By Vladimir Brezina
This is a second post in response to this week’s Photo Challenge, Green. The first Green post was here.
On the second night of our kayak trip down the Hudson River from Albany to New York City in May 2011, we camped on the thickly wooded Magdalen Island. As the sunlight filtered through the fresh spring leaves, it was one of the Greenest sights I’ve ever seen…
The story and more photos are here and here.
... 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.
... 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.
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There’s nothing like the new green of spring time. So lush and beautiful.
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And here it was all around, literally—not just in the leafy canopy overhead, but fresh green leaves and shoots were springing up everywhere underfoot too :-)
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Ooh, lush. :)
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Helped by the drenching thunderstorm that came up on us soon after the first four of these photos were taken ;-)
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Sooooo green against all those primary colors especially the yellow hat! Nice and fresh.
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Yes, I like the yellow and green combination a lot…
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It is impressive so much luggage that you can have with you… :-)
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That isn’t even half of it! You can carry an amazing amount of stuff in a kayak—much better than backpacking in that respect! Unfortunately, the flip side of that is that the kayak is so heavy that you can’t move it more than a few feet after you land on the beach without unloading it first, and the shuttling all the stuff you’ve unloaded is a pain too… and then you have to do all that in reverse the next morning!
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Beautiful! I especially like the one Val was standing under the green leaves.
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Thanks, Amy!
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love that bright sping folliage.
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It’s a very special fresh green, for just a week or so in the spring…
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Fabulous greens, Vlad. :)
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Thank you, Sylvia! :-)
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Love it Vladimir!
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Thanks so much!
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Lovely shot… Just quite Green :-D
Ciaociao
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Green definitely dominates…
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Wow the green colour is so vibrant and gives so much life to the photos. Beautiful!
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Thank you, Evil Nymph! :-)
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looks a lovely place to camp.
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Not an official campsite, and it was a pain finding a spot that didn’t have trees, large and small, growing on it… but very lovely indeed… :-)
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Looks like an awesome adventure with plenty of beautiful greenery everywhere!!
If you’ve got some great sunset shots too, we’ve got a sunset challenge going right now! http://www.letsbewild.com/photo-challenge/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-6-sunsets/
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Thanks, Nick—I’ll check it out!
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So lush, I love it!
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Thanks, Marcia!
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Great contrast in vibrant colors!
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Yes, it was, that day! :-)
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I miss camping and cook atop the mountains. That tent is so inviting. And the greens of course.
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I left out the huge thunderstorm and rivers of water running through the leaky tent ;-)
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Didn’t know you came to that point. Glad you made it back home safe and sound.
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It was springtime—the sun and the rain… Thanks!
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Beautiful! :-)
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Thanks! :-)
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