Lucinda, You did a fantastic job on this great series..the pictures shows a lot. I give the first place to your 5th post. Very thoughtful picture and attracting like a big cinema poster(feel like a story behind the big gun)I loved the position of it and you captured it with a great point of view. And I give the second place to your 2nd post :),This is a cute looking light house And its seems in a cam place with your lovely work. A special thanks to put one of James pic in this series..It's funny. The under side of the bridge,the head of light house,walls of fort casey and the last one are very thoughtful and beautiful. Thankyou so very for sharing this super fun day you four together..We all missed the funs but experienced with these valuable pictures. I hope you recover soon from the minor health issues and head ache. Stay Blessed.

Very nice!

A smashing collection that reminds me of a fun day that we all experienced. Have enjoyed looking at each of these pictures as you posted them. POVs and composition are all first class.

Oh boy! I've been waiting for this! :) That was SUCH a fun day! I'm so glad you came up, and that James joined us. These photographs are a wonderful reminder of a "highlight of the summer" day. Not only do they bring it back like it was yesterday, but they're such terrific photographs! I love the playing cards format. That's too cool!

What a terrific idea and very well done. It tells a story. Have a great time in Louisiana.

Lucinda, I absolutely love this idea of bringing the images to life in the form of cards. As with all your projects it's quite clear you put a lot of thought and care into this one and it really paid off. Thank you so much for taking us on a walk down memory lane through this series.

Awesome collage of super photos. Great work.

What a brilliant idea! They are all really interesting, but I think my favourite is the Ace of Diamonds, with all those rich tones and textures .

A brilliant set of pics and a super idea Lucinda.

Very cool effects!

Love the cards idea, great collage!! x

AW! That was a splendid idea using cards for this collage. And the result is brilliant. Thank you for sharing this with us :-)

Realy nice collage that make some great souvenirs ((5++))

wow this is stunning my friend, great work

I really like the cards. Great idea! Well done too. Hope you feel better soon. :)

This has been a fantastic and fun series Love the way you've presented the collage

fabulous collage and presentation!!

A unique idea employing various subject matter, and brought to fruition in this splendid composition, Lucinda. Sorry about your physical condition. Could be something you picked up when visiting Bill and Tara.

did a wonderful job on this

Amazing, how a collage can be like this playfully one, dear Friend. I really have to go back, and see all the single cards on its own in full zoom mode. It is so very interesting, with all those splendid POV's, and happiness, which is speaking out of this, dear friend. Take it easy and be well, thinking of you, of course (in your pocket, huh?!) :)

Fantastic idea, Lucinda! Great collage! :)

Wonderfully done !

I have checked out all the cards, individually ... (at last! - I am lagging again, I know Lucinda, sorry!) You have the vision and talent, to get the most out of each subject you see ;) It's difficult to call anyone of them, as a favourite, impossible actually - they are all cool in their own way. what I really like, is the presentation of cards with your own pix - my guess 'J' is for James ? You will never believe it, but I have had thoughts along those lines (but I don't want to steal your thunder here) BTW - I love playing cards, when there is an opportunity ;P - but on the carpet ? - not anymore for me either, with our sub-tropical climate, there are not much requests for it anymore - mainly tiles or polished wooden floors. I do hope that by now, you are over the worst of your allergies (those trees again?) and not to mention all those work-related problems ? switch off now and then, take a deep breath and try to meditate if you can several times per week ... just a thought ;) I wish you well Lucinda and a few Ozzie hugs, BB

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This is a marvelous work Lucinda, superb composition and collage, loved it a lot!

All 7 are excellent photos Lucinda and I love this presentation!

very creative work!

from what I know, now, of your history with cards (and your sisters), this was a very special way to present these photos. Because there are 7, I can't do a long essay on each, but here are thoughts anyway: The abstract of girders is one of your beautiful studies of geometric forms, and it sang because of the sharp shadow and light contrasts, the chasms in back, and the fact that the light was in center much more than in the front. It really made a typical girder shot look so unique. The darker girders in front really set it all off. Beautiful. The lighthouse was a beautiful portrait of a building; the light on the house was so clear a bold, against that 'van gogh' night-blue (it was daytime, I realize, but the sky has a night blue quality). ANd your capture of the clouds was amazing, for their break in the clouds, right at the top of the lighthouse. Like it posed that way for you. Everything else is suitably bleached and bleak, speaking for its time of year. It's a beautiful shot, Lucinda, with clarity and mystery all at once. The light---the fresnel---is captured almost as a psychedelic presence, its center blues morphing to greens and to almost amber golds on the edges---one can see more of your communion with glass-light (ala chihuly), but this shows that his light is not the only source that inspires you. Quite a luminous shot. A lovely shot of James, with that Pacific Northwest Light, and the composition centering-him so nicely. His expression is just what you wrote it was---enjoying himself, and freezing. Really nicely composed. (Aside: You know, putting 7 shots in one, and opening it up for comments, is downright tricky. I'm giving one comment, but I'm doing it for 7 images. Do I get a discount on my next purchase? A free sock? One of those little airplane liquor bottles? Think about it. This is beginning to feel prettttt-y sneaky. A bathroom book on buttons? A sack of Sakrete? Prettttt-y sneaky...) Ok, the cannon. It's of course quite dramatic, with the canon sweeping up over us and the mouth being so large, and the reflections on the casing being so muted and beautiful. But god, there's that lucinda light---whoosh: You have this strong sense of light in so many pictures---it's behind the cannon on each side, but esp around the back and bottom---you gave this an air of something mystical as much as looming. And the gray-blue undertone to it all makes it feel like a twilight vision. It's just beautiful, Lucinda. (Aside 2: You gave us more URLs with this. I just keep thinking, what would life have been like if URLs were around throughout history? "Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make for thine selves a carved image, nor any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or------god, forget it: Here's the URL...") The wall-shot was splendid. I'm sure I fav'd it or wrote to you about it, it's splendid, Lucinda. Terrific detail---but also, that light. I can't get away from that light in your work! It's like there's light inside the wall, the way you captured it. The veins have light. And the contrasts of dark with light, and that spilling decay all around a big metal ring---it's the best. Love this shot. I wish you could've taken that segment of wall home and sent it to me. Love this shot. (Aside 3: In re-reading your descriptions, there was a lot of heavy stuff going on in your life at the time you posted these. And I suddenly feel reeeallllly guilty for having such a great time while you're---in previous time---struggling with so many things. Sorry!!! I'll post a moment of silence for all you went through...) ( ) (that was the moment of silence.) (Sorry so much was going on! I don't want to ignore it all!) Ok, in honor of your struggles, I come to the last shot. This balustrade, or corner-of-a-railing is another piece I just love. Again, your light. Your light. The reflections, their sharp ultra presence, and all the contrasts with the decayed walls and rails behind. The composition is all about diagonals, really well done. Cropped just right too. The zig zag stairwell is a fine contrapuntal line. (Bach would approve.) Your top crop cuts at the very edge of a rail, your bottom crop, with the low peak of the walk way. These may be unconscious, but their astute eye work no matter what. A fine final image for the series. You really got variety in these series, lots of different views; it's really fine work, Lucinda. Really fine! (now I have to read this over to be sure I was clear...this was 7 comments! I really should get a free shoe horn or something. Also, I had 300 windows open during this comment, and my Mac went on strike.) A terrific series from this trip!