little guy here Lucinda, and I really like his colors.
vaggabondd
this is a great capture. that is long tail for a little bitty feller lol
0rest4wicked
Nicely done. The plumage looks so soft, like a young bird.
helanker
What a great capture of this little interesting bird. Well done Lucinda :-)
jendellas
He's a handsome little chap, can see where he got his name!!!!
SIGMAWORLD
Excellent shot.
unstart
How patient and lucky you are so catch such a great shot!!
drifterlee
Gorgeous bird!!!!!
sandra46
AMAZING SHOT!!! VERY CUTE
emmecielle
Lovely bird! fantastic capture! :)
jmb007
superbe photo!!
goodoleboy
A scissor-tailed what? What hath God wrought? Good heavens, I never knew such a species existed! In any event, a sterling capture of the evasive little flycatcher, Lucinda! Other than the tail, it resembles a sparrow or wren.
annie5
Well captured..so cute! :)
npauling
A beautiful capture against the blue sky, and what an amazing tail he has.
misskitty
Beautiful bird...wonderful capture! I love Springtime! All the birds come around - and I love to hear the songs!! Great work!!
mgtcs
WOW....What marvelous bird, adorable image and a impeccable shot! Congratulations my friend, well done!
MagikUnicorn
Beautiful shot
clbsmiley
wow great capture!!! Like the barbed wire too!!
tennesseecowgirl
A what?? lol never heard that one before.. He sure is cute one.
J5ive
Excellent capture!