By Vladimir Brezina
Yesterday at dusk, just as the heaviest snow started to come down in NYC, we ventured out into Central Park—
(More photos are here.)
Now, the next morning, the storm is over and the sun is peeking out. Time to go back into the park for a few more shots!
... 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.
... 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.
Nice set of Photos!!!
Pedro.
Thanks, Pedro!
3rd from end and 5th from end were my favourites…..lovely magical snow
It always is as it’s coming down—it’s later that it becomes problematic…
Only if we fight against it :-)
Thanks for taking us along on the stroll through the snow. I love that big tree in the opening photo! If the sun is out, and you’re out there capturing the light and shadow, i expect some amazing photos soon!
z
Got some yesterday, I hope (it’s now Sunday morning)—still sorting them out…
They’re all lovely photos, but the lamp post shots are my particular favorites. Are you sure you didn’t wander into Narnia? :) Enjoy the snow!
That’s exactly what I said at the time: “Look Vlad, we’re in “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe”! Unfortunately he hasn’t read the book, so he didn’t get the reference… :-( I am hoping he’ll read them sometime soon!
Nice shots :-), the best for me is that with the intrepid jogger : a bit of red into a sea of snow…
Yes, the few splashes of color did catch my eye :-)
As I scrolled down through your post, I kept thinking “Oh, this is the best photo – I have to mention it in my comment. No, wait, this is the best one – no, THIS one…” Anyway, what sticks in my mind at this point are the treetrunks gilded – silvered? – with snow, and the two pictures with the red-jacketed jogger and the green umbrella as the only flashes of color in the landscape, and the snow blowing past the lamppost. Wonderful images.
:-) Vlad is very entertaining when he takes photos. Re: the splashes of color–we had just started out when he stopped suddenly and said, “Wait, THEY are colorful!” It was a man and a woman, the man in an orange jacket, the woman in pink. Looking at them, I could see how they’d translate into one of these photos—but I wouldn’t have seen that on my own!
beautiful
Thank you! :-)
Simply great :-)
Thanks!! :-)
Wonderful snow scenes, Vlad. Love the green umbrella one, and also the grey tree trunks with the tiniest bit of brown branch attached. :)
That’s why color photography is good, after all, even on a day like this :-)
great photos. I’m envious, wish I were there too.
Since you weren’t, I am showing you the photos… :-)
So beautiful — amazing how that blanket of white transforms everything! ~ Kat
… before people trample over it. The next day, Saturday, there must have been tens of thousands of people in the park. Photos coming up!
Narnia all the way
:-)
Gorgeous! I truly miss the four seasons of my Midwest childhood. Thanks!
A good snowstorm is hard to beat! :-)
Snow on tree branches–I miss seeing that. Waking up to a snowy wonderland after the first big storm of the season was one of my favorite winter moments when I was a child. This brought up those memories–thank you.
You are most welcome—I know just what you mean!
You brought back great memories of doing the same thing in Central Park!
I am glad to have brought back great memories… :-)
Snow in New York looks romantic. Snow in Canada looks cold.
In New York it’s romantic because after the brief jaunt into “nature” you can always take a taxi and be home in a few minutes drinking hot chocolate ;-)
It must have been a thrilling event!
Definitely! (But see my response to menomama’s comment just above…)
Miss Z made it back through no snow to lots of blowing snow here – she did so want to see Central Park like this, now she can! So much for the storm of the century…
Glad she made it!
Here in NYC the storm has definitely fallen short of being the storm of the century, but things may be different further north…
Beautiful snow scenes!
Thank you, Lisa!
You certainly got blasted! WOW!
These pix are great!
Thanks!! :-)
So beautiful!
Thank you, Angeline!
Very nice!
Thank you!
so glad you got the snow! my youngest son lived on the upper west side for a few years, so it is all familiar, although i did not see it looking white! now he shows me photos of snow in paris ;-)
Snow is spreading all over the world—must be global warming ;-)
Beautiful photos of a tough event…in Mass, we just got plowed out today!
By all accounts, you got it much worse up there than we did here…
love the contrast of the “absence of color” of the snow and trees against the color of the stoplights! beautiful!
Yes, that’s quite a startling and beautiful feature of the park in winter, especially with snow on the ground. You can see a long way through the bare trees, and there’s always a stoplight or two—or of course the Narnia lamps—visible somewhere, just as a reminder that this is man-made nature…
Great shots, Vladimir! It seems hard to believe that you are in the middle of New York city. The snow seems to have created a bubble around you that dropped you into another world.
Thanks, Greg! Yes, that’s very much how it feels sometimes, not just in the snow but even in the summer, when the lush foliage hides all traces of the city… :-)
I’ve never touched snow in my life. I went to USA in 1999, to Texas :)
Nice pics to share!
Thank you! Yes, the appeal of snow is hard to explain—it does have to be experienced… :-)
Love the photos. I hope you are coping with all of the snow.
Thanks! The snow is not a big problem here in NYC… much worse further north!
What beautiful pictures! We have had only a morning of snow here in Cornwall, Uk. :!
Well, not much different here, actually. This was the first real snow in NYC all winter…
Brrr. I can see this was a sideways snow, not a pretty gentle down-falling one. Glad it wasn’t any worse, and your power stayed on! I like the textures on the 5th one, and the way the 7th one shows how people cope.
The people coping were mostly tourists; the locals wisely stayed home—until the next day, when it was sunny and tens of thousands were out sliding and skiing in the park (photos forthcoming) :-)
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Brrr. It looks so cold there now! Love your photos, which make me yearn for winter! I haven’t experienced winter in two years, but next year, for sure I will. :-)
It certainly makes a nice change from eternal summer ;-)
I’m sure it does! :-)
You make snowy days look enchanted! Thank you for sharing those beautiful photographs :)
You are most welcome… snow does that! :-)
I love the contrasting red runner’s top & yellow umbrella
A little splash of color goes a long way on a day like that… :-)