The Great Escape

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“You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us. And the world will live as one.”
~John Lennon

 

Landscapes, Photography, Fujifilm X-T2, Nature, Environment, Solitude, Covid, Social Distancing

Sunrise Float, Sedona

 

Landscapes, Photography, Fujifilm X-T2, Nature, Environment, Solitude, Covid, Social Distancing

Garrapata Solitude

 

Landscapes, Photography, Fujifilm X-T2, Nature, Environment, Solitude, Covid, Social Distancing

Maroon Bells Admiration

 

Landscapes, Photography, Fujifilm X-T2, Nature, Environment, Solitude, Covid, Social Distancing

Crabbing, PNW

 

Landscapes, Photography, Fujifilm X-T2, Nature, Environment, Solitude, Covid, Social Distancing

Tuolemne Escape

 

Landscapes, Photography, Fujifilm X-T2, Nature, Environment, Solitude, Covid, Social Distancing

Cannon Beach Morning

 

Landscapes, Photography, Fujifilm X-T2, Nature, Environment, Solitude, Covid, Social Distancing

Yosemite Rocks

 

Landscapes, Photography, Fujifilm X-T2, Nature, Environment, Solitude, Covid, Social Distancing

Freedom

 

Landscapes, Photography, Fujifilm X-T2, Nature, Environment, Solitude, Covid, Social Distancing

Sunset, Santa Monica

 

“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.”

~Abraham Lincoln 

 

 

Categories: Landscapes, Photography, TravelTags: , , , , ,

110 comments ›

  1. Nuno França Blog
    August 26, 2020 • 2:11 am

    Wow!!!
    Sensational!
    No words to describe!

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  2. Manahil Mansha
    August 26, 2020 • 12:25 am

    So glad to have found your site. Your photographs tell their own unique story. God! I love each one of them

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  3. dreamchasers
    August 11, 2020 • 2:59 am

    You take such beautiful photos. Brilliant skills, you are super blessed.

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  4. Timothy Price
    August 8, 2020 • 9:41 am

    Wonderfully iconic shots.

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  5. Mabel Kwong
    July 30, 2020 • 5:07 am

    As someone said in the comments earlier, you have such a powerful style, Jane. Things seem a bit crazy in your part of the world at the moment. But these shots remind us of how beautiful life can be. Such a variety of shots from different places, each capture a story of its own. I hope to visit some day. Take care.

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    • Jane Lurie
      August 7, 2020 • 3:47 pm

      Hi Mabel, Please forgive my late reply. Pleased you enjoyed these escapes and yes, we are in desperate need of escapes in this part of the world. Sigh.
      Thanks very much for visiting and I hope things are settling back down in Melbourne. Be safe and stay healthy. 💙

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  6. rabirius
    July 25, 2020 • 4:00 am

    Amazing landscapes. Great works, Jane.

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  7. equinoxio21
    July 23, 2020 • 6:25 pm

    Trying to understand how your photography reaches us. You do have such a powerful style…

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  8. Minna
    July 20, 2020 • 12:07 am

    OMG, Canon beach morning! I love it ❤️

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  9. David
    July 18, 2020 • 11:14 am

    We all need one, a great escape from everything. Haven’t been to Sedona, but I haven’t been to Maroon Bells either.

    Hope you’re doing well. Are you still moving furniture to get that right feel? It took us the better part of three months to get the arrangement just right. The only thing that hasn’t moved is the kitty stuff – litterboxes, food stations, and toy basket. 🙂

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  10. Amanda Ricks
    July 18, 2020 • 5:08 am

    Perfect photographs for “escape.”

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  12. Nikhar
    July 15, 2020 • 2:29 pm

    There you have some beautiful pictures.

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  14. anotherday2paradise
    July 14, 2020 • 12:03 pm

    Such relaxing photos, Jane. That sunset is magnificent and the man sleeping on the rock looks so comfortable there. 🙂

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  15. Sagittarius Viking
    July 14, 2020 • 11:54 am

    Lovely post! Your photos always leave me in a positive, happy mood.

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  16. Adrian Lewis
    July 14, 2020 • 12:20 am

    Good idea for a theme – and you can’t do better than starting with John Lennon, though looking at now and looking at history too, its hard to imagine us ever all being one. Crabbing is my out and out favourite here, and I think that would still apply if there were no people present. 🙂

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  17. M.B. Henry
    July 13, 2020 • 3:04 pm

    All of those look pretty amazing – I love the balloons in Sedona!

