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)
bimm3d
gorgeous birds and photo!!
myrrhluz
They are American White Pelicans. Beautiful birds whose feathers look all white until the fly and you see those wings!
vaggabondd
This is a wonderful capture. I love these birds they fly up and down the river where I live. they look like they would be clumsy but just the opposite is true, they just glide a few inches above the water. Great capture
alessimarco
Wonderful capture of the pelicans!!! I love them!
anianiani
excellent capture u done........i like the blue color a lot and birds too.......excellent composition.........****
helanker
What a wonderful capture. YOu really captured it in the right moment. Gorgeous blue see and lovely colors on the rocks.
WilliamEpic3
I also think this is a wonderful VERY TIMELY capture! Good quick reaction on your part to get these awesome poses together. UNIQUE unforgettable work! Thanks for sharing!
jayfar
A beautiful well captured shot.
durleybeachbum
Fab bird pic!!! I often wish we had those here.
dochtersions
What an amazing shot, dear Lucinda! Looks such great and lovely! Great memories you have, thanks for sharing, my friend!
flavia49
splendid capture!! I love this photo, thank you so much!!
jarmila
fantastic capture, nice moment
annie5
Very sharp..well captured! :)
mariogiannecchini
Fantastic capture of the pelicans !Just moment !
magnus073
Lucinda, first of all let me get this out of the way and say just how jealous you made me upon reading you got to enjoy chicken and sausage gumbo ;) This really is a splendid capture as you seemed to catch these beautiful birds at just the right time. Truly you put a lot of thought into this dedi for two very wonderful ladies whom we all love.
clbsmiley
Lucinda! This is great. I love the lighting on the rocks here. Interesting to see our different captures from the same place. The birds are hard to catch a good image of, and you did great here. The endless horizon, a beautiful blue. We caught a great weather day then, it has been cooler and rainy since. These pelicans are large,a beautiful species. :) Blackberry pie? I am jealous,,,, LOL
jendellas
Amazing capture, in flight amazing. You & Cheryl seem to have had a wonderful day. xxx
drifterlee
Beautiful shot!!!!!!
emmecielle
Wonderful image, Lucinda! Splendid colours! :)
unstart
A wonderful picture..so well captured!!
sandra46
really gorgeous image!
Madbat
Auuuugh! You're almost as bad as Jocko talking about his shrimp gumbo and making me hungry!! wants pie
wysiwig
Outstanding capture. Excellent framing. You caught them just before they ran away from you.
PassionateGuy
Wow great capture with equally fantastic presentational skills
CoreyBlack
Wonderful picture and a nice dedication!
npauling
A beautiful capture and I had a little chuckle over the dedication for the birthday girls. That blackberry cobbler sounds delicious too, it is ages since I tasted one.
goodoleboy
Utterly gorgeous lighting effects depicted in this superb shot of the waterfowl, contrasted against the dark blue of the ocean, Lucinda! I like the chocolate and ground peanuts texture of the rocks in the foreground and the horizontal striated effects of the water.
jocko500
this is lovely and the food they cooked at your house is wonderful. tasted so good lol. These two artists is wonderful artists here or anywhere else if they go and show they art. I like to say happy brithday to them
MagikUnicorn
PERFECT SHOT
mgtcs
This is a wonderful photo my dear friend, amazing view, great shot and dedication, loved it a lot!