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 (29)
goodoleboy
Stark contrast in this interesting shot of what looks like a virtual dilapidated strip mall, Lucinda. And, as you probably know, winos in reality represent a segment of society, all bummed out, addicted to wine, with rapidly deteriorating livers.
myrrhluz
Yes. I find this particular acronym interesting.
npauling
A great title for this really great and different capture. I love how it has turned out.
magnus073
Super cool one Lucinda, and this is one of those effects you couldn't get if you tried a hundred times. Just proves sometimes the most interesting happen when you least expect it.
mgtcs
Beautiful image my friend, a very interesting picture indeed, amazing lighting and colors Lucinda, an excellent shot!
clbsmiley
Glad you said what w.i.n.o. meant :) all that N.O. stuff looked funny. Cool shot.
bimm3d
wonderful and interesting photo!!
Minda
This is Very interesting picture lucinda,Great colors,very nice work.
wysiwig
And now I get to use one of my favorite words- serendipity (a happy accident). You are one of the few people that could take a disaster and turn it into a special effects masterpiece.
alanwilliams
what an ironic set of initials, the picture is a very striking rescue job
anianiani
The season of white...Love it
rainbows
Beautiful capture, it is very striking. Hugs. Di. xx
jayfar
This is brilliant Lucinda, all the best things come from mistakes. Lol.
durleybeachbum
Marvellous result!!
flavia49
outstanding image!
drifterlee
Love the effects!!!!
helanker
What a cool effect you got here, Lucinda. Looks awesome :-)
Sea_Dog
Sometimes our accidents yield great images - this is one of them. The effect is superb.
jendellas
Very intersting, like what you & Cheryl have done!!!
annie5
Very interesting shot Lucinda! :)
dochtersions
The wrought iron decorations above the doors are also very special, dear friend!
mariogiannecchini
Wonderful picture , Lucinda! Often beautiful images are created randomly, important to understand!
emmecielle
A mistake that allowed you to create a great snd interesting image! :)
alessimarco
~ Very cool capture and effects! Love that acronynm!! :) ~
sandra46
really stunning, amazing and awesome picture (by mistake!)! i like it!!!
Madbat
That looks cool! hiccup
tennesseecowgirl
Well the effect seems to work!
jocko500
only in new Orleans you find stuff like this. wonderful shot
EyeOfTheJen
This is very cool. Love what you did with this (I have no idea HOW you did it) but I really like it.