“Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.”
~Roger Miller
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Empire State Crossing
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Seeing Red
Purple Rain
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Jane Lurie Photography 
Beautiful!
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Thanks so much, Abby. 😊
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Love your style, I myself want to bring something new to my photography. a well-done story. Enjoyed them all.
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Hi Jim, I am pleased this series spoke to you. Thanks so much and I appreciate you stopping by.
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Wonderful! Love “London Shoppers”
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Thank you, Graham. That’s a favorite. I love making rainy impressions. 💦😊
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A fellow pluviophile!
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Indeed! ☔️
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Reblogged this on Shift2Drive.blog.
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Very well done. 🙂
(Rain is the – main – reason I left Europe!)
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Thanks, Brian. Ha! Glad you enjoyed these. Given drought-stricken California, we are not allowed to complain about rain…and we are getting a lot of it right now! Appreciate your visit. Stay dry. 🙂
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Sure will. We’re spared rain until May-June when the rainy season starts. (Up to Sept-Oct). I wish we could send some rain your way then. 🙂
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Ah purple rain is a really striking image. I’d to be able to like rain but it akes me grumpy!
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WOW….absolutely brilliant!!! these photos truly blow my mind!!!👍
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Thank you, April. I love creating these. Pleased you like them!
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Wow these pictures are great! Did you use any particular editing software? Also, what camera did you use to take these pictures?
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Thank you for sharing, Chuck. 🙂
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Always my pleasure, Jane!!
xoxoxo
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Variations of the rain and blur. I like it!
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Thanks so much, Robert. They are fun to see and photograph. Glad you like them.
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Some dramatic photos, Jane. I love the blur that you captured in so many, but my favorite is “Purple Rain”.
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Thank you, Susan. I’m so glad you enjoyed this series – much appreciated!
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I love warm, rainy days, particularly the smell of it. Where were you to capture purple rain? You must have been high.
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Hi Lisa, I love rain, too. Pleased you enjoyed these—thank you. I shot Purple Rain from a balcony at Tate Modern in London. I was high but not high. 😃
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I love it. It looks high!
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Wonderful!!! I remember your previous rainy day images … these will add nicely to your collection.
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Thanks so much, Denise. Happy you enjoyed these and lovely that you remember the others. Much appreciated! 🤗
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You’re certainly feeling the rain! What a terrific variety of feelings, too. I love the first three – the first because it’s just perfect, the second for its atmosphere and the third becasue it’s familiar. And “Purple Rain” is fascinating. Cheers, Jane, and here’s to rain! 🙂
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Hi Lynn, Love your feedback, thank you very much. I really enjoy the challenge of seeing these rainy scenes. Happy you like them. Yes, here’s to rain! 🙂
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I know I’ve said it before, but it’s my pleasure. 🙂
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I thought of you yesterday when I came upon a bright orange mushroom. I thought, Lynn would know what this is called. 😉
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I wouldn’t, but I’m flattered. Sometimes I get lucky looking things up. 🙂
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You sure do good research then! 😉
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wonderful images!
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Thank you so much, Spanishwoods! 🙂
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A lot of rain which has become our winter storms … and today, a blizzard across parts of Colorado. 🙂
Then, there’s that other rain song, “Rainy Days and Mondays”, the old Carpenters’ standard.
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Hi David, I bet you are hunkering down with the snowstorms. It’s clear and lovely now in SF. The rain sure helped us. The Carpenters are my guilty pleasure. Love that one. Thanks for stopping by! 🙂
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I love these soft, moody images, Jane, and I especially like the Roger Miller quote that started it all.
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Thank you, Allan. I love the challenge of making these. Happy you like them. I had to do a little digging on the quote– it’s also attributed incorrectly to Bob Marley and a couple others. As you know, not surprising.
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I didn’t know about the attribution problem with that quote. Kudos for rooting it out and getting it right.
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Hi- Thanks- I meant quotes in general. 😉
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For the most part… not crazy about rain… viewing it thru your eyes…I so,appreciate it ! Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you so much, Linda. Glad you could enjoy and stay warm and dry. Appreciate you sharing your thoughts, as always. 😘
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Thanks
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Thanks for viewing Christine. 🙂
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Don’t Quit…
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Yes… glad you like that one, S.O.O.N. Thanks so much.
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What a great series of photographs! I love them.
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Thank you very much, Charly. That means a lot.
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Love these Jane – so much beauty in the ordinary.
Alison
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Thank you, Alison. It’s out there if you look, right?
