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.ÂÂ
Comments (30)
jayfar
Both your owl pics are superb and beautifully captured Lucinda.
wysiwig
Outstanding series on the birds. I think my favorite was the young owl.
rainbows
A superb capture, dear Lucinda. Excellent work. Hugs. Di. xx
durleybeachbum
I'm really enjoying the birds!
mbz2662
i really like your owl photos.. Well done :)
Feliciti
wonderful series of this beautiful birds !! thanks !!
flavia49
fantastic series and captures!!
helanker
Both of the last captures of Huey are magnificent Lucinda. I do hope the weather will cool off for you very soon. Must be terrible with that heat.
magnus073
Another fantastic looking capture Lucinda, and once again brilliant timing on your part to get it. Love how it's wings are spread showing just how beautiful it is. Sorry it is still so hot for you down there, and hope everyone in Texas can get some rain and relief soon.
Faemike55
Sweet captures. Your timing is excellent
mariogiannecchini
Fantastic scene , great capture , Lucinda !Perfect moment !
annie5
This is a stunning series! Wonderful Lucinda :)
drifterlee
Wonderful shots and bird!!!!!
jocko500
wonderful shot. at lest I hear it a little cooler in Texas now.
emmecielle
Superb capture! Great warm even in Sicily, with a high level of humidity! :)
jendellas
Your bird pics have been amazing, superb. We haven't had the hot weather :o(
mgtcs
Ohhh....Another masterful capture Lucinda, fantastic and impressive bird, superlative shot!
blondeblurr
Thank you for showing us the 'BoP-birds' collection here Lucinda, well, except for the grey Parrot (selective coloured BG) and the white baby Owl with attitude! The all time favourite would have to be HUEY - he is simply magnificent to look at in all the shots - you have really shown us here your talent (with a little help from your camera of course!) of the different poses in-flight or not, all of them are equally interesting presentations. Even-though you did a fine job on all of them - my favourites would have to be the landing and the take off! Stunning results - you must have the patience of a Saint. BB
vaggabondd
This sure is a beautiful bird, great action shot my friend :)
npauling
These are excellent captures of Huey and they are great titles you have used as he flies in and then out again. The detail of the feathers is superb too. I do hope you get some cooler days soon to give you some relief from the heat.
moochagoo
Very serie. Very interesting animal.
SSoffia
Excellent action capture !!!!!
auntietk
Superb!
clbsmiley
some really great shots here of the owls, But I like the Probably title. LOL :) Oh and the image too. Great lake. right now any water looks great, Ahhh water... Rain... want some.
dochtersions
Ah, there is coming great action again. What stunning owl-series I've enjoyed, dear Lucinda. It was an interesting and impressing feast, to look at your 'owl-show' ;-)
Madbat
A friend of mine was dive bombed by an owl, you can't hear em at all!
sandra46
TERRIFIC SHOT! A GREAT ACTION IMGE
danapommet
This owl series has been fantastis. Very enjoyable. Dana
KatesFriend
Quite the look of intensity in his eyes and those wings... Well captured. Sorry to hear about the heat, I've never been one for that kind of weather either. Alas, I hear that Texas has it in spades this year.
Chipka
He looks so intense in that owlish way! I love his pants! Owls (and eagles) have the best leg-wear! What really works in this is the crisp way in which you've caught motion without having an owl-shaped blur! Really superb. And I love his facial expression. He's an owl on a mission, so watch out!