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 (37)
Richardphotos
the Hill Country is very beautiful and I hope to return again.have you been to Hamilton Pool? it is an awesome naturally occurring pool.beautiful landscape
myrrhluz
No, I haven't. I just looked it up. It looks gorgeous! Thanks for the tip!
helanker
WOW! What a wonderful place this looks to be. Superb shot with hills and wild flowers. I am really looking forward to see the area around you Lucinda :-))
jayfar
I love the lighting in this Lucinda, excellent shot.
Bossie_Boots
Oh i agree with Jayfar just amazing !!
dochtersions
It seems to be an intense experience to be in this landscape, there is so much peace and tranquility coming out of it. Your photo is a most beautiful capture, with wonderful mood, light and clouds. I'm excited to be able to enjoy the pictures to come, so I will breathe your favorite place; which is amazing beautiful, dear Lucinda, thank you :)
Cosme..D..Churruca
beautiful pic.
jendellas
Lovely place, the girls would love a run there :o)
durleybeachbum
Marvellous! I always forget that each of your states is as big or bigger than the UK!
Madbat
Oh my, that looks like a nice place! Rhe light in this shot is interesting, what time of day was it?
Faemike55
Very beautiful scene love the lighting
magnus073
Very nice work as always on this photo Lucinda, you have such a knack for finding the most beautiful areas around you and then presenting them in a most wonderful way. This area really has a special place for me as it reminds me a lot of an area on my Grandparents old farm that we used to play near when we were kids.
Feliciti
wonderful capture of this landscape !!
witch_1612
Wonderful Work!!!
psyoshida
It's beautiful. I never picture Texas looking like that for some reason. The colors are rich and beautiful and that sky is amazing. Great shot. I look forward to learning and seeing more. Excellent.
emmecielle
Splendid place! Fantastic capture, Lucinda! :)
mgtcs
Very, very beautiful place dear Lucinda, this is an extraordinary beauty, marvelous nature scene my dear, lovely work
Sea_Dog
Great shot - wonderful scenery - I'm looking forward to more hill country shots.
flavia49
marvelous image! I love the light!
Minda
This is Marvelous place i love it lucinda.
drifterlee
Really beautiful place and shot!!!!!
sandra46
AMAZING IMAGE! GREAT COLOR!
goodoleboy
Far too stunning and outstanding than anything I can conjure up to say, Lucinda!
npauling
A super capture of this beautiful countryside. I was amazed when I took a closer look at there being prickly pear cactus in this amazing green area. I'm learning things about Texas that I didn't know.
jocko500
this is cool
bobrgallegos
Wonderful capture of this beautiful landscape!!
fallen21
Splendid place, awesome photo.
mariogiannecchini
Splendid place! Fantastic capture and photo , Lucinda!
anianiani
I like this...look like kerala...Excellent
Chipka
This is really fantastic! Deliciously rustic! I love the colors and the drama of the shot in general! There's so much going on. It's not over-busy, but there's excitement, a plotline, relationships and nice bits of visual tension between opposites and complimentary elements of color, shape, form and all of that stuff those professional-type people go on and on about. I also like the fact that it's a glimpse into your corner of the globe. This rocks.