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)
jendellas
Wow, I can feel the heat from here, great capture!!!
magnus073
Wow Lucinda, this one is simply amazing. Jock did a great job on the bridge posting you mentioned and it sounds like you all had a lot of fun. This is such a fantastic shot and you managed to get super close to this grass fire, and hopefully didn't put yourself in too much danger. Fires like this can literally turn on a dime and be heading right at you before you realize it. It must have been a challenge to even breathe in this area as that smoke appears so thick.
myrrhluz
There was a fire truck right there. We think they were making sure a pole didn't catch fire. They seemed to have it under control. The road was open, and the smoke going away from us, but it was very close.
helanker
What a fantastic capture Lucinda. I am glad you had a beautiful day :-)
drifterlee
Cool shot!!
tennesseecowgirl
Great capture, it sounds like you all had a great day!
durleybeachbum
What a sight!
MaraP
Very impressive! Thx for sharing
rocserum
Wow, call 112! great pic! RS
dochtersions
Spectacular photo Lucinda. So good to know you had a great time, and that Jocko was there too :)
jayfar
Well captured in the heat of the moment!!!!
emmecielle
Spectacular capture, Lucinda! Excellent shot! :)
mariogiannecchini
Great moment captured, very impressive !Glad for your good day !
annie5
Awesome picture..well captured, Lucinda! :)
alanwilliams
lovely colour combinations going on here and interacting shapes
alessimarco
Fantastic capture! Sounds like you had a really great time!
sandra46
fascinating and intriguing image! very impressive and powerful shot
clbsmiley
This is an exciting shot. Where there is smoke... there is fire.
goodoleboy
You were meandering around Lake Charles and environs with Jock? Hmmm. But I digress. The scene above reminds me of our usual seasonal conditions of very destructive wild fires up in the hills, forests, mountainsides and such, north and south of Los Angeles. In any event, a stellar capture of the smoke and all, Lucinda.
npauling
A super smokey looking capture and great that you got some of the fire too. I'm really glad you had a great trip.
anahata.c
a wonderful moody smoky capture, something out of Valhalla or the end of the world. The flames on the right (if they are flames, maybe that's a red fall-colored tree) make a beautiful accent in this moody foggy shot, and it feels like it's taken over by spirits. Beautiful capture, and I'm not sure how you got this close without being inundated, but I guess that's what photographers do. I hope your trip was good, Lucinda, and take your time commenting: One of yours lasts us a long, long time. Just keep those pictures coming!
anianiani
Special ,hard and an excellent photoshot..
bimm3d
great capture!!
wysiwig
So now it's Lucinda - Cub Reporter! This would have made a great image for the local newspaper. Superb framing and capture.
jocko500
yes all the smoke and fire was there and we wonder why the fire man was there too with the cop. Guess it was to keep the poles frome burning as you say here and in the car.
mgtcs
A truly great scene my friend, superbly done!
flavia49
marvelous image!!
vaggabondd
there is just something about fire lol. nice capture. I can't wait to see some of your bridge pics
jmb007
belles fumees!!
unstart
A wonderful shot and what fun that you got together with Jocko!!