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 (27)
jayfar
Super night shot as they all have been Lucinda.
durleybeachbum
Marvellous, such atmosphere! I have SO enjoyed this series, and the ones in Ireland. Well, I always enjoy ALL your photos!
rainbows
I like the tilt too, Lucinda. Wonderful capture. Hugs. Di. xx
fallen21
Fantastic capture!
wysiwig
A lot of people spend a lot of time in bars so this POV actually fits Manhattan fairly well. An excellent night shot.
anianiani
Really valuable all of ur previuos pictures... just lightning...loved the composition and POV...thanks
flavia49
fascinating image and series!!
Feliciti
excellent shot for without a tripod !!
dochtersions
Thank you so much for sharing your very special shots and series, dear friend. It was wonderful to admire what you have captured so very well!!! And again I love what I see here, dear Lucinda! Up to go to Scotland again :D
magnus073
Another instant classic photo Lucinda, and the pov you chose here really was perfect. The lighting sets the whole thing off so well along with the beautiful flowers and the buildings in the distance
mariogiannecchini
In questo caso , l'inclinazione notturna riesce a dare dinamicità alla scena creando nuovi punti di attenzione ! Bella scena notturna , Lucinda ! Buona domenica e felice esettimana ! In this case, the slope at night can give dynamism to the scene by creating new points of attention! Beautiful night scene, Lucinda! Good Sunday and happy week !
MagikUnicorn
B E A U T Y
drifterlee
AWesome night shot!!!!!
jendellas
I have really enjoyed the night shots, they have all been amazing. xx Looking forward to Ireland :o)
emmecielle
Magnificent night capture! Wonderful image! :)
tennesseecowgirl
great photo, you should think about a table tri pod for traveling, you can take them and put them vertically against a wall, and lightweight to fit in almost any bag.
mgtcs
WOW....This is an outstanding captue Lucina, marvelous POV, spectacular lights!
goodoleboy
A night shot so stellar that mere words cannot describe it, Lucinda! And I need to brush up on my Irish colloquialisms, that is, if I can remember any, in preparation for your next series of photos.
vaggabondd
its funny i was thinking before I read what you wrote that these night shots without a tripod is amazing. if I don't use a tripod for my night shots the lights are all over the place. great work my friend
npauling
A wonderful night capture of this lovely place. Super colouring and that tilt looks just right too. Splendid lighting too.
jocko500
lovely place
bobrgallegos
Wonderful nightime cityscape!!
blondeblurr
The POV adds to the atmospheric scene and makes it spectacular and brings it alive ... a real feast for night owls, no doubt! (I am one of them) BB PS thank you very much for pointing out your touristic ventures and views of Ireland - they are all iconic and the fine job, the way you presented them to us.
clbsmiley
I love the Ireland pics!!! Rainy or not!
ia-du-lin
wonderful night scene, great lighting and colors
mickeyrony
A beautiful journey filled with memories my Belle. Thank you so much for sharing ((5 + +)) Un beau voyage remplit de souvenirs mémorables ma Belle . Merci beaucoup de partager ((5++))
anahata.c
I'm glad you didn't get rid of the tilt---it's part of the power of the shot. In catching up, I want to do more with your wonderful (& sometimes remarkably primal) Ireland shots, but there are all kinds of other shots that I want to comment on too. I may have talked about this in a mail, but I'll repeat myself. FIrst of all to say that you get shots of NYC that make it look like I've never been there before. You have an eye for "atypical" NYC views that make it come alive all over again. (This shot is so not like what I remember the B.Apple to look like, but boy does it have vitality.) The choice to "frame" the garden with all those glittering lights, and the light of the rail in the foreground (emphasized by the shadow in the gulley just beside it) makes the garden seem like an island, and makes the city like a backdrop. I know you didn't "choose" those lights, of course---they were there---but your pov chose them, as you didn't have to let them be such a potent frame; and they make the garden a big bulbous dayglo-night-orange, which is what those urban gardens look like under the unworldly glow of urban night. So the bldgs in the background are almost afterthoughts. In fact, the tilt is just what the pic needs to show the askew nature of cities at night, period. I loved this when it went up & love it as much now. More of your wonderful urban photography, with an eye for worlds within worlds and around worlds...