“Essentially what photography is is life lit up.”
~Sam Abell
A Sunflower’s Radiance
Robes and Feet
America’s Escape
Falcon
Calendula’s Final Bow
My Little Rowboat
Tomatoes
Watercolors
Barrels
Wall, SF
Aerials, SF
Winter Sunset
Rest in peace, Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Your brilliance and guiding light will always be remembered.
Jane Lurie Photography 
Jane, the colors and composition in these pictures are stunning. I found you from a pingback from Frank’s post about colors. 🙂 Have a great day.
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Hi Marsha, I’m happy you enjoyed these and I’m glad you found me through Frank. Thanks very much🙂
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Frank has talked about you before, and I admire your work. The colors bleeding on the sidewalk has an emotional as well as aesthetic appeal given all the trouble cities have had this past year.
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Interesting interpretation. Thank you. – I shot that in Sydney. Those were the days when we could travel…
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“Those were the days my friend. We thought they’d never end. We’d sing and dance forever and a day….” I didn’t make it to Sydney when I traveled to Australia. I spent time with friends in Melbourne and in Queensland. But your photos are fabulous. 🙂
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OMG! Amazing pictures! All of them!
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Thanks very much, ofsunandsand! Glad you enjoyed. 😄
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Your collection of pictures are really amazing, just so beautiful 🌟❤️
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Thanks so much, Jahnvis. I really appreciate you stopping by. 🙂
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Beautiful! Absolutely stunning work !
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Thanks so much, Angela. Happy you enjoyed this series. 🌈
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Great shots, nice colors, love it !
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🥰 Whoa Dude. Great Work
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Thanks so much, Corraline. 🙂
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Hi Jane, you’ve put together another beautiful series. I could have sworn I commented a week ago but I guess that was all in my head. The sunflower is a stunning opener, so strong! And those feet on the smooth rocks, I love that shot. You were smart to see that!! The falcon is amazing…the rowboat is so appealing. You always do excellent photos of produce but that “Watercolors” image – wow, so cool. Really nice. And the barrels, are perfectly framed. Just straight-on! The wall, the ariels, and the sunset are equally attractive. What a colorful tour! 🙂
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Hi Lynn, I could’ve sworn you did, too. Maybe we are telepathic. 😉 Happy this collection was a bright spot in your day. They are all favorite moments of creating. Thanks so much for your thoughtful response. 🌈
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Winter sunset. Such a great, realistic view. Thank you for sharing,
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Thank you, Gordon. It was a spectacular evening and I couldn’t get down to the beach fast enough. Glad you enjoyed.
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Wowww…goood..
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Thanks so much, MCW. Happy you enjoyed.
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They’re all wonderful but I’m drawn to robes and feet. Go figure since I’m always taking photos of flowers and animals. And we’ll long remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Thanks so much, Barbara. Appreciate your visit and response. 🙂
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Absolutely stunning pics. So bright. So colorful.
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Thanks so much, Gibberish. Happy to brighten your day. 🙂
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Beautiful.
Apart from the colours, the framing is also really beautiful here, Jane.
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Thanks, Rabirius. That means a lot. I really appreciate it.
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One of my very favorite posts of yours. Simply stunning with the perfect dedication. Thanks for your colorful take on the world!
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Thank you so much, Freddie. I’m happy this brightened your day. Hope all is well with you.
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Stunning photographs, Jane. So much color of life here, and a beautiful tribute as well. Wow. An enlightening series, a perfect feeling to combat the sadness and to celebrate the brilliance of the Notorious RBG.
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Thank you so much, Randall. I’m glad these brightened your day and that you felt a fitting tribute to the amazing Notorious RBG. 💙
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A feast to the eye. (My favourite is probably robes and feet, which looks like to be set in Angkor?) That very little boat I may have seen on Fisherman’s wharf…
Keep shooting my dear…
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Hi Brian, Yes, those wonderful feet were found at Angkor. I love to wander around boats…that could be anywhere. 🙂 Thanks very much for taking a look.
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A great shot. Most people don’t look down. Or up!
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So true! Thanks again. 🙂
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Very nice and beautiful capture ! Well done 🙂
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Thank you very much, Erwin. Much appreciated. 🙂
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Love the different perspectives in each photo with the bursts of colors. They are so welcome in the dreary grey cloudy days that we have been witnessing here!
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I’m glad I brightened your day, Beyond. Thank very much! 🙂
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What a lovely and vibrant post.
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I’m happy you enjoyed this collection, Amy. Thanks so much. 😊
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You paint with your eyes Jane and show us the beauty that surrounds us always. Thank you. RIP RBG
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Thank you, Andrew. Let light and color fill our dark days. RBG 💔
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Super photos
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Thanks very much, Arv. 🙂
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Despite the darkness, there is always the possibility of brightness if we look. That is easy to see in your wonderful images, Jane. The darkness does seem to be enveloping us but there is always a weakness and we have to find that.
