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
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F Number | f/6.3 |
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Make | Canon |
Model | Canon EOS 450D |
Shutter Speed | 1/400 |
ISO Speed | 200 |
Focal Length | 10 |
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Comments (25)
myrrhluz
There's a very good image of the bridge from the level of the water which you can see here
durleybeachbum
I don't think I could have done that. Brilliant and Brave shot.
evinrude
Nicely done.
jayfar
Precarious is the word me thinks. Nice shot Lucinda and so is the other view.
wysiwig
Yikes! Not for anyone subject to vertigo. Courageous image.
blondeblurr
Let's just hope, all is very well anchored and nothing is rusted or worn out, I think I would crawl on all fours across this bridge, so don't rock the boat! I am amazed, you didn't have the shakes with the camera and presented us with some motion-blur - I wouldn't blame you Lucinda ;-) BB
gaius
I went there twice back in the late 70's and crossed the bridge each time, with my wife and our daughters who were very young...nobody was scared but nowadays, I'd not be able to do it ! Vertigo !!! Thanks for the memories...
Feliciti
i would never go about it ;) great capture !!!
magnus073
Wow Lucinda, this is one that almost makes me dizzy as my fear of heights really kicks in sometimes. lol Seriously this is so cool and glad you shared it with us to give us that pov. Would hate to imagine someone who had a fear of heights actually looking down here as you would instantly freeze
SIGMAWORLD
Interessantes Foto.
annie5
Interesting capture..well taken! :)
helanker
Nope, I couldnt walk on such one, not for a million dollars or pounds for that matter. Excellent and brave shot indeed :)
Minda
Amazing shot but i cant do it im afraid ...:)
mariogiannecchini
Great capture and great shot , Lucinda! A photo is not for everyone!
jendellas
I think this is scarey, did you look down :o) Looking forward to New Orleans :o) xx
emmecielle
Great capture, Lucinda! :)
dochtersions
What is this frightening to see. An excellent picture, you see the water bubbling, so alive. It's like I feel the board under my feet moving. The photo makes it so real! Good work, my friend. Well, see you in New Orleans then :)
mickeyrony
Humm .... Point of view fairly explanatory my Beatiful . This provides the desired effect. Congratulations and many thanks again it was beautiful moments of ecstasy ((5 + +)) Humm.... Un point de vue assez explicatif ma Belle . Cela procure l'effet voulu . Bravo encore et mille mercis ce fût de superbes moments d'extase ((5++))
mgtcs
Ohhhhhh......this is really very, very dangerous my friend, spectacular shot, astonishing view!
flavia49
fantastic POV!
sandra46
OUTSTANDING! I FEEL DIZZY
goodoleboy
OMG, I feel an attack of acrophobia coming on....maybe if I shut my eyes....no, that wouldn't do justice to this magnificent photo, awash with great action, depth, clarity and detail, Lucinda!
vaggabondd
Cool bridge, did you cross it? was it scary? nice shot my friend :)
npauling
Too late, I looked down and held my breath. Gosh it looks a long way down from here. I think I prefer the aspect from the other shot not so hard on the heart. A super capture and the water looks lovely and foamy.
danapommet
This ia a super shot! I checked out the POV from below and I am not sure I would cross over. Dana