By Vladimir Brezina
This week’s Photo Challenge is Changing Seasons.
Looking through photos that I’ve taken in Central Park in the Spring, and in the Fall, I am momentarily confused. Which season is which?
In both, the leaves glow with color…
But the Spring leaves have fresh young faces
whereas the Fall leaves have lived
More photos from the Spring and Fall are, respectively, here and here.
Posted in Nature, Photography
Tagged Changing Seasons, Photography, postaday, postaweek, postaweek2012, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge this week is Circles.
Here are some natural circles.
Posted in Nature, Photography
Tagged Circles, Photography, postaday, postaweek, postaweek2012, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
Here’s a third response to this week’s Photo Challenge, Reflections. (Our first two responses were here and here.)
This was a particularly colorful, and reflective, sunset during our kayak circumnavigation of Long Island, NY, this past summer…
Posted in Nature, Photography
Tagged Photography, postaday, postaweek, postaweek2012, Reflections, Sunset, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
This week’s Photo Challenge is Reflections.
The mirror doesn’t always reflect faithfully…
Posted in Photography
Tagged Distorted, Photography, postaday, postaweek, postaweek2012, Reflections, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge this week is Hot.
Cooking can be hot work…
Posted in Life, Photography
Tagged Camping, Hot, Photography, postaday, postaweek, postaweek2012, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
This week’s Photo Challenge is Reflections.
Once again, Ailsa of Where’s my backpack? was ahead of the curve with this theme, and I already posted a couple of posts full of reflections, here and here, in response to her challenge back in May. Still, here are some more Reflections…
But the mirror doesn’t always reflect faithfully…
Posted in Nature, Photography
Tagged Photography, postaday, postaweek, postaweek2012, Reflections, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
In NYC’s Central Park, a few colorful leaves are still hanging on…
… or, having just fallen, lie glowing in the undergrowth
where hosts of squirrels rustle about, preparing for winter
More photos are here.
By Vladimir Brezina
This week’s Photo Challenge is Thankful.
A Thanksgiving meal to be thankful for, especially as Sandy reminded us that it could have been otherwise—
Posted in Life, Photography
Tagged Cooking, Food, Photography, postaday, postaweek, postaweek2012, Thankful, Thanksgiving, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge this week is Liquid.
Our favorite liquid, liquid:
Not liquid:
Posted in Nature, Photography, Sports
Tagged Kayak, Liquid, Manhattan Island Marathon Swim, Open-Water Swim, Photography, postaday, postaweek, postaweek2012, Sport, Surfing, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
Even though upstate the trees are already bare, here in New York City, in our heat island, Fall is still very much with us… Here are a few photos taken over the last few days in Central Park.
Many more photos are 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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