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
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Comments (28)
anianiani
stunning place and awesome tree....i like it a lot..
wysiwig
What a great old tree! I love it. A great place to be a child again.
TallPockets
A tree with 'character'. SUPERB shot!
helanker
Beautiful old tree. Love how the tree trunks are spreading. Wonderful light in this shot too.
fallen21
Excellent shot.
Bossie_Boots
Superb capture i bet it could tell many a story !!
durleybeachbum
I always get a slight feeling of sadness that I can no longer scramble up these trees!
jayfar
Very beautiful and I mirror Andreas sentiments.
dochtersions
Fantastic, this capture, with all those shadows and the exciting shapes of the branches and trees. This looks like 'old days' when everything was still wild, and nature was left in peace. Great shot, Lucinda!
dakotabluemoon
wow this is really cool nice capture.
magnus073
This is a wonderful photo Lucinda, and choosing this tree to be the focal point was a great idea. It seems to have branches running everywhere, and the pov you chose makes it feel like they are almost reaching out for you here.
jocko500
very lovely old tree this is for sure. I like live oak trees
flavia49
fantastic tree and capture
Feliciti
wonderful shapes of this tree !!
mariogiannecchini
impressive capture , Lucinda ! Great old tree!!
Faemike55
Great capture
jendellas
Lovely capture of this wonderful tree!!!
emmecielle
great capture, Lucinda! Very beautiful oak tree! :)
mickeyrony
Hoo tree very worrying time for my Beatiful . I love the trees, they tell their stories. Congratulations and many thanks for sharing ((5 + +)) Hoo un arbre très tourmenter par le temps ma Belle . J'adore les arbres ,ils racontent leur histoire . Bravo et mille mercis de partager ((5++))
sandra46
GREAT SHOT! FANTASTIC TREE!
npauling
A super old oak tree with its huge spread of branches. I bet it could tell lots of stories with all it has seen. An excellent capture.
mgtcs
Ohhh.....Very beautiful place and shot Lucinda, marvelous felling here, superb lighting, well done!
EternalAprentice
The shape of the tree, the lights and shadows makes a great photography ^^!
blondeblurr
Oh tie a yellow ribbon 'Round the old oak tree It's been three long years Do you still want me If I don't see a yellow ribbon 'Round the old oak tree I'll stay on the bus, forget about us Put the blame on me If I don't see a yellow ribbon 'Round the old oak tree Dolly Parton was singing these lyrics and they came to my mind, when I saw your gnarly old oak-tree pic! marvellous Lucinda, BB
drifterlee
Beautiful old tree!!!!
vaggabondd
look at all the long arms on this tree, nice shot
Minda
love this beautiful old tree lucinda and u did amazing capture..
danapommet
Massive old tree and I like all the far reaching branches.