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 (38)
Madbat
That started as clouds??? rubs eyes
mgtcs
Wonderful textures my dear, excellent composition, very well done!
vaggabondd
lol I don't see clouds but it sure is beautiful. nice work my friend
jayfar
This is beautiful and different.
helanker
WOW That is very beautiful and so full of colors and I like the "at the same time" simplicity. Well done Lucinda :)
wysiwig
You really have to stay away from the Jimson Weed. Very cool work. Great colors and iridescence. It looks like something is crawling out of the glasses and I don't know whether to be delighted or scared to death.
durleybeachbum
WONDERFUL! Now they need faces, I see the hairdos!
anianiani
Outstanding......*****
Mondwin
Superbly work my Friend!!!!!!!!!!bravissimo!:DDD.Hugsxx Whylma
JSGraphics
Excellent work! Well Done!
magnus073
Lucinda, this one is simply marvelous and gave me a lift first thing. Love the blending of colors, and the flowing effect here. Hope you share more manips with us soon as this one was great.
annie5
I like those textures and colors! Excellent work my friend! :)
flavia49
beautiful!! wonderful work!!
alessimarco
Beautiful!!
sandra46
wonderful image, great work!
unstart
This is excellent..love the contrast between warm and cool colors and great textures!!
emmecielle
Excellent work! Great colours! :)
jendellas
Wow, love the colours, it looks like a potion!!!!
drifterlee
Very nice image!!!!!! Love the colors!
jmb007
belle image!!
NitraLing
Awesome image!!!!!
goodoleboy
Terrific abstract manipulation of colors and textures in this stellar composition, Lucinda. By your title, I thought you were referring to an Octoberfest in Munich.
dochtersions
Great art, Lucinda. It looks like an oil painting of a chemical experiment. Stunning colors, dear Lucinda!
mariogiannecchini
Bella composizione , bei colori e texture !Lavoro di grande pregio , Lucinda ! Great composition, beautiful colors and textures! Job of great value, Lucinda!
0rest4wicked
Very cool table top design, the textures of the vases is great!
MagikUnicorn
LOVE IT
jocko500
this is wonderful
M2A
Looks original and interesting, nice result.
clbsmiley
This is wonderfully different!!! I thought you would like the cats. :)
psyoshida
Yes, you have not and I've missed your Photoshop art. Of course I love the colors right off the bat and the way they flow and blend together. But where are the clouds? Lol. I guess a big wind came and blew them away. It would be interesting to see that sequence of events. Wonderfully creative work. More, more they all yelled!!