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Thank you, Steve, for your kind and thoughtful words. We must have hope. 🙂
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These were such beautiful and vibrant pics! I loved the winter sunset and sunflower. This was such a great series of photos in honor of such a bright and light in our freedoms. Great job! Thanks for posting 🙂
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Thank you so much, Guat. Glad you enjoyed this bright spot- and that’s what RBG was to us. ☺️ Appreciate your visit.
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Wow. Landscapes, macro, wildlife, abstracts; all stunning. Is there anything you don’t excel at? RIP, RBG.
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That’s so nice to read, Dave. I do like to mix it up, 🙂 Tough times but hopefully there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. (It’s just really hard to see it!)
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What a palette of color. Especially like the falcon’s close-up and the sunset. (The sunset at Kiawah?)
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Thank you, David. Both of those were from my SC days. Yes, a magnificent winter evening on Kiawah. I couldn’t run down to the beach fast enough! Glad you enjoyed these. 🙂
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Wow!
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Thanks, MM! 🤗
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Fabulous photos. I keep repeating myself! Love the calendula, the falcon and the sunflower. You have to most amazing eye for detail.
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Thank you, Jude. There’s so much beauty out there to be found. Very happy you enjoyed these. 🙂
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You have such an amazing eye, Jane. I am drawn to the painterly effect in America’s Escape and the wonderful composition and color contrast in Calendula’s Las Bow. I’m so saddened that RBG’s passing will be so politicized.
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Thanks so much, Susan. I felt lucky to have been in Snowmass on year for their balloon fest and as you may know, I love flowers that are past their prime. Such troubling times but let’s be thankful for all RBG accomplished for us.
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I think this is one of my fave posts of yours ever. I’m a magpie for bright colours and this captured my attention in the most joyous way.
RIP RGB 😦
Alison xo
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I’m so glad, Alison. This made my day. And may RBG’s legacy carry on forever. Thanks very much. 💙
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My life and my senses.
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I’m glad this spoke to you, Paula. Thank you so much. 💙
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Stunningly beautiful photography, Jane! ❤️
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Thank you very much, John. Happy you enjoyed!💙
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A stunningly beautiful array of photos of the colourful world we live in, Jane!
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Thank you, Peter. Happy to send some color to brighten your day. 🙂
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Your kind wish has been fulfilled today, Jane. For the first time in many weeks we had our first solid rain and is said to continue throughout the night.
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Envious. Enjoy!☔️
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I kept going back to the falcon..the details of feathers and beak and the pretty colors of the background. All are beautiful, Jane.
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Hi Sharon, I’m happy the falcon caught your eye in particular. That was an amazing and fruitful day at the Awendaw Bird Center. Thanks so much and hope you are safe up north. You’ve been in my thoughts.
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Some amazing photographs.
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Thank you, Bruce. Glad you enjoyed these.
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what a beautiful, STUNNING collection of photos Jane. Amazing! Feeling the loss of RBG even here in Australia i am following the election very closely. probably because of our lockdown lol!
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Thank you, Andy. Glad you enjoyed this collection. Sad times here…appreciate you following along and for your support. It’s been very challenging to say the least. 😦
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Your photography brings a smile to one’s soul!
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Thanks so much, Susan and John. We need more smiles these days. 🙂
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Spectacular images Jane
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Thanks, Joe. That means a lot. 🙂
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Stunning images Jane.
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Thanks so much, Göran. 🙂
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What a brilliant post, Jane. I don’t remember seeing the striking image of the falcon before. Love your tribute to RBG.
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Thank you, Jane. I photographed Falcon at the Awendaw Bird Center. What a cool place. We must remember RBG as we go forward. 💙
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Thank you for bringing some color to our black and white (en)visioned lives 😉
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Thank you so much, Jerry. Bleak times call for some color.
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Welcome 🙏
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Off to share. Just sublime!
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Thank you very much!
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Wonderful way of starting my day. Thank you!❤🧡💛💚💙💜
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Hi Mara, Thanks so much for stopping by and I’m happy this brightened your day. 💙
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You’re welcome. Have a nice day 😁☀️💓
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Wonderful colours, Jane; the sunflower gets to me the most. Also very sorry to hear about RBG, and certainly sad to contemplate the place that the USA is in at this time. Adrian
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Hi Adrian, Happy you enjoyed these and the sunflower especially. That was a good challenge studying it up close.
Thanks for your kind words during these troubling and sad times. 💙
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Stay safe, my friend, and take care.
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Thanks, you too. 🙂
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Very beautiful! A cornucopia of chroma. I do 🤍 “Watercolors”.
✨☀️🙏🕉️♾️☮️🙏☀️✨
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Thank you, Graham. I shot Watercolors outside a museum in Sydney. I was thrilled to see those reflections. 🙂
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great collection, Jane. I also tried a couple of times getting such a photo of a sunflower. But, I failed up to now. So often I tried, I wasn’t satisfied with the result.