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Superb, Jane. I really like the red umbrella ladies – it grabs you!
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Thanks, Eliza. That was one of those happy split-second NY moments to see. Glad you like them.
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Some of the best rain px I have seen.
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Wow, Bruce. That means a lot. Thanks so much. 🙂
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Wonderful series Jane!
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Thank you, Belinda. A fun challenge to photograph in this style. Happy you enjoyed them.
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If I ‘had’ to pick a favourite it would be Purple Rain ☔️😺✅
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Hi Andy, Thank you! I was also happy that the title popped into my head. 🙂 Glad you enjoyed them.
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Beautiful rainy days through your lens!
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Thanks so much, Amy! 🙂
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Beautiful series, Jane! Every single shot is pretty unique. I like the colors in the half abstract City Window; and the movement in Seeing Red is great 🙂
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Thanks so much, Harrie. I really enjoy the challenge of seeing and shooting them. Glad you enjoyed. 🙂
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Great post. The quote was so perfect for this amazing images.
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Thanks so much, Drew. Pleased you enjoyed this series.
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These are wonderful, “Seeing Red” and “Purple Rain” in particular are real show-stoppers. But my favorite is the b&w “Don’t Quit,” which seems to capture an impromptu dance routine.
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Hi Robert- I love your description of Don’t Quit. Brilliant. Happy you enjoyed this series. I loved making these images. Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts.
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It’s amazing how much beauty is missed when it rains. Gorgeous work Jane. Isn’t it nice to have weather proof gear ?
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HI Joe, Happy you enjoyed these– thank you. I love the softening qualities that rain gives to certain scenes. I do love how sturdy the Fuji is, for sure! 🙂
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You evoke city rain so exquisitely here, Jane, and uniquely. I love seeing all the cities, and the many images, and your titles add an extra dimension. I especially like “Don’t Quit.” Truly wonderful series.
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Thanks very much, Jet. I’m happy you like the different dimension these rainy images give to city scenes. I have fun with titles, too. 🙂
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Great captures, Jane. I did not take many pictures in the rain. Now I got inspired. Thanks for sharing this with us.
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Thanks so much, Nurul. I’m happy they inspired you. 🙂
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Some lovely rainy abstracts here Jane – gotta love Purple Rain though! Great use of negative space.
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Thanks so much, Jude. I shot that at the Tate Modern. 🙂
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I’ll grant that rain might be good for one’s art (and crops, of course), but I’m afraid I can’t be quite as positive about a dreary, wet, gray day as you and Mr. Miller!
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Haha, Lex! I hope that it’s opened your eyes to the possibilities. 🙂 Thanks so much for stopping by and viewing..while staying dry. 🙂
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You are a master of the art. This is an incredible theme that draws your viewers deeply into the beauty that rain as a subject can present. Jane, you do these things so well and your natural talent of bringing feeling and emotion to your images and conveying stories visually is outstanding.
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Hi Elliot, Your kind response to this post makes my day. I really appreciate your thoughts coming from your well-trained and experienced eye. Thank you very much. Wishing you a creative and inspiring 2019!
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Would make nice paintings
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Hi Christine, What a great thought. Thanks so much.
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Always love your intriguing rainy day shots.
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Thank you, Jane. We’ve were drenched last week. So green now.
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I love the ‘Empire State Crossing’. I has lovely blurriness. It reminds me of the pavement art in Mary Poppins when it starts to rain.
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What a great visual, Ali. That’s one of my favorite shots, too. So glad you like this series-thank you.
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hi jane many wonderful pictures of rainy days in different cities, i especially like the 3rd, 5th, 6th and 8th.
greetings robert
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Thank you so much, Robert! ☔️
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Tops, of course.
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Thank you, Paula. 🙂
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I feel like I’ve just been in the shower, Jane 🙂 🙂 Great captures!
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Haha, Jo. Thank you! Fortunately, I was under cover for most of these. Stay dry! ☔️
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Nice photographs. Though it seems strange for me to see pictures of rain as all we get here for 3 or 4 months is snow (which isn’t that often, though it does stay on the ground for quite a long time).
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Hi Mike, Thank you. I miss the beauty of snow…you live in a fabulous part of the world. Appreciate you stopping by. 🙂
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It’s my pleasure. ☺
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Stunning photography! You know how to see the bright side of a gloomy, rainy day. 🙂 Each visual is so beautiful captured and takes me to the time when I used to enjoy the rain. Thanks you for showing us the world as you see it through your lens Jane. Hugs.
