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 (23)
flavia49
marvellous image
clbsmiley
Wonderful and thank you!
Faemike55
Very delightful and fun capture very organic dancing A wonderful gift
jocko500
this is wonderful shot you got here
sandra46
SUPERLATIVE WORK
goodoleboy
'This little guy' sort of has the framework of a weird little airplane. Great clarity and contrast in this fine dedication to your friend, Lucinda.
auntietk
I like the angles and lines against the reflections in the water. Such a nice bit of repetition! Finding the corresponding shadows kept me busy for a good long time! :)
mickeyrony
Very unusual pic but look so nice for a Birthday . Great again ((5++))
magnus073
Wow Lucinda, this really is a remarkable capture and a very nice gift for Helle. You are always careful to choose just the right situation to capture and then relate it to those you care about.
mgtcs
Splendid capture Lucinda, loved the delicateness and lighting, sweet dedication!
durleybeachbum
Such a sinewy little chap, spinning on his toe! I love the colour of the water, very sensuous.
jayfar
A very nice pic Lucinda.
alanwilliams
wonderful. And my good wishes go out to you for the new year and beyond
prutzworks
beautiful composition
Cyve
Fantastic closeup !
anahata.c
I just got the ebot for this---late!---but I would have come here anyway, because I knew you'd put something up for helle. Man, this is a magical, elusive, very defined and so mysterious image. It's almost impossible to realize it's an insect---it's a living, moving creature. It looks like some delicate spindly little twigs all gathered and stretched out on a leaf or branch, sitting on the water: But it's alive! It's so clear and has such light---really fine work with the light, here. And it stands out against the murky swervy forms in the water. It's beautiful, Lucinda, and I love the idea of a joyful dance for Helle: Just a great idea for her birthday. Dancing on water---what a perfect, lovely thought for our mutual, wonderful friend. I hope you have a wonderful rest of the year, and had a wonderful Christmas, you and all your loved ones; it's always great to see you here. And I join you in singing a loud "Happy BIrthday!" to Helle. (You think water-insects like Danish pastries? Flown in fresh from Copenhagen? Or that they drink "Snaps"? ((that's a Danish drink)). I mean, it could happen...) Beautiful delicate dedi from you for our wonderful mutual friend.
jendellas
Wonderful dedi for Helle. xx
drifterlee
Beautiful shot. Happy holidays!!!!!
helanker
What a beautiful pair of dancers. Absolutely delightful. Dancing gracefully over the dark blue lake :-) When I see this lovely Photograph, I can almost hear the lovely walz from The Nutcracker Suite :-) Dear Lucinda, Thank you So much for this wonderful dedication. I really love it :-)))))))))))))))))))))
wysiwig
Superb image. This really pops out of the very cool background. It does look like some sort of odd insect.
whaleman
Very nice!
KatesFriend
That's a very clever capture Lucinda. It reminds me of walking sticks. Insects which used to rather common in summer in my part of the world. It was no uncommon to find one sunning itself on some shiny part of my father's car. And of coarse the resemblance should not surprising as such creatures have evolved to disguise themselves as passing blades of grass and small branches. You have very sharp eyes.
danapommet
Gorgeous capture this the green grass against the darker background!