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
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
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 Vladimir Brezina
Last weekend at NYC’s Central Park Reservoir. An icy cold day. The Reservoir is mostly frozen over, leaving just a patch of open water where all of the Reservoir’s birds have congregated.
Johna surveys the panorama. (Click to enlarge any photo.)
Midtown Manhattan rises up beyond.
The birds are mostly Canada Geese and ducks, including some varieties that we’ve never noticed here before—they are probably from Canada, down for the winter. They paddle through the patch of open water, squabble, or just stand silently on the ice, beaks tucked into their back feathers, facing into the cold wind.
The blue shadows lengthen as the sun goes down, lighting up the East Side on the other side of the Reservoir with its last rays.
More photos are here.
Posted in Nature, New York City
Tagged Birds, Canada Geese, Central Park, Central Park Reservoir, Ducks, Manhattan, New York City, Photography, Sunset, Winter
By Vladimir Brezina
This week’s Photo Challenge is Love.
And there’s one set of photos that comes to mind straight away :-)
Some of you have seen them before, and I apologize. I promise not to show them again (any time soon, anyway)… I guess I’ll have to find something else for Valentine’s Day!
The full set of photos is here.
Posted in Nature, Photography
Tagged Birds, Love, Pelicans, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2013, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
It’s freezing in New York City this week… so why not post a few photos of a warm, tropical beach in Florida?
St. Pete Beach, Florida, December 2012.
More photos are here.
Tagged Florida, Gulf Coast, Photography, St. Pete Beach, Sunset
By Vladimir Brezina
Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge this week is Up. We’ve already posted one response, but here’s another one.
Looking up in NYC’s Central Park…
Posted in Nature, New York City, Photography
Tagged Central Park, New York City, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2013, Travel, Up, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge this week is Up.
Looking up, trees and, above them, clouds…
A second “Up” post is here.
Posted in Nature, Photography
Tagged Clouds, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2013, Travel, Trees, Up, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
On A Word In Your Ear , Skinnywench’s photo challenge this week is Cloud.
As I said in my first response to the challenge, I particularly remember two recent days on which a dramatic, constantly changing cloudscape absolutely dominated the scene. The first response showed the first day. Here is the second.
On Day 5 of our Long Island kayak circumnavigation last summer, we were approaching the eastern tip of Long Island when the clouds began to get interesting. The spectacular thunderstorm hit just as were rounding Montauk Point, the easternmost, most exposed point of our journey—
The full story of that day is 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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