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 (29)
dochtersions
Great mood on this, Lucinda. I love the impression of that tree and the water, so close to each other, like intimate friends. A beautiful catch, my dear friend.
jayfar
Lovely shot Lucinda, I can see why you take a walk there.
annie5
Great capture for the first day..Excellent shot! :)
Chipka
This is a marvel of a shot and I love the plant/water combination: always something that works perfectly with me! The lighting and color is perfect, especially the reflective shine on the water. Yeah, this is really super stuff. I need to catch up, but hey, this is a great place to do that! Well done!
durleybeachbum
It's good to know that NY isn't all buildings and noise.
Bossie_Boots
This is a superb capture i also can see why you walk there its a beautiful and serene place looks very peaceful !!
magnus073
It really is a lovely view of the lake Lucinda, and everything is so green and really growing here. It sounds like you and Leslie have the perefect place for taking your walks as there is no place on earth more relaxing than being close to a lake.
anianiani
I like this green...excellent
flavia49
excellent shot
helanker
A very beautiful shot Lucinda :)
mariogiannecchini
A nice place for quiet walks! Time well spent, dear Lucinda! A nice photo to finish the job!
alanwilliams
secret and secluded, peace and tranquility all at the same time
vaggabondd
This has a wonderfull dark mood to it. to me anyway. this is really good art my friend
jendellas
Excellent capture, great pic!!!
emmecielle
Splendid place! Wonderful capture! :)
eekdog
really enjoy superb captures like this, really well taken.
sandra46
SUPERLATIVE!!!!
npauling
There is a lovely feeling of peace in this beautiful photo with the dappled lighting and the lovely green lushness. A beautiful capture.
goodoleboy
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, and now this! Hard to believe that this is New York City, Lucinda; looks like something you would see in your native Louisiana. That said, stellar clarity, detail and quasi silhouetting in this masterful pic.
mgtcs
This is a wonderful landscape my friend, wonderful capture my dear, loved it!
jocko500
look like you having fun here with the tree limbs going out to the water
bobrgallegos
Awesome photo with great lighting and cool mood !!!!
rainbows
So good you find a quiet spot to walk together. Beautiful capture. Hugs. Di. xx
drifterlee
Beautiful shot!
mickeyrony
I believe that he is contemplating a heat my Beautiful I love this kind of photo that shows the nature of their state of life as. Congratulations and many thanks ((5 ++)) Je croie bien qu'il y a chaleurs d'une contemplation ma Belle J'adore ce genre de photo qui nous démontre la nature à leur états de vie comme . Bravo et mille mercis((5++))
wysiwig
Not something you usually associate with New York City. A quiet, peaceful, subdued image. Beautiful image.
Minda
Very nice capture and Beautiful place lucinda..
MagikUnicorn
Trully Beautiful
clbsmiley
Such a nice one!! :)