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Thank you, André. I lucked out with a good specimen. It took quite a bit of experimenting with angles, exposure and composition. Glad you enjoyed this collection. 🙂
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Maybe, that’s the reason. Nevertheless, well done 😊
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What a lovely saturated tribute to the amazing RBG! I kept trying to think of a way to pay homage, but came up blank. I very much like your take!
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Thanks so much, Gunta. I’m glad you enjoyed the remembrance. RBG sure was a vibrant and accomplished woman.
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Wow, beautiful shots, really! The clarity and the radiance of life in each of the photos. Such a good perspective on everyday encounters. Well done! 🙌
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I’m pleased you enjoyed this collection, Ujjawal, and that you enjoyed the “extraordinary everyday”. Thank you so much. 🙂
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Such a nice tribute to RBG
And at first I was going to
Say that I bet you had a lot of fun putting these colorful photos into a post / but then it ended with the tribute and so maybe not as fun as I thought –
Thanks for the color splash – top three are the wall in SF, the feet in the robes and feet, and the way the falcon seems to be in sync with the flower after it…
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Hi Yvette, It’s sad that we lost RBG but her vibrant and accomplished life inspired this post so let’s be happy about that. How it all pans out will remain to be seen. Happy you enjoyed the images and those in particular. Thank you!
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Hello Jane, great photos👍 Robes and Feet: that’s incredibly beautiful, almost a painting! Greetings to California.
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Hi Detlef, Happy you like Robes and Feet in particular. A favorite photography moment in SE Asia. Thanks very much and warm wishes to you, too. 🙂
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🙏🙏🙏💛💛
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Thank you very much, Therese. 💛
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Jane , your choice of colors is truly fantastic, they portray such positivity , such sunflowers put immediately a smile on my face. Just as Ruth Bader Ginsburg had always such a pleasant smile even in difficult times.
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I’m pleased you enjoyed this tribute, Cornelia. It’s amazing all the things RBG accomplished. May her inspiration carry on. Thanks very much. 🙂
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A perfect tribute for RBG! Thanks so much, Jane!
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Thank you very much, Fabio. 🙂
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That’s quite a falcon portrait; don’t recall ever seeing one like it.
It’s etymologically correct for a photograph showing a sunflower’s ray florets to bear a caption with radiance in it. The words radiance, radiate, radius, and ray are all closely related.
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Thank you, Steve. I shot this at a wonderful bird sanctuary in South Carolina. I am glad I aptly captioned the sunflower image. 😉
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I love this visual eulogy to RBG, Jane. I gather she would smile, accept, and honor the gesture like she did her whole life, especially with her and Marty. Such a binary star solar system pair. Thank you for remembering her here in these epic shots. The riotous orange on several of them stand out as RBG simply opening her mouth to speak. Such presence. Such prowess. Such grace of refinement without ever a stuffy word in the lot. She reminds me that it’s not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog. And, she fought with poetic justice, a balance where the heart weighed against a feather… and I gather the feather conceded to her, and she may have even invited it for dinner after.
Thank you for this post. I take a dep breath and nod. Rich and saturated colors. That feels like RBG.
Amen has lost its meaning.
A(wo)men. Awomen-hotep
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Hello Jordan, I just loved reading your reaction to my post with its wonderful analogies so appropriate for RBG. She was a force and an inspiration who accomplished so much in her long life. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. May we hope that her good work carries on.
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You’re most welcome. She is one of my heroes With Carl Jung, Julia Morgan, Friedrich Nietzsche, Harriet Tubman, and William Blake all tied for 1st place… or rather on my Historical Friend A-Team.
May we hope that her good work carries on. I call RBG La Force, which in Tarot is the Strength card about natural inner animal power of voice, as deep a well of raw Nature as refined prowess in clarity of vision through voice.
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What a beautiful collection of colours Jane…I like how you threaded them together…and a beautiful way to celebrate Ruth’ life. Sending all good things ~ hedy ☺️💫
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Thanks so much, Hedy. I’m glad you enjoyed this remembrance. 🙂
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Breathtaking sunflower photo. You must have a good camera?
The consequences of Ruth’s passing are worrisome.
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Thanks very much, Amanda. I shot the sunflower with a Nikon and a wonderful 24-70mm 2.8 lens. Indeed, RBG passing comes at an extremely troubling time.
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One hopes that common sense or a surprise will prevail.
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Truly great pictures Jane. This IS colour! And a worthy farewell to an, as I understand, more then inspiring person.
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Thank you, Peter. I’m glad you enjoyed the vibrant shots. Yes, RBG was the epitome of vibrancy. 🙂
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Wow! Stunning work, Jane. <3<3<3
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I’m so glad you enjoyed these colors, Eliza. Thanks very much. 🙂
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Absolute gorgeous collection of colorful images – they brighten my day! Thanks, Jane.
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Hi Stephen, Just what I hoped for. Thanks so much. 🙂
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