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 (RIP)
... kayaked the waters around New York for more than 15 years in his red Feathercraft folding kayak. He was originally from (the former) Czechoslovakia and lived in the U.K. and California before settling down in New York. He was a neuroscientist at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. He died in 2016.Johna Till Johnson
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So glad you didn’t save it, it is just so perfect for sharing.
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:-) Thanks for following our blog!
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Just stunning–the color, the life, the light, the promise
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Thanks, Stephanie!
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This is an amazing photo, Vlad. We just need the fairy dust and the fairy lights and this can be transformed into a fairy tale.
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On that evening, Nature did her best to provide the fairy lights and dust :-) Thanks, Gracie!
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Thank you for so perfectly capturing this amazing moment. Your image is so perfectly dreamy. That’s why I have named it “A Moment In 9 Months”.
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:-) Thanks, Harold! And thanks for following our blog!
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Absolutely beautiful, Vlad! So glad you didn’t let this moment get away uncaptured! ;-)
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Couldn’t let this one get away! :-)
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how beautiful!! i’m glad you have captured this so we can see it as well! ^^
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Glad it came out! :-)
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I couldn’t resist, Vlad, you are my muse this week. ;)
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I am honored indeed! Thanks for sending all your readers my way… :-)
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I am constantly amazed at the wonderful eye you have for composition. It was a great photo and Ailsa gave you a great shout for it too.
Nancy
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Ailsa sure did! Thanks so much to her, and to you!!
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What a lovely photo. Looking at the comments above…..
I had to suppress a chuckle. She probably lay on the log to have a rest and then could not get up again!
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That day, she would have gotten a serious chill if so. But actually, the explanation is quite prosaic (at least if you remember this is NYC)—see Gunta’s thread above…
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I think you definitely captured a “pregnant pause” here – wonderful image
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I like “pregnant pause”…
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Had to return ‘….for I can’t lose the memory of that girl in the woods’ Was it Frankie Lane who sang, Remember Me? Of course it was ‘….remember for the rest of your life’
Oh Vladimir, see what your beautiful shot has done? Taken me down memory lane to re-discover a world filled with dreams…mine!…and why not?
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That’s wonderful, Pamela—I am so glad it’s done that for you :-)
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Stunning photo.
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Thanks!!
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I can only aspire!
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Just had to be in the right place at the right time with this one…
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Beautiful, did you share your photo with the girl?
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Don’t know who she is…
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Seems you don’t have to wonder what challenge to use it for – you know it’s a great shot when … Ailsa’s created a challenge inspired by your shot.
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Yes, Ailsa certainly answered that question for me! It’s Mystical… :-)
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Lovely shot!
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Thanks, Jennifer!
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can’t take may eyes of her….
beautiful composition
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Thank you so much! :-)
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Just one more reason I love New York. I’m going to be passing through yet again in January. A bit cold.. but will try my best to find some awesome photos options and possibilities. Would love some insight into January places for photos.. (I never have trouble finding great shots but would love some from a native).
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Depends whether it snows or not. If there is fresh snow on the ground, then the parks offer some great shots. The streets in downtown Manhattan are always good, no matter what the weather—always some surprising things to be seen!
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Street scenes are my favorite.. very excited for it..thanks.
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I’ll confess to being a fan not only of the Pre-Raphaelites but of saturated color. I even like all that yellow in the background.
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:-) Just the shot for you, then!
I like saturated color too but all the saturated colors next to each other in one shot can be a bit much—although very appropriate for this scene!
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What a beautiful shot Vlad! What about ‘inner peace’ as a theme?
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Great suggestion, thanks!
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Wow! Pure Magic. This will be good for “Enchantment”.
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Most definitely, when that comes round!
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what a lovely photo.
The image says to me “new bloom” :)
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Thanks, amira! :-)
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“One with the Earth”
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Good one, Andrew!
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“Serenity”, that is how I felt by looking at this beautiful photo.
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Great suggestion—thanks, Marianne!
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I don’t know what challenge to put that one in. I’m sure one will come up eventually. One thing is for sure, you didn’t waste the opportunity to capture that moment. That is a great shot.
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In a way, the appropriate challenge has already come up. It’s “Mystical”, proposed by Ailsa of “Where’s my backpack?”, and inspired, according to her, by this photo… :-)
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Beautiful!!!
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Thank you!!!
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I can’t believe you just happened upon this woman! How lucky for you! She does look like someone out of Midsummer Night’s Dream. And then that you happened to have your camera and were able to take the picture without being noticed. What serendipity. Wonderful photo with a rainbow of gorgeous colors. :-)
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Midsummer Night’s Dream :-) Yes!
Well, sometimes one get lucky! But a big part of luck is just getting out there and taking lots of pictures… :-)
Thanks for following our blog!
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You’re welcome! I thought I was already following it, but you can see how disorganized I am! I have trouble keeping up with so many wonderful blogs…. :-)
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Actually, most likely you already were following it, but WordPress screwed up. WordPress tends to drop followers now and again. I’ve seen other followers of our blog need to resubscribe, and conversely I’ve had to resubscribe to blogs I was already following…
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Bizarre! Anyway, glad to be here with you. :-)
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And we are glad to have you here with us! :-)
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Tree of lIfe!
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Great suggestion!
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Love the colors she is wearing.
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Almost as if she picked them to complement the setting…. ;-)
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You know when I see wonderful images crying out to be photographed I never have my camera with me.
This is stunning.
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I’ve learned the hard way that I should always take my camera with me wherever I go, but I still lapse pretty often…
Thanks!!
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Talk about fertile creatures of the forest…even in the middle (earth) of NYC. Excellent find and captured perfectly…
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Fertile creatures of the forest… middle earth… :-) Nobody has made that connection yet, but I can totally see it!
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How about, “Photo Challenge: Ethereal.”
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“Ethereal” is great!… Although others have suggested “Earthy”, which would seem to be almost the opposite—you guys will just have to fight it out ;-)
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This is a great capture, almost surreal.
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:-) Thank you!!
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I agree with all the comments. It’s an incredibly beautiful photo. I hope that you one day stumble on the woman again so that you can share with her the amazing image you captured of her. Pregnancy is such tough work for most of us and I think if she could see that image it would make her day.
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Yes :-) Although, of course, she already does have some photos of herself taken there that day, those produced by the “official” photographer… (It was an informal photo shoot of her that I stumbled upon.)
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may I share this image via Pininterest?
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By all means, go ahead! :-)
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Nice Vladimir! In Spring, new life I think is an obvious choice.
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Thanks!! (This was in November, but by the time the baby is born it might almost be Spring…)
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