By Vladimir Brezina
‘Tis the season for the annual holiday gathering!
A contribution to this week’s Photo Challenge, Gathering.
By Vladimir Brezina
‘Tis the season for the annual holiday gathering!
A contribution to this week’s Photo Challenge, Gathering.
Posted in Nature, Photography
Tagged Gathering, Insects, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2015, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
In the early spring, crocuses are just details in the bare landscape—
and yet, on closer inspection, each flower reveals among its petals a host of insects, each a detailed world of its own—
(more photos are here)
This was in early March 2012, a year in which spring came very early. Let’s hope that, in spite of some groundhogs’ predictions, it comes soon this year too…
A contribution to Ailsa’s travel-themed Photo Challenge, Details, and also a second contribution to The Daily Post’s Photo Challenge, Scale. The first contribution was here.
Posted in Nature, Photography
Tagged Crocuses, Details, Insects, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2015, Spring, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
This week’s Photo Challenge is Spring! (a little behind the curve as far as Wind Against Current is concerned: see here and here), and Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge is Close-up.
In our patch of Central Park, we know Spring has surely arrived when we notice the first insects flitting from flower to flower—
These photos are from mid-March of 2012—an early Spring that year! This year, the crocuses have long gone, and we haven’t seen any insects yet…
Another Spring Close-up is here.
Posted in Nature, Photography
Tagged Close-up, Insects, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2014, Spring, Spring Blossoms, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
After the stasis of deep Summer, when NYC’s Central Park remains, it would seem forever, darkly lush and green, there are now unmistakable signs of the end. It’s still sunny and warm, and busy insects are still feeding from the late-summer flowers. But new colors are appearing here and there, as the days now with increasing rapidity take us into Fall…
(click on any photo to start slideshow)
These and a few more photos are here.
Posted in Nature, New York City
Tagged Central Park, Fall, Fall Colors, Insects, New York City, Photography, Summer
By Vladimir Brezina
This week’s Photo Challenge is Delicate.
Flowers, of course… but also the way insects hold on to them, right way up or upside down, with a delicate touch…
Posted in Nature, Photography
Tagged Delicate, Flowers, Insects, Photography, postaday, postaweek, postaweek2012, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
This week’s Photo Challenge is Close. I’ve already posted one response, but here’s another.
OK, Fergiemoto at Creativity Aroused totally got to this idea first. Check out her photo! Hers is much more beautiful. But I have more bugs.
Posted in Nature, Photography
Tagged Close, Insects, Photography, postaday, postaweek, postaweek2012, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
Contrary to the Groundhog’s prediction (he is right only 39% of the time, after all), the season seem to be well advanced into Spring.
In New York City, temperatures are reaching into the 60s or even 70s each day. Crocuses and daffodils are out, two or three weeks earlier than usual. Even some fruit trees are beginning to flower in Central Park. Nobody expects Winter to come back any more.
Posted in Nature, New York City
Tagged Central Park, Crocuses, Flowers, Insects, New York City, Photography, Spring
By Vladimir Brezina
… to set budding more,
And still more, later flowers for the bees,
Until they think warm days will never cease …
John Keats, To Autumn
This past weekend was beautiful: dry, calm, sunny and warm—Indian Summer weather. In New York City’s Central Park, still mostly a fall-denying green, a fresh crop of flowers was out. And the park’s bees and butterflies, like the city’s human inhabitants, were out in force.
Posted in Nature, New York City
Tagged Bees, Butterflies, Central Park, Fall, Flowers, Indian Summer, Insects, New York City, Photography