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.Ă‚Â
Comments (28)
wysiwig
I love the decoration on these old houses. Such care and hard work went into them and they have such character. This is a great capture showing the artwork.
jayfar
Splendid capture Lucinda and a great POV, have a good week.
mgtcs
Outstanding picture here, marvelous structure and perspective, wonderful capture!
durleybeachbum
Your image gives me a real feeling of being there with you. The ironwork is such a distinctive style!
evinrude
Well seen.
whaleman
Quite a contrast!
qrud
Amazing art of balconies. The perfect iron art ful of live.
Feliciti
wonderful style of this balconies with all details !!
flavia49
wonderful POV!
mickeyrony
I love the work of wrought iron. There are less and less. Congratulations and many thanks for sharing ((5 + +)) J'adore le travail de ce fer forgé . Il y en a de moins en moins . Bravo et mille mercis de partager ((5++))
magnus073
Sorry about the net problems Lucinda, and glad their over for now. This is a wonderful image featuring some of the most beautiful balconies I've ever seen. Love all the deails in the rod iron work here.
helanker
Good that you got your internet back Lucinda :-) This seems to be an interesting place with all these lovely balconies. Excellent shot :)
mariogiannecchini
Wonderful POV , Lucinda !EXcellent capture and image ! Happy week !!!
annie5
I like the structure on the left! Super perpective..well done :)
tennesseecowgirl
Great city I have only been once, but I sure enjoyed it, and hope to get back some time. Nice series.
SoulEatar
Interesting Image - I like it :)
Madbat
Only New Orleans has architecture like that! Makes me wonder how many people have a few too many wobbly-pops and fall over teh railings?!
auntietk
Oh! Thank you for the asterisk. :) That's a nice clue. LOVE these balconies! The repetition and pov make for a strong image. Nicely done! You have a great eye.
emmecielle
Splendid perspective and fantastic details! great shot! :)
sandra46
TERRIFIC SHOT!
goodoleboy
Stunning in its quasi silhouetted milieu, Lucinda! And I really dig the filigree on the balcony railings on the left. And you're off to Ireland again? Must be nice.
rainbows
Splendid capture, Lucinda, Excellent work. Hugs. Di. xx
jendellas
Loved the New Orleons series, lovely ornate balconies. xx
npauling
A wonderful POV for this interesting capture. Amazing the difference in styles. Very well spotted.
MagikUnicorn
Yes I know this place....BEAUTIFUL CAPTURED
blondeblurr
I cannot deny the beautiful craftsmanship that went into these designs - and it's amazing to see, how the 'old' and the 'new' can live together in harmony, opposite to each other ? just like Ebony and Ivory ... (as pointed out to us by Paul McCartney) ;-) BB
moochagoo
Very good of old New Orleans (I was there in 1980 !)
anahata.c
when I return to a gallery after a long time, I like to pick at least one image that, for me, is "typical". I'm often at a loss for words as to what makes it "typical," but this is an example. I should say, you have many styles, so several could be typical; but this one struck me when it went up as a Lucinda shot all the same. The full size is gloriously full. For one thing, you capture complex worlds in each set of balconies, there's a lot of linear detail in both. For another, there's a lot of light/dark play, and textural play: Ie, the doors on the right, and their play against the black fencing; and the wooden slats in the underside of the balconies on the left; and of course that beautiful still-glittering lace-work in the left-side railing. But then there's the 'chasm' between them---emphasized by the largeness of both balconies (their size compared to the whole pic)---and your choice to leave the open sky in, in the pic (ie, atop). Even the curve of the left-hand balcony makes a fine choice (as it hits the front of the pic). Why is all this "lucinda-like"? I can't quite explain! Partly because it's luscious & intricate, yet the vision is simple and peaceful. Partly---in this case---that there is a limited palette, in the profusion of grays & beiges & blacks that one sees in NOrleans' balconies, ie, grayed with age, showing only hints of original colors. Yet the overall effect is still very colorful. And why colorful? Because of your detail, because of your eye for the beauty of detail, and maybe because of your love of sharing period which seeps through your shots, no matter how detailed or complex they get. Loving structure....And the choice of sky above---taking us to a place beyond the shot---is also a Lucinda trait. Your eye for transcendence, even in a gridwork of lace & perpendicular lines... There's more, I'm sure, but this will give an idea why I picked this as a "typical" lucinda shot, as one of many. Above all, I really like it, i love the patches of blue in some windows on the right, and the lacy lines contrasting the rectangular walls, and the NOrleans run-down but ornate look; and of course that sky atop---that's a powerful "end" to the piece, and a nice counterpoint to all that line-work. Lovely stuff, Lucinda, because really, anyone who can make poetry & openness of such intricate detail knows the heart of things. It's such a pleasure to talk about these with you, after just looking for a long time. I don't know where to go next...