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.Â
Comments (23)
Madbat
I'm thinking you were not intending to be on that plane, unless you just realized that mid-margarita. And who is this Margarita anyway?
anianiani
i like the the sunlight on that buildings..excellent
alanwilliams
beautifully lit cityscape
durleybeachbum
Very interesting view.
magnus073
What a fantastic capture here Lucinda, and it is hard to imagine a better pic to close our your last trip to NY on. Really like your idea of capturing the plane as it is right over Brooklyn, and the water below sets the whole image off perfectly.
helanker
What a fabulous capture Lucinda. How nice that you captured a plane too :-)
annie5
Fantastic view of NYC! More please :)
SIGMAWORLD
Excellent capture!
jendellas
Lucinda, this is amazing in zoom. Look forward to the next trip. xxx
drifterlee
AWesome shot!
emmecielle
Your series of photos of New York was amazing! This picture is wonderful! The lighting is fabulous! Gorgeous capture! :)
mickeyrony
This bird did not restrict my Beatiful . Pretty sunset on buildings. But I do not see the plane lol ... Maybe too much Pepsi ...... lol Anyway I leave you a thousand smiles ((5 + +)) Cet oiseau n'as pas de restrictions ma Belle . Joli coucher de soleil sur les bâtisses. Mais je ne vois pas l'avion lol...Peut être trop de Pepsi lol...... Mais bon je te laisse mille sourires ((5++))
goodoleboy
Wow, you use margaritas for fuel like I use gas for my car. I suppose that would ease the pain of any physical ailment. Ultra stellar panoramic view of the Brooklyn skyline in what apparently is a late afternoon capture, Lucinda.
sandra46
SUPERB SKYLINE
tennesseecowgirl
It sounds like you had a wonderful time there. Nice capture of the skyline of New York.
flavia49
fantastic image!!
npauling
The sunlight looks wonderful in this super capture, it is catching the buildings just right. You certainly did have a lovely day.
mgtcs
Very beautiful photo of this marvelous place dear Lucinda, loved it!
Minda
excellent capture lucinda great view..
dochtersions
What a great skyline and light on it, dear Lucinda. And 'yes', I see the plane. Such fine to read you had a lovely day (with all those margarita's LOL)
jocko500
wonderful shot
wysiwig
Great afternoon light. This looks amazing in zoom, especially the old brownstone buildings. New York will get you walking.
anaber
This is a romantic view, the buildings framed by the sky and the water.. The perspective of your capture of the massive buildings dont harm the view of the sky a bit..and even drew the sky in an "unreal" way! I love it !! it is gentle, however, all is very well detailled. The sunset light makes interesting shadows in the buildings and their contrast of the colours is appealing. The brick colour in the sun is really beautiful. this lace is really very beautiful.I hink i can see tha plain and i adore margaritas too, lol:)))))))