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Hi Cheryl, I’m so glad I’ve brought you back to the rainy side….at least for the moment. 🙂 I do love a good soggy photo op. Thanks very much for stopping by. Hugs to you, too. 🤗
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Great captures, Jane….almost makes me want to go out in the rain!
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Thanks, Sue. Go on and jump in some puddles. 🙂 ☔️
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😀😀 I’d be flat on my face!
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Haha! Unlikely. 🙂
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No, seriously….my balance is terrible
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Sorry. Mine is, too, sometimes. 🙁
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Life, eh?
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Your photos incite towards loving Rain 😉
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Thank you, Louise, from Rain’s publicity agent. 🙂 💦🌧
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simply stunning and elegance…
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Thank you very much, Mihran.
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I love rainy days! And with your Pictures I love them even more!
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Thank you, Petra. Me, too!
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Great images….love seeing the raindrops w such clarity
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Hi Therese, I tend to get mesmerized by the droplets. 🙂 Glad you enjoyed these– thank you.
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Wonderful series Jane. You have made it extremely difficult to select my favorite of the series. I’m leaning to City Window because of its subtle abstract quality. It does not pop like some of the others like Flag a Taxi (nice title) but City Window keeps drawing me back to look again. I also like Don’t Quit for it dynamic range and beautiful tones. Please keep them coming.
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Hi Tim, What a lovely comment- thank you so much. I’m pleased the muted SF window shots appeal to you. A very different vibe than Times Sq. Happy you enjoyed the theme.
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Hi Jane, Yes I do enjoy them. I think the theme is a keeper.
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I really like the look and feel of these images. They are very impressionistic and abstract but certainly convey a feeling of rain. Makes me want to be inside with a cup of coffee.
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Thanks, Jeff. I’ve always loved making these rainy impression shots. Glad you enjoyed. Hope you grabbed your coffee after viewing. 🙂
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Thank you Jane for transforming the beauty of rain, in your wonderful images. I do feel the rain.
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A great compliment when an image takes you there. Thank you so much, Cornelia.
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City Window and London Shoppers are my faves, but I love them all. Anybody can do a beautiful photo on a nice sunny day, but to get great shots in the rain, now that is truly special.
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Hi Linda, What a sweet compliment, thank you. Pleased you enjoyed them!
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Excellent series, Jane. I particularly like “Purple Rain”. Beautiful in its simplicity.
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Thank you, Ken. I was looking down from the Tate Modern and it was fun to see her there all alone. Glad you liked these.
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I can feel it … and it’s cool ..
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How nice, Hal. I’m so glad – thank you. 😊
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Thanks … I’ve had lucid dreams with the feel of your pictures … am I awake … or dreaming …?
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Great photos! Thanks for sharing!
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Your titles are just as stunning as your imagery, Jane. Enjoyed this portfolio.
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Thanks very much, Frank. I have fun cautioning image. Glad you enjoyed the series. 😊
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These are among my favorites if your work Jane, and that’s really saying something. I know you’re working on a series. I can see why!
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That’s so nice, Tina. Thank you.
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You make rain look much more interesting than I think about it! Thanks..lovely pictures..
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Thanks so much, Lee Anne! ☔️
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Each one of these beautiful images really tells a story, Jane!
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Pure visual poetry. Lovely, Jane!
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Karen, Thank you so much. Pleased you enjoyed these. Hope you are having a great start to the new year.
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Loving the rain after a long dry summer! It’s such fun watching the creek come alive as it races out to sea. Almost as good as the awakening of spring. Your rain images bring alive the feeling of the rainy city no matter where you find it! Softening the city’s edges.
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Hi Gunta, I agree, the rain is a welcome relief. Very stormy in SF. So glad you like these rainy city shots. Thank you and hope you are cozy. 😊
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I didn’t know you have such a history with rainy impressions. How long have views like these appealed to you?
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Hi Steve, I’ve loved impressionist and abstract images for as long as I can remember. I enjoy the challenge of creating them. Thanks for stopping by.
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Love it!
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Thanks very much, Rainyshadows! 😊
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Really cool theme with the rain –
The feet/legs in “don’t quit” are sweet and the pops of red (or warm tones) in 3,5,7 and 9 have the post a cool flow
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HI Yvette, Very pleased you enjoyed these. I’m always happy when it rains! Thanks so much. ☔️
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I like rain – but not too much…
I guess it depends – eh?
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