Guardrail Abstracts

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“What the human eye observes casually and incuriously, the eye of the camera notes with relentless fidelity.” 

~Berenice Abbott

 

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#1

 

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#2

 

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#3

 

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#4

 

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#5

 

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#6

 

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#7

 

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#8

 

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Reality

 

 

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107 comments ›

  4. denisebushphoto
    October 18, 2021 • 1:34 pm

    Wonderful job taking a small subject and making so many wonderful compositions! The two with the embossed bolts are especially intriguing!

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  5. pattimoed
    October 17, 2021 • 11:00 am

    Wow, Jane. You’ve discovered a world totally new to me! Great abstracts in an unlikely place.

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  6. Natasha
    October 17, 2021 • 8:24 am

    Wow, I’m amazed! I kept wondering what could this thing be as I scrolled slowly from one photo to the other. It bears out the quote used at the start of your post and underscores the thought that greater inspection of an object or person can reveal more than meets the eye.

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  7. Paulinaodecho
    October 17, 2021 • 6:30 am

    Intresting

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  8. bluebrightly
    October 16, 2021 • 12:11 pm

    Really wonderful, Jane! It’s crazy how sudsy the white marks look and how three-dimensional they appear in the first photo. The restrained palette in #2 is calmly beautiful. I think that’s my favorite. I also find #3 and #7 appealing because of those bolts. The Abbott quote is a good one and perfect for this. I hope you do more quotidian abstracts, if I can call them that. Have a good weekend!

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  9. BREIZH MA BRO
    October 16, 2021 • 9:43 am

    Très beau coup d’oeil photographique sur des abstractions très agréables à regard. Je découvre ton site, je reviendrai et je m’abonne de suite. Merci pour la découverte de ce beau site de qualité.

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  10. harpiytravel
    October 15, 2021 • 1:57 pm

    Truly Amazing! The last picture makes you wonder and you couldn’t resist going back again to see pictures.

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  11. Andrew Seal
    October 14, 2021 • 3:06 pm

    Wonderfully abstract Jane. Best wishes 🙂

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  12. David
    October 14, 2021 • 2:30 pm

    If everything was left unlabeled, this is what I see … #1 and #5, probably coral. #3 and #8, something gross that’s best left unsaid. #2 and #7, dried up whatever. #4, worse than #3 and #8. #6, encrusted bug. The reality view, you probably don’t have enough wipes to clean your hands, LOL. 🙂

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  13. AndysWorldJourneys
    October 14, 2021 • 12:41 am

    you would never know where the images came from if it wasnt revealed. amazing work

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  14. Diane D'Angelo
    October 13, 2021 • 11:57 am

    Oh Jane, I love this abstract series. I could see them in some fabulous, and very cool industrial space. Love!!

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  15. Ben McNeill
    October 13, 2021 • 9:31 am

    Great photos! I was totally surprised by the reality!

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  16. Brad Wilson
    October 13, 2021 • 7:07 am

    I’m fascinated by the eeriness of these images. They’re like gritty watercolors.

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  18. Dalo 2013
    October 12, 2021 • 9:26 pm

    Ha, this is something beautiful ~ the photos definitely, but more impressive is your eye and how you can find beauty anywhere you look 🙂 That is a gift, especially these days. Wonderful work yet again, Jane, amazed at what you can see.

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    • Jane Lurie
      October 14, 2021 • 12:35 pm

      Hi Randall, Thanks! That’s really nice to read. For me, that’s the thrill- seeing something and realizing it in a photograph. This was a welcome departure and opened my eyes up even more. Great to hear from you and I hope you are doing well. 🙂

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  19. Steve Gingold
    October 12, 2021 • 4:51 pm

    Super abstracts seen by super vision. Nice shots, Jane!

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  20. DiosRaw
    October 12, 2021 • 7:11 am

    Wonderful textures Jane. 🙏🏻

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  21. Adrian Lewis
    October 12, 2021 • 2:36 am

    Wonderful close ups, Jane! 🙂

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  22. harrienijland
    October 11, 2021 • 11:09 pm

    Great set!, Jane. You can get hypnotized by such abstracts and wake up after half an hour or so.. 🙂

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  23. YellowCable
    October 11, 2021 • 2:02 pm

    These are really cool. I can’t imagine what the actual object looks like until the end.. Great captures!

