By Vladimir Brezina
A rainbow of colors keeping the winter gloom at bay…
Central Park, New York City
A contribution to this week’s Photo Challenge, Vibrant.
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Wind Against Current by Vladimir Brezina and Johna Till Johnson is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.Authors
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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Wind Against Current 
Vibrant? You bet!
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:-) Thanks!
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That could have been the mofif von one of Pieter Brueghel’s winter landscapes.
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That did come to mind… :-) Thanks, Pit!
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Love this vibrant scene! Yaz
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Thanks, Yaz!
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Knew you’d have something stunning ~ thank you!
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And thank you!! :-)
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All the snow gone now?
(sigh)
😉
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All gone for now—but never fear, there will be at least one more big snowstorm this winter! :-)
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Vlad, was that from this past snowfall?
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No, February 2013. But we did see similar scenes after this year’s big snowstorm…
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Fabulous “hits” of colour!
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Thanks, Terri!!
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So many people out in the snow. Looks like they aren’t afraid of the cold. Happy winter, it’s almost over for you :)
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Actually, winter was just beginning when I posted this—February is usually the worst month, and has been this year…
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That could almost be at our park….years ago when we had snow!
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You just have to move further north… ;-)
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I love this. Although I generally dislike crowds there is something comforting in this happy scene.
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I know what you mean about crowds. This was not a closely packed crowd, fortunately :-)
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Truly is.
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:-) Thanks, Pamela!
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Great shot and a perfect choice for this challenge! Looks like these New Yorkers took a break from the typical NYC basic black attire. :-)
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Minimally… they are still dressed in black, of course, just carrying colorful bits of plastic around for a couple of hours :-)
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Ah yes, I see that now… Colorful acoutrements and a couple of pairs of adventurously bright snow pants :-)
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