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
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Comments (27)
magnus073
This really is a great photo Lucinda, but I have to let you know that you did such a good job with it that you almost made me dizzy from the pov. ;) Seriously you are so good at these and thanks for taking the time to always give such a detailed explanation of your photos. The reason you started posting here may have been so you could comment on the work of others, but I for one am just glad you did so we could enjoy and comment on your work. Hugs
durleybeachbum
I know that need for a 48 hour day, and I've retired! I must tell you how much I for one vakue your interesting comments!! thankyou! And this is a great 'geography' lesson pic too.
jayfar
I love any shots from above and this one is great.
tennesseecowgirl
An awesome shot Lucinda, I really enjoy your work, good to see you were inspired to start a gallery after viewing and enjoying the other artist here, and keep up the great work. :)
flavia49
splendid shot and series!!
clbsmiley
Good morning!!! anyway any comment would be a good one... :) I love the Pov on this water looks funky. My descriptions are nothing like yours, but I bet they are unique at times. LOL :)
myrrhluz
Very unique Cheryl! LOL! And funny, and warm, and always a delight!
dochtersions
WOW, Lucinda, what a superb shot. Great view on the textures below. Now it is as if I've sit in a plane, GREAT! Please don't work too hard by give comments. In this world there is enough pressure, let it stay a pleasure! ;D Hear who says this :P lol!
annie5
An other impressive shot! Thanks for sharing :)
Wolfmanw
Excellent Capture and Clarity. Oh my were is my BB feeling dizzy
helanker
This is such an amazing shot and I love air shots. I feel big, when I look down LOL ! Yes time problems. I wish I had 48 too. I am even ritered also.
jendellas
Wonderful, love the plane in the corner, amazing capture. xx
drifterlee
Very cool shot!!
unstart
Fantastic shot!!
emmecielle
Splendid image! :)
mariogiannecchini
Fantastic aerial photography from the intensely natural colors, very well done! Happy weekend , Lucinda !
jmb007
belle prise!
alanwilliams
another stunning image, a wonderful series, a revelation
jocko500
super cool and just happy to see your work too
sandra46
splendid image, great to see!
mgtcs
WOW......Fabulous shot, a marvelous vision my friend, loved it a lot!
npauling
A wonderful capture from your plane seat which is always hard to get I find. The plane is often not going in the direction I want it too to get the best shot. I love seeing all your wonderful captures and I know how you feel about needing all the extra days in the week. I'm retired and the day still isn't long enough for all I want to do.
goodoleboy
Hey, stranger, interesting capture from your window seat of the trailing edge of the starboard wing and all that oil floating around down there in the Bay.
Madbat
I'm willing to wait for your comments, they're always a blast to read! As to this image....did you ever wonder how much fish-poo is in that shot? No? Just askin....
MagikUnicorn
Great view looks HIGH
lior
Really spendid!
anahata.c
another of your splendid air shots, this one almost like a vast digital painting. You have such an eye for these. The movement from the blue down to the marshy kind-of delta-y area (these are NOT technical terms!) is wonderful; and you captured the many types of silt and underwater ground formations as they make their way to the land. And the dreaded of all phenomena in plane shots---the freakin' window sill---is turned into part of the composition by your wonderful crop or pov, and by the overall palette of the piece. Even the reflection of the sill in the window fits right into the 'abstract' of the whole, as do the wing & its protruding 'parts'. (I know there are names for those pointed things coming out of the wing, but I don't know what they are. If they were the jets, wouldn't they have flat openings? You're listening to a novice here, lol...) A terrific abstract, made of wholly real images, well caught, well designed, and well chosen & cropped. And the land area is an opulent swirly thing which makes this look almost like a biological study of cells & their outreach. Wonderful piece all around! I'll be back for more, and oh do I understand your comments on making comments: I've been absent quite a bit, and when I come back, it's so hard to pick 'some' images, esp in galleries I really care about. You don't have to explain: Your last comment in my gallery---on a montage of street scenes---was an absolute gem. These take time, so you take your time: You make people feel not only 'seen' but appreciated deeply; so if you leave comments on less than every image, or you take your time doing it, you're still leaving country-fuls for everyone, which is more than most of us ever get. Do it however, whenever, comments like yours are letters; they can't be done quickly, unless you petition for those extra weeks, years, etc. I'll be back again soon...wonderful stuff, as always.