By Vladimir Brezina
I saw this scene as the light was fading this afternoon in New York City’s Central Park (it was autumnal and chilly, by the way)…
What upcoming Photo Challenge should I reserve this photo for, do you think?
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Vladimir Brezina
... has kayaked the waters around New York for over a decade in his red Feathercraft folding kayak. He comes originally from (the former) Czechoslovakia and has lived in the U.K. and California before settling down in New York. He is a neuroscientist at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City.Johna Till Johnson
... is a kayaker and technology researcher at Nemertes Research. She's an erstwhile engineer, particle physicist, and science fiction writer. She was born in California and has lived in Italy, Norway, Hawaii, and a few other places. She currently resides in New York City.Recent Comments
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Hi Vlady ! I think for a Dream challenge or Magic Moment challenge ;-)
Good evening
Great suggestions!
Do they have the “Wow, that’s really, really beautiful!” challenge?
:-) Thanks, Bonnie!
I agree! that is so beautiful!
This is one of the most beautiful images I’ve ever seen. Great capture! :)
Thanks!!
Vlad, you do manage to capture beauty on land and in water. Amazing picture – peaceful, colorful, and so beautiful. Photo challenge Peace/Beautiful
Thanks, Shaanthz—great ideas!
Oh WOW! That’s the only thing I could say…
:-)
Unbelievable photo, Vlad. I like all the previous suggestions, but I say save it for the Two-in-One Challenge.
I’ll be sure to use it for that when that comes round!
Fantastic! She looks like some mythic goddess from another time…
Her makeup is contemporary, though ;-)
So hard to get it right with a piece of charcoal and some berries…
LOL…
Beyond words… Thank you Vlad!
Thank you, Amy!
I love this…unreal, serene, and beautiful!
:-)
Amazing! What an unforgettable image!
:-) :-)
the birthing faery goddess photo challenge?
Sounds good!
Oh my – I’m going to go pretty much with Renchick: Magical, serene, beautiful!
Thank you!!
Amazing pict !!!!
Thanks!!
Pregnant? Or is that too obvious?
Agree with all the above. I suppose ‘magic moment’ is most apt.
“Magic moment” is good! :-)
That is beautiful! And I like “magic moment”….
Me as well….She looks like being in peace with herself and the world….She is in communion with the baby inside her…There is no way the baby can not feel it!!!
This is really a special moment, just an amazing shot!
Thanks, Naomi!
Possible one-word photo challenges: mystical, serenity, life, calm, wonder. Other possibilities: (wo)man & nature; photo w all colors of the rainbow prominent, but no actual rainbow
Thanks!!
No rainbow. I think she was feeling the cold—fortunately it wasn’t damp as well… ;-)
This is beautiful! For the challenge, I’d say motherhood, love, life
Great ideas!
mother nature and mother all at work at the same time – fantastic
The motherhood theme does seem to be prominent, or at least incipient…
Truly beyond words….
I love it!
Great!
So great captured, an amazing photo… :-)
Just love it..! ;-)
Thanks so much!
an ‘In my dreams’ challenge – as would love to be able to take shots like you
But you can! I’ve seen some of yours… :-)
These are my suggestions:
Waiting
Love
Excellent suggestions!
Thanks.
When I look at that beautiful image, I see “connected”. Connected to her unborn child, connected to nature, connected to spirit.
“Connected” is great!
A truly magical photo, Vlad! Hope, expectation, reflection, dream?
“Dream” is in there somewhere, I think… Thanks, Lynn! :-)
Awesome picture… She looks so peaceful and dreamy..
She does :-)
So beautiful Vlad!
Thanks, Madhu!
so beautiful!
Thanks so much!
I agree skinnywench and bambusasolutions this beautiful picture is nature-made all the way :)
Goddess of nature? :-)
Absolutely gorgeous photo :)
Thank you, Marianne!
Daydream, Suspension (as in a state of), Between (the point between the changes in life), Before.
Thanks, Mad Queen! :-)
The composition is lovely, I also like the glow of light beyond the trees in the back ground it lifts the whole photo.
Mike
Yes… evening colors, and the last rays of the setting sun…
Oh Boy- I hope you can get her a copy- you should !! Its magical!
Don’t know who she is…
Maybe you will see her wandering again…
Wow! What a gorgeous photo. I hope you were able to connect with her and give her a copy.
Anticipation
Love
Mother earth
No idea who she is. Thanks for these excellent suggestions!
Beautiful dreamer. Reminds me of an outdoor production (Heaton Park, Manchester) of A Midsummer Night’s Dream long ago. Gorgeous Titania and the bonus of child within. Fabulous shot Vladimir
A staged tableau or a play—definitely on the right track there :-)
This is your best yet, Vlad, it’s perfect. Mother Nature.
Mother Nature, rendered by one of the Pre-Raphaelites, for instance ;-)
Shazaam. Seriously, Vlad, can’t get this image out of my mind’s eye. So, so lovely.
Yes, but isn’t it (understandably under the circumstances) a bit too theatrical, especially in the colors? That’s why I mentioned the Pre-Raphaelites—that was not necessarily a compliment ;-)
Haha, but you should know by now, Vlad, I adore the theatrical. ;)
Yes, I suspected that, somehow…
Stunning!! Very dreamy and fairy like.
Yes :-)
Sweet portrait Vlad…so unusual.
Not my usual… but this scene was just there, in front of me :-)
Perfectly Composed ;-)
Thanks ;-)
i saw the title of this post and thought, ‘wow, i really have been off the grid!’
what an amazing image; it’s as if she was perched there and waiting for someone to take her photo! great great job!
z
Well, now that you mention it—she was perched there waiting for someone to take her photo :-)
:Taking a load off” – great shot Vlad – a real winner. :)
Glad you think so !! :-)
Lovely shot! What about ‘waiting’?
Excellent suggestion!
Exceptional – a fairytale, a love of nature, a beautiful balance of colour…
Thank you!! :-)
Lack of words here… The magic of motherhood. The colours and everything. Maybe the way you see the surrounding world when the only thing that matters is – the new life coming. Surreal in a way.
Yes, definitely surreal—especially the colors :-)
Wow!!! I am breathless looking at this…such a beautiful harmony & contrast of colours…thanks for stopping by Island Vignettes.
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Stunning! Photo Challenge: Curves
Interesting idea—yes! :-)
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Such a beautiful and tender photo!
:-) :-)
That baby is gonna have one very beautiful momma picture.
At least in virtual reality, since I don’t know who she is ;-)
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I didn’t have the patience to read through ALL the comments, but you mean to tell me that shot wasn’t staged? That makes it all the more magical and marvelous!
Well, it wasn’t staged by me. But it was a photo shoot of some kind—a relatively low-key, amateur one—that I piggybacked on. I took my photo; I have no idea what kind of photo the actual photographer was after… :-)
Those kinds of things can be seen in Central Park often. Here’s another one from just yesterday:
Oh what fun. Once in awhile I’ll run into something like that on the beach… or more often get asked to shoot a pic so a couple can have one with both of them in the shot.
Central Park is just a magnet for these kinds of happenings, but you see them in the Manhattan streets too now and again. The low-key ones are often film students doing a project, or a store making an ad for itself. But especially in our neighborhood on the Upper East Side, there are often shoots of mainstream movies—sometimes in the summer there is one every couple of days, it seems—and they block entire streets… A bit inconvenient, but fun to watch!
Wow! Stunning!
Peace, harmony, fairytale….definitely Fairytale! :)
Fairytale is a good one!
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