By Vladimir Brezina
This week’s Photo Challenge is Let There Be Light!
Artificial lights are all very well, but they can’t compete with the real thing!
(Two more interpretations of “Let There Be Light!” are here and here.)
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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
... 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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The real thing, in abundance. Nice!
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Thanks, Eric!
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Slightly eerie and ethereal all at once–nicely captured.
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:-) Thank you!!
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Wonderful picture…
…and as winter is already here, a little light is most welcome.
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This is a memory of summer… but summer will come again! :-)
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Interesting!
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:-)
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It’s golden indeed !
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Golden and warm! :-)
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Yes thanks. Well it’s hard to beat the Freedom Tower Beacon :)
BRAVO!
Most likely the best one of the challenge as you know : )
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So warm and inviting.
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It was! Inviting us to go paddling… and so we went :-)
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An explosion of yellow. Were you blinded for a bit after taking the shot?
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Would have been, except for the dense canopy of trees…
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…That kind of competition is out of the question! :) Amazing pic!!
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Thanks!! :-)
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gorgeous!
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Thank you! :-)
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Tatata and the curtain …
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Indeed :-)
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Awesome capture!!
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Thanks, Madhu!!
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I liked all three of your takes on let there be light but natural is definitely on top closely followed by the lights in the snow – for me anyway. Great pics
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Nothing can beat the real thing!! :-)
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Here comes the sun to the very edge where nothing at all needs saying…
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Quite so! Thank you!! :-)
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Well said, Beautiful!
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Glad you like it—thank you!!
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The beginning – or perhaps the end – of an adventure. And you were there.
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The beginning! :-)
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You’re so very right! Artificial light can’t compare with the real thing. :-)
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That’s why I can’t make out anything on my computer screen in the sun :-)
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I looked through your other posts for this week’s challenge but this one is stunning. Well captured Vladimir
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Thanks, Tony!!
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Wonderful!!!!
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Thank you!!
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Gorgeous!!
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Thank you!! :-)
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