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 (30)
vaggabondd
I love the lighting on the moss,great capture my friend
wysiwig
Beautiful light and wonderful detail.
jif3d
Nicely capture moss there, amazing how these plants just live on air...hmm, a new diet fad ? Kool Burfday dedi & ~Cheers~
clbsmiley
Well captured!! I thought that looked familiar. :)
Faemike55
Very cool capture and great dedication to Dana Happy Birthday Dana
mgtcs
Very beautiful place and capture my friend, beautiful dedication! Happy New Year!
jocko500
lovely lighting of the moss. so lovely done
magnus073
What a wonderful birthday dedi this is Lucinda, and as always so well thought out. This Spanish Moss is obviously beautiful in it's own right, but by waiting to catch it when the sun was just right you managed to make it appear even more glorious.
eekdog
Great shot of the moss, have some of that in my last post, but's it is with photoshop brushes. which Dana? there are several..
goodoleboy
Outstanding detail, lighting and quasi silhouetting in this marvo foto, Lucinda.
durleybeachbum
Such lovely stuf and a great pic.
blondeblurr
I do love the display of 'Spanish Moss', and it does look like an old man's beard and that is, what some locals call it here in the land of OZ ... a fine late catch of the day, Lucinda Happy Birthday Dana and many happy returns ... BB
auntietk
The light is lovely! Beautiful image.
Blush
Oh I love the moss........ reminds me of the old romance novels.......... and anything have to do with the bayou... also nice to meet you. back more to view later...late here in KY... do hope you come see me in my gallery i just uploaded a new one..........drop by when ya can this is a fav with me and great birthday dedi...........for Orest4wicked Hugs Susan~
mickeyrony
I realy love trees great feelings to this one my Beautiful . Again a great Birthday gift((5++))
jendellas
What a beautiful pic, lovely dedi!! xxx
drifterlee
Very beautiful!!!!!
Minda
beautiful light and excellent capture lucinda.
dragonmuse
Really lovely.
alanwilliams
captivating light
flavia49
outstanding picture and dedi
sandra46
EXCELLENT WORK! GREAT DEDI!
npauling
I love how you have caught the sunlight on the moss in this beautiful capture. A lovely birthday gift for Dana.
0rest4wicked
Just love the perspective of the low sun through the bough of the tree spot lighting the moss. Thank you so much for the wishes.
KatesFriend
I almost expect to see little green and orange fae fluttering around the branches glowing in the yellow rays of the low sun. They would be busy doing mischievous things like casting lust spells on unwary passing humans. And then fashioning their trade mark 'Glowy Orbs' which they would trade for whiskey at the local pub. Ah, thoughts of whimsey. A lovely dedication for your friend too.
helanker
What a gorgeous capture of this sunny mosses :-)
MagikUnicorn
WOWWW BEAUTY AND LOVELY LIGHT TIMING
Chipka
What a delicious image; the light is so perfect in this, so alive and golden without being overpowering. As you might expect, I'm listening to a soundtrack now, the score to The Hobbit, and the song of "Misty Mountains" (the quieter version) in conjunction with this image recalls a slow, journey down a river, while someone on the boat in question sings a dirge-like song as moss hangs from trees, catches the light, and generally adds a mood and a half to the already present mood. This is a brilliant image that enhances the music I'm listening to as I soak in the details.
Cyve
Great POV and fantastic lighting !!!
danapommet
Excellent colors with this lighting and a wonderful birthday dedication for Dana.