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!
Posted in Nature, New York City
Tagged Central Park, New York City, Photography, Snow, Snow Storm
By Vladimir Brezina
This week’s Photo Challenge is Home.
On our kayak trips, we paddle past homes worth millions
as well as some that are modest, but offer incomparable views and fresh sea breezes—
Another Home post is here.
Posted in Kayaking, Nature, Photography
Tagged Birds, Home, Kayaking, Nest, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2013, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge this week is Gaudy.
I think it’s safe to say that Ailsa will never issue a challenge on the exact word that this costume inspires, so there’s no point in holding this photo back. Gaudy it is!
Posted in Photography
Tagged Gaudy, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2013, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
Red sky at night, sailor’s delight.
Red sky at morning, sailor take warning.
This was the sight today at 7 a.m. …
… and this at 5 p.m.
A nor’easter is on the way.
For the first time this winter, we might get some real snow. Finally! We are looking forward to it.
By Vladimir Brezina
Once upon a time, I used to visit quite often a certain place that has lately been in the news.
Here it is in January.
And in May.
And in July…
Where is it?
I’ll give you a hint:
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Update February 9, 2013: This is Bosworth Field, about 15 miles west of Leicester, England. On August 22, 1485, this happened here:
In the Battle of Bosworth, the final battle of the Wars of the Roses, King Richard III, the last Plantagenet king of England, was killed, and Henry VII, the first king of the Tudor dynasty, came to the throne.
Richard’s skeleton has now been discovered buried under a car park in Leicester.
Tagged Battle, Bosworth Field, England, History, King, Landscape, Photography, Richard III
By Vladimir Brezina
On A Word In Your Ear, Skinnywench’s photo challenge this week is Island. And on Where’s my backpack?, Ailsa’s is Shadows.
And the two just come together in my mind—warm turquoise waters, a strong tropical sun beating down, palm shadows…
Sort of like this—
Glover’s Reef Atoll, Belize, 2010. More photos are here.
Posted in Nature, Photography, Travel
Tagged A Word A Week Photo Challenge, Belize, Glover's Reef Atoll, Island, postaweek, postaweek2013, Shadow, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Johna Till Johnson
Photos by Vladimir Brezina
“Argue for your limits and they will be yours,” my kayak coach said to me one day.
The words surprised me—I hadn’t thought I was “arguing for my limits”. I was just stating the facts. Being realistic. Taking a clear-eyed look at the world and myself.
Or so I thought. But over the days and weeks (and now months and years) following, that phrase kept coming back to me.
Is it actually factual to say something like “I don’t learn visually” or “I don’t like Brussels sprouts”?
By Vladimir Brezina
This week’s Photo Challenge is Unique.
Seen at last September’s Great North River Tugboat Race & Competition.
Posted in Life, Photography
Tagged New York Harbor, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2013, Tattoo, Tugboat, Tugboat Race, Weekly Photo Challenge
... 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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