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 (32)
Faemike55
this is so cool! make me think of the novel series by Jean Auel, Earth's Children and the Plains of Passage. Great capture
dragonmuse
The mountains are beautiful too, but what an amazing sky! BTW, I think all of your works should be up for comments :)
0rest4wicked
Nicely cropped, the darkness adds a dramatic edge to that prominent ribbon. I understand why your doing comments the way you are, but still agree with dragonmuse ;~)
jayfar
Very beautiful Lucinda. I traveled this road in June this year but I didn't see beauty like this! I also agree with the comments above.
lonely_wolf
Great shot!
blondeblurr
What a panorama! (of something - I cannot even pronounce?) I am speechless - well almost, this could well be a scene set for an Opera BG in my opinion, soooo dramatic ! simply mystic Lucinda, my mind is wandering or as we would say in OZ: going for a 'walk-about' ... BB
durleybeachbum
Rendering Brigitte almost speechless is a feat in itself!! LOL! This is a super pic, although I nearly always find mountains very depressing. But these are far enough away!!
fallen21
Amazing capture!
Bossie_Boots
Oh my word this is an amazing capture and wonderful dedi superb !!
anianiani
Everytimes Ur Photography is very important to me... I loved It A lot...Stunning Hugs Ani
mickeyrony
A pretty fantastic sky my Beatiful . I believe that he is going to love .... Congratulations again and many thanks for sharing ((5 + +)) Un ciel assez fantastique ma Belle . Je croie bien qu'il va aimer .... Bravo encore et mille mercis de partager ((5++))
magnus073
Lucinda, this really is a wonderful view and a marvelous image for a dedication. This ribbon of mountains is so lovely and no wonder it stood out in your mind even after such a long time. Can't get over what a fantastic job you did in making this slide turn out so fantastic. So did you finally get a machine for converting them?
mariogiannecchini
Very beautiful wiev , Lucinda !Great capture and sky ! Lovely dedi !
dochtersions
Wonderful living clouds you've captured, dear Lucinda. In the clouds is happening a lot. What is it that all rises, and with what force? Is it pushed up through the mountains themselves, as it were?
evinrude
High drama, ethereal light. Beautiful.
flavia49
breathtaking view!
drifterlee
I love the way the clouds are rolling in. Cool shot!
helanker
WHat a lovely Pano this is. Both the sky and the mountains are so pretty.
jendellas
Lovely scene!!!
SSoffia
Dear Lucinda! This capture is magnificent! has captured a blue beauty when the sun is at left, and that blue is, I'm speechless.........!
tennesseecowgirl
Beautiful capture Lucinda.
npauling
A beautiful capture of the hills and the clouds and the black gives it a lovely frame. How lovely the colours look here.
JaneEden
Lucinda what a magnifiscent scene and a dramatic one at that! Well done, it is so good to be back again, hugs Jane xx
jocko500
love the interaction of the clouds and the hills here. look like a storm is comeing too
Chipka
This just oozes and crackles and positively sizzles with drama! I mean...WOW! This goes beyond beautiful, actually; it's gorgeous and its sublime and such a capture of what Nature does best. Have you noticed that even with insects and microscopic things that Nature doesn't really do anything small...it's grand, amazing, awesome all the way: non-stop! This capture is a perfect example of that! The extremes between light and dark are amazing, as are the details: it's as if the mountains and clouds are in very definite discussion. This is so utterly fantastic! I love it!
KatesFriend
Fantastic panorama. I am very much taken by the contrasts of scale we see here. The mountains (great and glorious as they are) seemingly dwarfed by the bright reflective clouds that swarm around the peaks. And there are the dark cloud in the foreground which challenge the dominance of the white clouds. There is something sinister about these as their tendrils seem to be slowly stretching out to consume anything in their grasp.
emmecielle
Splendid image! :)
clbsmiley
This is marvelous!!! Really!!!
danapommet
This is a gorgeous shot and amazing results from a 32 year old slide. Dana
psyoshida
Spectacular and dramatic. Love those clouds and mixed with the dark mountains it really is dramatic!