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  18. YellowCable
    July 13, 2020 • 2:27 pm

    Love your “Cannon Beach Morning”, the fog far away is just like in a dream.

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  19. Andrew Seal
    July 13, 2020 • 8:16 am

    Such an inspiring start to the week Jane seeing all your wonderful photos, particularly this gallery for The Great Escape. Canon Beach morning takes me back to our visit many years ago – stunning; the abstract quality of those Yosemite rocks is beautiful; and perhaps my favourite, Crabbing – I love its stillness, serenity and minimalism – gorgeous. Have a great week ahead 🙂

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  20. Terri Webster Schrandt
    July 13, 2020 • 6:49 am

    Wow, gorgeous shots, Jane! My jaw dropped when I saw your image of Tuolumne Meadows! I’ve been there at least 20 times in my life. We prefer it over camping the the valley. Love the Sedona shot, too, we visited there in early 2018 and experienced 7 inches of snow on New Year’s. Thanks for the arm chair tour and walk down memory lane.

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    • Jane Lurie
      July 13, 2020 • 10:15 am

      Hi Terri, Oh, that’s great! Tuolumne is one of our favorite spots to relax in Yosemite. My husband obviously agrees. 🙂 Having snow in Sedona was gorgeous, I’m sure. Thanks so much for taking a moment to enjoy this- much appreciated. Someday we all will return to these favorite places.

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  21. uzzawal1911
    July 13, 2020 • 4:41 am

    Wow, beautiful photos, worthy of being our wallpapers. They are serene and capture the beauty quite nicely.🙌
    Also, that quote was an eye opener 👌

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  22. harrienijland
    July 13, 2020 • 2:36 am

    Fine set, Jane! good words as well! 🙂

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  23. paula graham
    July 13, 2020 • 2:12 am

    Stunning but stunning photos…and that quotation…if only in was right.

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  24. Yoshimiparis Photographie
    July 13, 2020 • 1:41 am

    on the first image, pretty these hot air balloons in this blue sky and the orange landscape. The image of the mountain and the lake is relaxing

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  25. Graham Stephen
    July 12, 2020 • 11:29 pm

    Wonderful! Lucky that fella was sporting a red jacket – great accent colour for the scene.

    🕉️♾️☮️🙏✨

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  26. Peter Klopp
    July 12, 2020 • 9:34 pm

    Fascinating landscape photos, Jane! I like the one of the Cannon Beach best, perhaps because my wife and I visited this marvellous place in 2012.

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  27. www.corneliaweber-photography.com
    July 12, 2020 • 8:56 pm

    Jane, your Calla Lillie image is just divine, I absolutely love everything about.

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  28. de Wets Wild
    July 12, 2020 • 7:45 pm

    Thank you, thank you, thank you, Jane! Your beautiful images are just the medicine the doctor ordered to stave of depression on a Monday morning! They’re all stunning, but the one entitled “Maroon Bells Admiration” is really speaking to my soul this morning.

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  29. Joe
    July 12, 2020 • 7:13 pm

    Beautiful images Jane

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  30. The Guat
    July 12, 2020 • 5:52 pm

    These are SO GREAT! I’m so liking the ones with the bodies of water Santa Monica sunset, kite surfers, and the guy sleeping by the lake. Love the feeeeeeel of these pics. Thanks for sharing.

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  31. bayphotosbydonna
    July 12, 2020 • 5:16 pm

    Each capture is stunning, Jane! Wonderful quotes too. 🙂

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  32. restlessjo
    July 12, 2020 • 2:01 pm

    That sunrise is amazing, Jane 🤗💕

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  33. bluebrightly
    July 12, 2020 • 1:47 pm

    We need some escapes these days! Thank you. 🙂 I’m drawn to the Cannon Beach seascape and the Yosemite rocks photo – wow, beautiful. All those pilings are composed beautifully in the PNW crabbing shot. Someone looks happy at Tuolemne. 🙂 Have a great week, Jane.

