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.Â
Comments (29)
Chipka
What a shot! WOW! OOOhhhh...pretty. This is one of those sorts of shots I live to take and the details in this are amazing: especially the clouds and their varying textures. The moon seems a bit shy, like she's hiding. This is so wonderfully seen and captured, and I'm hypnotized by those clouds! WOW!
jayfar
Lovely image Lucinda, you just have to take these shots when the oportunity arises or they are gone forever!
helanker
WOW! What a moonlight that is and I just love the clouds. !!
anianiani
Wowwwwwww.......Awesome Picture..
fallen21
Excellent sky shot.
Feliciti
what a mystical view and clouds !! like this !!
magnus073
This is one cool looking pic Lucinda, and love the epic and almost eerie appearance of the mooon in this setting. Also clever idea for the title, it gave me a big smile to start the day :)
drifterlee
Very spooky scene!!!!!!
durleybeachbum
SUCH an interesting sky..thankyou for showing us!
Minda
amazing sky and excellent capture lucinda..
jendellas
Wow, look at that sky, superb capture!!!
emmecielle
Splendid sky and atmosphere! Excellent capture! :)
jocko500
do look wonderful
flavia49
fantastic, gothic sky!
sandra46
VERY SUGGESTIVE SKY A GREAT SHOT INDEED
mariogiannecchini
Splendid sky and atmosphere! Excellent capture!
0rest4wicked
Very moody, a brilliant moonlit night!
vaggabondd
it is trying hard to hide but you caught it, nice capture my friend :)
wysiwig
Excellent, almost black and white. Great atmosphere. This would have worked well for Halloween.
ia-du-lin
beautiful cloud formation, nice shot
blondeblurr
"No moon at all, what a night Even lightning bugs have dimmed their light Stars have disappeared from sight And there’s no moon at all" ... *** As soon as I saw your post - it brought back some memories for me, which I associated with these lyrics, to a melody I've heard long before - IMO a perfect fit and fascinating image, BB
mickeyrony
I'll count sheep ok? 1-2-3-4 - zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzExcuse I saw this in your post lol ... Congratulations and many thanks again. A small sleeping moment it feels good ....(( 5 + +)) Je vais compter les moutons ok?? 1-2-3-4- zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzExcuse moi je voyaiss cela dans ton post lol... Bravo encore et mille mercis . Un petit somme cela fait du bien....((5++))
mgtcs
WOW...Incredible sky Lucinda, fantastic photo, loved the atmosphere and POV, superlative work!
KatesFriend
Now that is interesting. The back lit clouds create a humbling display of nature's true scale and powers. One can half imagine a mighty swarm of giant gray bats circling around the moonlight in some intricate ritual that only the night understands.
alanwilliams
sky like a marshmallow Quilt, beautiful
dochtersions
WOW, you came home by such a lovely company: the moon playing with you. Thank you so much for sharing this special appearance in the sky for you specifically, and now for us RR-people too :).
danapommet
Incredible looking sky. Great catch!
MagikUnicorn
WOOWWWWW SKY IS THE LIMIT
psyoshida
It looks a bit creepy really. I expect a goblin or witch to fly by. I hope they didn't get you. :) Pretty spectacular cloud formations. Great shot, I'm glad it lasted until you got home.