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 (32)
myrrhluz
I have off tomorrow, and hope to catch up a little in the galleries. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!
durleybeachbum
What a marvellous photo! Happy Birthday Helle!
dochtersions
A wonderful play of light and shadow, and such a warm birthday dedi for Helle. Happy Birthday :)
fallen21
Awesome capture!
jayfar
Super capture and dedi Lucinda.
jendellas
Superb capture, great lighting!!
anianiani
This is...This is....This is.....No words..
magnus073
Lucinda, you did a marvelous job on this fun dedi for Helle. She is such a sweet lady, and I had no idea it was her birthday so I'm so happy you came up with this for her. Only you could see the light having fun in here and know how to capture it in just the right way with your camera and your words
Minda
beautiful capture and nice dedication lucinda..
anaber
Wonderful image,Lucinda:))The light is simply fabulous.Beautiful dedi for Helle! Happy Birthday, Helle:)again and have a great day!
jocko500
this is lovely. I watched a movie about Thomas Kinkade Christmas movie. not sure the name but I saw it on TV. anyway it shows a old artist that would not teach Thomas to paint so Thomas was doing it on his own. anyway Thomas was young at the time and he find out they was going to loss they house and he was painting a big painting on the side of a building faceing the town. He was haveing trouble with it. The old artist was haveing troubles too as his hand shakes and all plus his wife had died so he could not paint good now. anyway Thomas give him a christmas present and told him what the old artist told Thomas whis is "Never give up" The old artist after Thomas left eyes lights up and he painted his last painting. he went and give it to Thomas family and told them to sell it and pay off the house and live on the rest. Which they did. anyway the old artist told Thomas that he was painting the leaves and not seeing the light behind them.and this give Thomas the idea of painting the light as the old artist did in his last painting. Thomas also finish the big painting on the side of the building. he now world known as the "painter of light" this is what the photo remind me of; the old painter last painting looked like this in a way.
helanker
OH Dear! How gorgeous this shot is, so full of light and nature and clarity. It is just wonderful, Lucinda. Thank you ever so much for this. :-D
auntietk
This is just gorgeous, with the light and shadow and those lovely shapes! Beautiful image. Happy Birthday, Helle!
Chipka
I've seen these sorts of berries before and have no idea what they are, but they are superbly gorgeous! The light in this is absolutely perfect. It dances and is, most definitely, playful: perfect for winter, as the winter season can do with as much play as possible, if you ask me. I really like how the leaves seem to form rather complex canvases for the play of light and shadow, almost like they're shadow-puppet screens and a really interesting play is about to begin! This us such a gorgeous photo and it makes a perfect dedication. This rocks! And, Happy Birthday to Helle!
vaggabondd
This is beautiful, it makes me want to sing the song here comes the sun lol. nice work my friend :)
drifterlee
Beautiful shot!
emmecielle
Fantastic image and dedi, dear Lucinda! Exceptional capture! :)
goodoleboy
The backlighting in this splendid image accentuates the cast shadows and willowy arteries and veins of the Louisiana leaves, Lucinda! And that has to be filter postwork in the background.
flavia49
beautiful image and dedi
mgtcs
Ohhh...looks delicious Lucinda precious photo and dedication, lovely one!
wysiwig
Marvelous shadow play. I love the rays. A perfect gift for Helle.
dragonmuse
Lovely capture.. perfect for Helle :)
mariogiannecchini
Splendid capture and dedication !
jif3d
Dig the translucency of the leaves and those berries look rather tasty, plus interesting postwork effect ! ~Christmas ~Cheers~
Madbat
Y'know, those kinda look like wee tiny christmas kinda lights!
mickeyrony
A strategy for a nice dream for my beautiful birthday present. I like shadows through the leaves. Happy Birthday to you.... ((5 + +)) Une stratégie de rêve pour un joli cadeau de fête ma Belle . J'aime bien les ombrages à travers ces feuilles . Joyeuse fête à toi ((5++))
psyoshida
That is truly a spectacular light show. I love how the shadows of the backlighting create their own shadow leaves. What a lovely gift. Magnificent shot!!
sandra46
WONDERFUL BERRIES
JaneEden
Oh this is great photography and a wonderful dedi for Helle !!! hugs Jane xx
bobrgallegos
Wonderful lighting and detail to this beautiful image!!!