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  34. robert20359
    July 12, 2020 • 1:41 pm

    hi jane, again great and beautiful pictures you have chosen, I like all very much.
    many greetings robert

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  35. Steve Schwartzman
    July 12, 2020 • 12:50 pm

    Those lilies in the second picture make quite an impression. Did you know that garrapata is the Spanish word for ‘tick’ (literally “grabs on with its feet”)?
    You’ve got appealing reflections in the crabbing picture.

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  36. Sue
    July 12, 2020 • 12:37 pm

    Fabulous images, Jane! Love the crabbing image

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  37. wanderessence1025
    July 12, 2020 • 11:51 am

    What gorgeous photos, Jane. I’d love to be in any of these places. I especially love Garrapata Solitude; the photo draws me in! Thanks for taking me on a virtual trip. ~Cathy

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  38. Gunta
    July 12, 2020 • 11:42 am

    Your delightful images take me back to such wonderful days… and scenes. Tuolemne was a pronunciation I always loved to mangle… two-oh-LUM-knee!!! 😀

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    • Jane Lurie
      July 12, 2020 • 7:14 pm

      Haha, Gunta! Indeed! Love your phonetical spelling–I had to check the spelling again when I posted, just in case. It’s always a treat to have a picnic there and bathe in nature. Happy you enjoyed this set– thanks very much. 🙂

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      • Gunta
        July 12, 2020 • 7:55 pm

        I find it interesting to see that you’ve visited so many of the same places I have. Great to get your really good images for revisits. Except for the the foreign travels of course. I don’t expect to venture onto another airplane for what remains of my life… thank you very much! I seem to be having enough fun staying put right where I’m at. 😀

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        • Jane Lurie
          July 13, 2020 • 10:22 am

          Yes, Gunta, we seem to have traveled many of the same paths. Agree, hard to imagine getting on a plane any time soon. It’s hard to imagine anything positive at this point but I am trying by immersing myself in photography and family. 🙂

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  39. sharonbuehler
    July 12, 2020 • 11:27 am

    Really nice..as usual. Really liked the lone person in the distance with foreground of white flowers!

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    • Jane Lurie
      July 12, 2020 • 7:12 pm

      Thanks, Sharon. That was fun when she appeared on the cliff. After what it took to get down to those calla lillies, I’m glad I got some good images with and without people. It’s a famous spot and rightfully so.

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  40. Noortje Russel
    July 12, 2020 • 11:21 am

    Real stunning nature (photography)!
    Love how you ‘composed’ the people in the photo’s, each enjoying the beauty in their own way…

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  41. Eliza Waters
    July 12, 2020 • 11:20 am

    Superb photography, as always, Jane. I find ‘Crabbing, PNW’ particularly compelling– love those lines!

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  42. Jordan Hoggard
    July 12, 2020 • 10:53 am

    Wonderful theme majestically played, Jane.

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  43. Susan Gutterman
    July 12, 2020 • 10:43 am

    Gorgeous escapes, Jane. I’ll take any one of them right now!

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  44. Fabio
    July 12, 2020 • 10:04 am

    Fantastic, Jane! And perfect, as always!

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  46. sloppy buddhist
    July 12, 2020 • 10:00 am

    Always such fine compositions Jane and ahhhhh I’d like to be on Tuolemne Escape…looks peaceful ~ smiles Hedy ☺️

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  47. Prior...
    July 12, 2020 • 9:55 am

    Like the great escape theme – and the photos had such diverse colors escape vibes – the solitude flowers Had such interest with the flowers –
    their different heights And how that velvet yellow contrasted with the layers background –
    😉

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    • Jane Lurie
      July 12, 2020 • 9:59 am

      Hi Yvette, Thank you. So nice to read your positive response. The Calla Lillies at Garrapata are wonderful to see and I was happy to have that person appear in the background. Happy you enjoyed this collection and hope you are doing well.

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      • Prior...
        July 12, 2020 • 10:28 am

        Hi – I missed the person and I zoomed in three times during the exploring of the post. And even now going back I barely see the person – is it top center ?
        —
        Hahah
        Anyhow – I thought you meant the flowers had solitude – So without the person I read more into the flowers and their poised, spaced-out elegance…..
        they have a quiet togetherness vibe- a certain message to suggest maybe we can find our own space while still
        In a community

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  48. plaidcamper
    July 12, 2020 • 9:55 am

    Wonderful photographs, and I particularly liked the crabbing picture. It’s nice to escape through your photographs – thanks, Jane!

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