Give Me A Break

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“Don’t shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like.”  

~David Alan Harvey

 

Surf, Ocean, Waves, Photography, Fujifilm X-T2, California, Coast, Nature Photography

Above the Spray

 

Surf, Ocean, Waves, Photography, Fujifilm X-T2, California, Coast, Nature Photography

Offshoots

 

Surf, Ocean, Waves, Photography, Fujifilm X-T2, California, Coast, Nature Photography

The Wall

 

“Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.”  

~Ansel Adams 

 

Surf, Ocean, Waves, Photography, Fujifilm X-T2, California, Coast, Nature Photography

Windblown

 

Surf, Ocean, Waves, Photography, Fujifilm X-T2, California, Coast, Nature Photography

Triple Curl

 

California, Photography, Landscapes, Nature, Fujifilm X-T2, Jane Lurie

Wave Watchers

 

Categories: Black and White, Landscapes, Nature, Photography, WaterTags: , , , , , , , , ,

137 comments ›

  1. LisaDay
    September 18, 2021 • 10:29 am

    I am a fan of colour, but those black and white ones are powerful, almost making the waves looking scary.

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  2. sandyroybessandbugzy
    September 10, 2021 • 10:42 am

    i want to try this. Beautiful movement one can feel the spray in ones face.

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  6. Rosliw Tor Raekül
    September 8, 2021 • 8:41 pm

    I love your photos. I’m trying to follow your page. It doesn’t say I’m following you, but I think your posts are appearing in my reader.

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  8. Andrew Seal
    September 6, 2021 • 4:26 pm

    Your photographs Jane are truly the “creative art” that Ansel Adams describes.

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  9. David
    September 6, 2021 • 11:02 am

    The birds run away faster when the wave washes ashore. 🙂

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  12. The Guat
    September 5, 2021 • 8:14 am

    DUDE! Oh my God! Don’t shoot what it looks like shoot what it feeeeeels like! You totally do this! You taking me to al kinds of places during Covid and pictures give this feeling of wow, that’s something. I wanna be there experiencing that something. Wave watchers ha! I love it 🙂 plus your title I love good titles 🙂 high five to you thanks for posting the awesomeness of waves. Have a good one 🙂

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  14. smoothmasterslim
    September 3, 2021 • 6:04 am

    It have you in deep thought just by looking at it

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  15. Elishasunny
    September 3, 2021 • 1:23 am

    I really learn a lot been quite✌

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  16. bluebrightly
    September 2, 2021 • 6:46 pm

    You certainly followed the advice in the first quote….these are thrilling. I love that moment you caught in the first several photos, it feels like a sharply drawn in-breath. That split-second before the crash…
    I don’t think very many photos of waves look for that instant and it makes these special. I like the way the photos reveal upward and downward and forward motion at the same time – the spray flinging into the air as the wave water is pulled forward and down. The black and whites are just as successful as the color photos. Wishing you thousands more breakers….

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    • Jane Lurie
      September 4, 2021 • 10:15 pm

      Love reading your reaction, Lynn. Thank you. I am transfixed when shooting these, often in continuous mode and seeing the shapes in post is such a surprise. I’m happy you think the black and whites work well…they have a different personality. Can’t wait to get back. 😊 Do you get much wave action? Seems gentler around your spots.

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      • bluebrightly
        September 5, 2021 • 2:55 pm

        It’s way gentler here because it’s so far from the ocean expanse – by the time ocean water reaches the shoreline of any of the islands around here, it’s been funneled down through 90 miles of strait so it loses most of its power. From what I’ve seen it’s only when a high tide combines with onshore winds that you get good-size waves and only two or three times have I ever seen surfers here.
        Funny that you mention continuous mode – I keep telling myself to learn to access that more quickly. I hardly ever use it so I never remember where it is and those moments – birds, the otters – arise suddenly. I could instill the habit by practicing it on waves, even if they’re 1/4 the size of yours. 🙂 The black and whites seem more serious. They lack the color photos’ fun aspect but have more gravitas, don’t you think? We have room for both. 🙂

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  18. naturebackin
    September 1, 2021 • 1:23 pm

    Fantastic shots – frozen poetry!

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  19. Mighty Life Blogger
    September 1, 2021 • 12:48 pm

    Stunning a picture says it all you truly captured the beauty of it all. 🌼

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  21. Steve Gingold
    September 1, 2021 • 1:53 am

    Those are some great break(er)s, Jane. 🙂 Lots of power in those waves.

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  22. equinoxio21
    August 31, 2021 • 11:20 am

    So lovely. The crash of waves is the best lullaby.
    All well?

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  23. Zsoro
    August 31, 2021 • 11:02 am

    Nothing better than crashing ocean waves on the shore 😭

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  26. Micamicx
    August 30, 2021 • 7:52 pm

    i love your photography! it seems like waves are also saying words whew!

