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 (19)
prutzworks
XLT POV!
clbsmiley
Yep!!! Cool one. There used to be a tunnel there years ago.
magnus073
Lucinda, you did a simply outstanding job on this very cool dedication for your friend. This truly is one amazing looking bridge, and I hope one day I have the pleasure of viewing it in person.
Cyve
Fantastic perspective and very great shot !
durleybeachbum
This is such an amazing structure! I love your photo, and Thankyou for the reminder about Brigitte's birthday! When I got my new computer I lost all the calendar with all the birthdays, such a nuisance.
Faemike55
Very good capture and dedication
drifterlee
That's really a cool bridge. It almost looks like a Vue image!
blondeblurr
Having taken a good look at your post today - reminded me very much of a proverb: "SPACE ISN'T REMOTE AT ALL, IT'S ONLY AN HOURS DRIVE AWAY, IF YOUR CAR COULD GO STRAIGHT UPWARDS" (Fred Hoyle) *** This is indeed a spectacular and striking view - Lucinda, it makes me wish (secretly) to be an Architect, how about that ? The clear and defined lines seem to reach all the way to the sky into another dimension - with an ominous looking sky and that is the other spectacular and interesting thing about it, a sunny sky would have never looked so intriguing - I am fascinated, to say the least - and to think, so close in the heart of Texas and you never knew it ? ;)) maybe I too, will see this special bridge one fine day and crossing many other bridges on my travels to Europe, a glimpse of things to come and I am looking forward to it, with my camera going wherever I go ... wish you could be there as well ;) THANK YOU VERY MUCH, my dear friend for such a lovely thought on this day, just 2 more weeks! and then I am up, up and away ... Cheers and many hugs for you ... BB
jendellas
Excellent photo, love the angle!!
giulband
Great sense of composition !!!!
anahata.c
As I catch up in your gallery, at least with THIS image I'm on time! And I see Brigitte loves it. You really dived into the language of bridge cables---it's a big symphony of cable-lines, crisscrossing and doing their thing. And your heightened yellows make them shine, as if they had light inside of them. And they all culminate in the end, with those big upside-down "V"s. I don't know if you intensified the blues right above the bridge, in back, or if those blues were already in the shot: But they're a great contrast to the yellows. And you used a painting or some kind of textured filter, to make this seem like a painting. A really clear-eyed image, peering into the language of a bridge, and making it a very articulate piece of music. I don't know Brigitte, but I know of her, and everywhere people mention her, she's held in very high regard: Happy Birthday Brigitte, and many more! Beautiful image and dedi, Lucinda; and great that just one car was on the bridge when you took this: It's as if it's coming out to greet you!
goodoleboy
Magnificent beyond anything I can say, Lucinda.
flavia49
fabulous picture and dedication
KatesFriend
I looked up the bridge. Quite an impressive creation. Your shot certainly brings home its grandeur from the personal level of experience; you get a strong sense of the massive scale of the bridge as well as its delicate beauty. The white and golden skeleton contrasted perfectly against the darkening sky. Maybe even challenging nature herself - something to shoot for... You must have been in motion when you took this shot too. But it is wonderfully sharp and clear bring home the imposing detail.
danapommet
It is a gorgeous bridge and an outstanding Happy Birthday for Brigitte and a wonderful send off photo for her upcoming European adventure!
danapommet
Also congratulations for this photo being selected for the LWITG!
wysiwig
This is a very cool image not only because it is an excellent and fitting dedication for our friend Brigitte but because it appears you a one handed capture while driving. Outstanding work.
dochtersions
Amazing what a lot of lines and a splendid light, as textures you show us here, Lucinda. And special in connection with the travel of BB* a most fantastic sight, sign and Birthday gift. Bravo for Brigitte, and Lucinda!
auntietk
Oh my! What a gorgeous bridge! I looked it up to see where I could see it ... and discovered I'll most likely have to content myself with your photograph. We try to stay out of big cities as much as possible, as you know. But you inspired me to plan a route for next autumn's trip! LOL! So now I've got a tentative, preliminary route, which is plenty of nav work to have accomplished by the middle of June. :P So anyway, about that photograph! I love the strong, graphic lines against the puffy clouds. What fantastic contrasting elements they provide! This just sings ... it's a wonderful image!
e-brink
Excellent shot. Wonderful lines and a nice shot of light coming in from the right just to lift a few details.