By Vladimir Brezina
This week’s Photo Challenge is Green.
Kayaking around New York Harbor, we see quite a few green sights…
A second “Green” post is here.
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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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How nice and creative for this theme !
Thanks!
I especially love Liberty… had forgotten she was green :-)
… although I am not sure what color she is now, after Sandy…
Hear, hear! I’ve seen lots of pretty nature shots as a response to this challenge, so it’s good to find something different.
Yes, I tried to steer clear of nature here—a bit too obvious!
I love the swimmer shot…. where were you standing?
Not standing, but sitting… in a kayak, paddling along with the swimmer. The story is here.
Keeping a tiny plastic tube afloat AND taking photographs.
That is mighty impressive to a woman who tends to prefer imaginary rowing from the viewpoint of a sofa.
You left out the paddling part ;-)
Actually, the boat keeps itself afloat, and the paddling is not especially hard during these races since kayaks are intrinsically faster than swimmers, and you have to hold back to paddle at the swimmer’s pace. So it indeed is mostly a matter of just sitting there and taking photographs :-)
Oh, yes. That puts a different perspective on it. SITTING DOWN and taking photographs. That sounds like a perfect day out. Good work!
LOL!
Very appropriate and creative! And, it’s right in my own backyard!
:-) Thanks!
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I like the tugboat race. Because that’s not something you get to say very often. Tugboat race. Tugboat race. Cool!
Not something you get to say often, or see! :-)
I particularly like the buoy; but better still is the crane barge and accompanying rubbish (?) – such a contrast with the frequent association of green with environmentalism.
Well, the rubbish was in fact metal being collected for recycling, so it’s a little ambiguous there…
The bright pop of green in each photo was great — different than any other response I have seen so far! ~ Kat
Glad you liked it!
These are great!
Thanks!!
I could go for some green.
Your own blog is very green… :-)
Great selections for the green! The first one says something about “green”…
It does indeed! Actually, I only thought of that later…
Wow! You have some serious green focal points in some of these images!
Great work! Z
Draws attention to the color… Thanks, Z!
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Awesome!
Thank you!
wonderful perspectives :)
Thanks, Jenn!
Great selections and very different too.
Nancy
Thank you, Nancy!
First picture is my favorite. It’s like a monster :D
It is indeed—a green monster! Thanks for following our blog!
Nice perspective on green.
:-)
Really great shots – a green color maybe better catch our eyes around a harbor than many other colors..? :-)
Yes, green and, even more, red:
That lime green crane is intense!
:-) :-)
Super green – what kind of birds are those hanging around on the buoy?
Cormorants—they are to be found sitting on all such structures around the harbor.
I like the tugboat race photo:
http://windagainstcurrent.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/dsc_0538-cropped-small.jpg
More photos from that day—some of them even green—are here…
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I like the last picture best. I wonder what those birdies are talking about. Looks like they have a jolly good conversation!
I mean.. I would being up there ;)
Sorry to disappoint you, but cormorants are usually pretty silent… they’ve seen it all ;-)
Oh, these are very well done. I like how you chose pictures that highlight green rather than just have a lot of green in ‘em. Excellent take on the theme. I’m not too sure which is my favorite…maybe the last one. The two black birds set off the green nicely.
Yes, just a touch of green (in this case) is more powerful than green everywhere…
Wonderful- just how many photos do you both have?
Not as many as I would like—but I am working on it!
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Great green shots!
Thanks so much!
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it’s amazing how a simple scenery can bring magic to a trained eye.
Yes, once the viewer is well trained ;-)
Nice green pictures.
Thanks, Connie!
Unusual greens, love it.
Thank you very much!
Like the garbarge shot!
:-) Thank you!!
You can’t miss THAT buoy!
If you come that close, if you are a ship of any size, you will run it right over ;-)
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These pictures stand out from the rest of the greens.
Thanks!! :-)
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Great greens — very original selections!
Thanks, Jeni!