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 (34)
magnus073
Lucinda, this is a fantastic looking photo my friend and simply breathtaking in full size view. I've never had the pleasure of seeing the River Walk with the Christmas lights out and can only imagine this is a small indication of how beautiful it must be. So glad they decided to go with the LED lighting to give it a more modern appearance and conserve energy.
anianiani
Something Special ...I like the area...Just want to sit.. Excellent Dear Friend
mgtcs
ahhh....so beautiful and cozy place Lucinda, the lighting is absolutely enchanting my dear, lovely place to be, thank you for sharing, loved it!
jocko500
a wonderful shot of this walk way.
Chipka
Heh! Naked Ents...I rather like the short one with the intriguing hairdo. This is a gorgeous shot and I love the clarity: a difficult thing to achieve under largely nocturnal conditions. Great sense of color and place and those reflections on the water are hypnotic. I love the way this image can actually be anywhere. From the wall and stonework in the background, I can easily imagine this as one of the courtyards of an interesting palace or castle...way over thataway, somewhere. (Probably in Agara!) Brilliantly-seen work!
Madbat
I wonder if trees ever comment on each others lighting? Think about that next time you trip on a root!
blinkings
Lovely colours.
West_coaster07
Awesome!!
wysiwig
I like the tree on the right, very attractive. The real star is the reflected light on the wall and glass building behind the trees. Really neat.
Feliciti
looks like a place out of a fairytale !!lovely!
fallen21
Wonderful shot!
jayfar
Lovely shot and beautifully lit Lucinda.
durleybeachbum
I wonder what that palm is thinking. Maybe something derogatory and jealous. SO interesting..maybe our council could learn from this.
jendellas
Love the title. Great capture!!
helanker
What a super beautiful shot this is. WOnderful colors too. I like it very much.
alanwilliams
so unusual and eye catching
mickeyrony
Hiii ...... It looks like a small candy pole my Beatiful An architecture and tree stHiii......On dirait un poteau de petits bonbons Belle architec ture et les arbres bien poster genre . Bravo encore ma Belle ((5++))ructure much like posting. Congratulations again my Beatiful ((5 + +))
dochtersions
WOW, what a beautiful green you've captured here. I like this because they say in the Netherlands: green power, if they use environmentally friendly power. Anyway this is indeed an unusual way of decorating a tree. Here in the Netherlands are colored lights very rare, mostly just light yellow. A wonderful capture, my dear friend.
dakotabluemoon
Very beautiful scenery here awesome with the lights.
mariogiannecchini
Great lighting and colors in this beautiful photo !Fantastic place !
drifterlee
Cool title!!!!! Lovely shot!
flavia49
very beautiful
emmecielle
Wonderful place! Great shot! :)
auntietk
What a pretty place that must be! I like the contrast. Nicely seen!
goodoleboy
Beauty and the beast, the swan and the ugly duckling, the prince and the pauper, or some other ineffectual analogy, in this cool night capture, Lucinda. And thank you for the lighting statistics, the electric power savings are quite impressive.
blondeblurr
A distinct contrast - and it does look surreal - in fact it's a juxtaposition, unique composition, Lucinda BB
0rest4wicked
The lighting here is intriguing!
KatesFriend
Interesting idea about the Ents. I never thought about it that way before. It seems that the only governments that are willing to lead are the cities these days. Initiatives like these get real results and the lights are so beautiful as well. Really lovely shot Lucinda.
vaggabondd
wow wee this is awesome, I love it. great capture my friend
psyoshida
What a magical place. It's so gorgeous it it really looks too perfect to be a real place. The lighting is something spectacular. The building in the background is a perfect backdrop. Excellent photo.