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  27. belindagroverphotography
    August 30, 2021 • 2:21 pm

    I do like the “birds eye” view in your last photo 😊. A wonderful series, Jane!

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  28. Murtagh's Meadow
    August 30, 2021 • 12:47 pm

    These are magical

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  29. Gunta
    August 30, 2021 • 12:24 pm

    A magnificent study of spindrift! I LOVE every one! 🌊🌊🌊

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  31. Ellen Jennings
    August 30, 2021 • 9:16 am

    Wonderful series, Jane, I feel like I am right at the ocean’s edge with you.

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  32. Pratik
    August 30, 2021 • 8:36 am

    Beautiful waves and moment of capturing photo

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  33. rkrontheroad
    August 30, 2021 • 7:30 am

    Wonderful, I can almost feel the spray!

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  34. Antonio Mozeto
    August 30, 2021 • 6:49 am

    Loved this ‘Windblown’ B&W image!!!

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  35. James Elkington
    August 30, 2021 • 6:24 am

    These photos are superb Jane. I can almost smell the salt and feel the sea breeze in my face, and hear the roar of the waves. Unfortunately I live in the middle of the UK so a good 2 hours drive before I hit the sea so it is especially nice to see your photos. I keep promising myself that I will have to go and visit the sea again, hopefully it won’t be too long.

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  36. Sri V
    August 30, 2021 • 5:25 am

    Beautiful images. Also the words…they convey the sentiments perfectly 🙂

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  38. thereluctantpoet
    August 30, 2021 • 4:00 am

    Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet and commented:
    Come and Enjoy Jane’s Photos!!

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  40. Toonsarah
    August 30, 2021 • 1:34 am

    Wonderful wave shots – I can almost see the water moving! And I love the first quote in particular, although Ansel is always spot on too 🙂

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  42. picpholio
    August 29, 2021 • 10:49 pm

    Nice captures of the forces of the sea.

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  43. DiosRaw
    August 29, 2021 • 9:35 pm

    Wonderful photography. ♥️

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  44. www.corneliaweber-photography.com
    August 29, 2021 • 8:48 pm

    Your “Break” is just breath taking, dear Jane

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  45. Forestwood
    August 29, 2021 • 8:46 pm

    Ooo I like that first quote, Jane. It does inspire me in my photography.

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  46. C.S. Young Jr.
    August 29, 2021 • 6:46 pm

    Wow, the viewer can feel the awesome power of wind and sea! The forces at play are emphasized by the contrasting tonality. Cool!

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  47. Robert Baum
    August 29, 2021 • 5:41 pm

    Jane any idea what the windspeed was when you took these? Thanks

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  48. Eliza Waters
    August 29, 2021 • 5:17 pm

    I love these, Jane– you have marvelous timing to capture such wonderful results. ❤

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  49. Alison and Don
    August 29, 2021 • 4:29 pm

    Wonderful collection Jane, especially that first one with the bird!
    Alison

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  50. pattimoed
    August 29, 2021 • 4:01 pm

    Beautifully observed and captured, Jane. Lovely drama, too. I can almost feel the ocean spray!

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  51. Heyjude
    August 29, 2021 • 3:57 pm

    Loving these shots. It has been so long since I went to the beach and watched the waves! Winter is best for capturing big waves and the spray or spindrift. I really like the first image in black and white. Not something I do often with a seascape, but it works well here.

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  52. YellowCable
    August 29, 2021 • 3:00 pm

    Wow!! Love how you captured the mist as the waves surged up!!! Wonderful pictures!

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  53. Mike
    August 29, 2021 • 2:39 pm

    I absolutely love the quotes! It took me a long time to understand that my better images follow your first quote. That is not to say I do not love the waves. I could spend hours photographing water.

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  54. sustainabilitea
    August 29, 2021 • 2:24 pm

    And it feels beautiful, Jane!

    janet

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  55. LInda Wyatt
    August 29, 2021 • 2:17 pm

    Love these powerful waves… great photography capturing their detail!

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  56. Kathy Keane
    August 29, 2021 • 1:36 pm

    Love the catchy titles! Can almost feel the spray on my face.

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  57. John
    August 29, 2021 • 1:35 pm

    The beauty of water! ❤️

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  58. Ihagh G. T.
    August 29, 2021 • 1:14 pm

    thanks for sharing various scenes of the beauty in the mobility of nature

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  59. Jane Iwan
    August 29, 2021 • 1:12 pm

    Great, post, Jane. You captured the beauty and power of California’s surf.

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  60. longbull
    August 29, 2021 • 1:07 pm

    Beautiful my favorite is Offshoots
    “You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.” Rumi

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  61. Steve Schwartzman
    August 29, 2021 • 1:04 pm

    The blue tone of Offshoots suits the scene.

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  63. rebecca s revels
    August 29, 2021 • 1:01 pm

    I can almost hear the pounding against the shore..wonderful shots.

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  64. Sue
    August 29, 2021 • 12:48 pm

    You’ve definitely caught the action!

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