By Vladimir Brezina
I always promise myself that I will go out especially to take photos of New York City’s spectacular architecture. And I will… some day!
In the meantime, though, incidental photo-ops offer themselves… I posted some of the results a while ago in Beauty and the Beast. Here are a few more.
More photos are here.
By Johna Till Johnson
(Addendum and photos by Vladimir Brezina)
I’ve never had much of an “eye”, in the sense of being able to relate to things visually—or even notice them in the first place.
The opposite, in fact. I’m one of those people who can walk by a large object—say, a 60-story building—every day for a month before exclaiming, “Has that always been there? I’ve never seen it before!” And I’m perfectly sincere: I really haven’t noticed it. I think in terms of narratives, not pictures—and I often fail to see what’s literally right in front of my nose.
Posted in Life, Nature, New York City, Photography
Tagged Central Park, New York City, Photography, Seeing, Visual Sense
By Vladimir Brezina and Johna Till Johnson
Posted in New York City
Tagged Central Park, Flowers, New Year, New York City, Photography
By Vladimir Brezina
Looking back over our kayaking adventures of 2011, here’s a calendar of photos from the most memorable trips of each month…
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Posted in Kayaking, New York City
Tagged Kayaking, New York City, New York Harbor, Photography
By Vladimir Brezina
The Central Park Reservoir is just a couple of blocks from my door. Its 1.6-mile perimeter path offers a perfect short walk for that spare hour… I go often, rain or shine, and bring my camera.
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Last time, the brilliant yellows, oranges, and reds of Fall were everywhere. But now Winter rules. I got to the Reservoir just in time to see the short day’s setting sun light up the last few scraps of color…
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But happily the more subdued palette of Winter offers its own, subtle possibilities…
Posted in Nature, New York City
Tagged Central Park, Central Park Reservoir, Dried Weeds, Fall Colors, Manhattan, New York City, Photography, Sunset
By Vladimir Brezina
This morning at 12:30 a.m. EST, as most of us on the East Coast slumbered, we passed the winter solstice. So from now on, days will be getting longer! On the other hand, winter is here. And it’s predicted to be cold and snowy.
In anticipation, here are some photos from last winter, taken on January 27, 2011, in New York City’s Central Park just after the nor’easter that dumped a record 19 inches of snow there…
More photos from that day are here.
Posted in Nature, New York City
Tagged Central Park, Ducks, Manhattan, New York City, Photography, Seasons, Snow, Solstice, Winter
By Vladimir Brezina
From no direction is it as obvious that Manhattan is an island as from the south.
Clear across the Upper Bay the ramparts of Manhattan draw the eye.
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Sometimes Manhattan is a fantastical mirage that we paddle toward again and again…
… sometimes it shimmers in the sunset and is gone as the last light fades.
Posted in Kayaking, New York City
Tagged Kayaking, Manhattan, New York City, New York Harbor, Photography
By Vladimir Brezina
Ice skating on the lakes and ponds of New York City’s Central Park was popular in the 19th century. But that was a more robust time. These days, the ice that forms on these bodies of water is thin and insubstantial…
But there is the Wollman Rink! We walked past it on Saturday as the day was drawing to a close.
The lines were just a bit too long, and we too impatient (and cold!), to actually go skating on this occasion. But the skaters’ movements in the fading light did create some intriguing photos…
We’ll be back another time. At the northern end of Central Park, there is also the Lasker Rink, which is less crowded.
More photos from that day, and other New York Cityscapes, are here.
Posted in New York City
Tagged Central Park, Ice Skating, Manhattan, New York City, Photography
By Vladimir Brezina
Despite the hiccup of the Halloween snowstorm, Fall has had a long run this year. The colors in New York City’s Central Park have been glorious. But now, in late November, they are finally coming to an end. It’s raining, dark, gray, and the trees are rapidly losing their last leaves.
So, as farewell, here are some highlights of the Fall colors of 2011. Happy Thanksgiving!
The individual photos, and many others, are here, here, and here.
Posted in Nature, New York City
Tagged Central Park, Fall, Fall Foliage Colors, Manhattan, New York City, Photography
By Vladimir Brezina
I always think that this next one would make a perfect Ayn Rand book cover…
More New York City scenes 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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