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  24. Murtagh's Meadow
    October 11, 2021 • 12:34 pm

    Amazing

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  26. Suzanne et Pierre
    October 11, 2021 • 8:03 am

    Very intriguing set of images. Fascinating to see all of the details you were able to abstract from this guardrail. Proves that you have to look carefully at your surroundings to see all of its beauty. (Suzanne)

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  27. Graham Stephen
    October 11, 2021 • 4:40 am

    Ha! Nice. All leading up to the big reveal at the end 🙂

    ✨🙏🕉🌱🌿🌳🌻💚🕊☯🐉✨

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  28. paula graham
    October 11, 2021 • 2:56 am

    That proves it , no need to go on eye wateringly expensive holidays to get stunning photos, shows here in your post to its fullest…great stuff.

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  29. Mabel Kwong
    October 11, 2021 • 2:35 am

    This is such a creative take on an ordinary guardrail, and seemed like you really felt Berenice Abbott’s quote. Like Terri said, at first I thought I was looking at water. Sometimes I think we have to slow down and have a closer look to see what we’re looking at. You got a wonderful eye, Jane. Hope you are doing well.

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    • Jane Lurie
      October 14, 2021 • 12:24 pm

      Thanks so much, Mabel. I was so surprised how much they look like ocean foam. I found myself getting lost in photographing these patterns and textures- a perfect escape. And yes, I hold Berenice Abbott’s quote close to my heart. ❤️ Doing well, thanks, and I hope things in Melbourne are good. I was in touch with my friend in Fitzroy after the earthquake. She said it was quite scary. Hope you fared all right.

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  30. Michael Andrew Just
    October 10, 2021 • 10:13 pm

    These are amazing Jane. Great vision!.

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  31. Garima Saxena
    October 10, 2021 • 8:48 pm

    This is what really good photography does, turning the ordinary into extraordinary! I just kept trying to figure out what the pictures were of- an ocean, puddles? In the end, I was just fascinated when I saw the ‘Reality’! Awesome photos!

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  33. michaeldthomasphotography
    October 10, 2021 • 7:10 pm

    Beautiful and creative! I have to remind myself to slow down and you at the beauty of minute details. Great eye and capture!

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  34. Robert Parker
    October 10, 2021 • 7:05 pm

    Hurrah for such an original concept and fascinating shots!

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  35. Susan Gutterman
    October 10, 2021 • 6:49 pm

    These are very interesting, Jane. I really did not know what I was looking at until I saw “Reality”.

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  36. Joe
    October 10, 2021 • 6:49 pm

    It’s really amazing the patterns, textures and beauty only a photographic eye can see. Amazing work Jane 👍🏻

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  38. I hear u
    October 10, 2021 • 5:54 pm

    I agreed to your words. And beautiful photography

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  39. Terri Webster Schrandt
    October 10, 2021 • 5:51 pm

    Whoa, Jane! At first glance, I’m envisioning you leaning over the guard rail looking into the ocean, then getting closeups of the tide. Then I thought frost? Then the full picture–amazing. Gorgeous photography and thanks for sparking our imaginations!

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  40. Ari October
    October 10, 2021 • 4:55 pm

    This is what I love about photography. I notice these little details, and the camera lets me capture what I see and show the world. It’s similar to the type of writing I find myself enjoying… Intimate descriptions of mundane things

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  41. Reed Andariese
    October 10, 2021 • 3:45 pm

    Very interesting images! Enjoyed seeing them!

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  42. sustainabilitea
    October 10, 2021 • 3:19 pm

    I love this sort of thing, Jane. Great job and thanks for showing us where they originated.

    janet

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  43. John
    October 10, 2021 • 2:58 pm

    Wow, the details are so amazing, Jane! I never would have seen the rail in that way. ❤️👏🏻

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  44. Gunta
    October 10, 2021 • 2:51 pm

    “…the camera notes with relentless fidelity.” And lets you see so much more… 🤓
    Love the places you’ve been taking us! ☺️

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  45. Steve Schwartzman
    October 10, 2021 • 2:19 pm

    Who’d have thought there’s so much to single out in guardrails? You did well to provide the last image for context.

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  46. Eliza Waters
    October 10, 2021 • 2:04 pm

    Oh, wow, I’m stunned! You never cease to amaze me, Jane. ❤ ❤ ❤

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