By Vladimir Brezina
Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge this week is Mystical. And it makes me very happy to learn that, in choosing that theme, she was inspired by a photo that I posted recently. Unfortunately that means, too, that I can no longer respond to her Mystical challenge with that, my most Mystical photo…
Never mind. Here are a few photos taken at a moment that truly came close to being mystical during one of our paddles in New York Harbor—
... has kayaked the waters around New York for over a decade in his red Feathercraft folding kayak. He comes originally from (the former) Czechoslovakia and has lived in the U.K. and California before settling down in New York. He is a neuroscientist at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City.
... 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.
oh yes, they are all mystical and lovely! z
Thanks, Z!
yeah.. very mystical situation !
It decidedly felt that way at the time!
These photos are great, but the first one is amazing! Dude. Very nice.
:-)
First one is amazing indeed.
That was at the height of the mystical experience, I think…
Lovely, and mystical! The last one is my favourite.
Already returning to normal reality at that point…
beautiful…… mystical indeed ^^
Thank you!!
The last one took my breath away- the combination of reflections on the water and the city under an opening sky is truly “mystical”
A combination of the mundane and the otherworldly… Thanks, Lynn!
Beautiful photos :)
Thanks, Jenn!
I agree…The last one is truly special…Magic…
:-) :-)
“Unearthly” is a word that really applies — these images seem to be from another dimension. Beautiful!
It really did feel like that for a few minutes! :-)
breath taking awesome
Thank you so much!
Congrats on being the inspiration for a challenge, Vlad. :D Love your gorgeous photos for the theme.
Thanks! Since I could no longer use the photo that was the inspiration for the actual challenge, I had to dig up some other ones… :-)
Gorgeous photos – unusual colours. The last one I cannot really figure out…mystical.
Yellow and blue is a good combination, and when seen through a few raindrops on the lens, well… :-)
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truly mystique!!looks like a city in mars..
Actually, it’s just in New Jersey ;-)
I agree with the others, the last one is so perfect
The last one is turning out to be quite the popular favorite, somewhat to my surprise :-)
so many of your images have majesty and magic as well
Trying! ;-)
They’re all good, but that first photo? wow…
:-) :-)
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I never saw New York like that during the years I lived there. Good for you for rendering it in that light.
Well, you have to be floating in the middle of the harbor in a kayak during a rainstorm at sunset to see it in that light ;-)
I still find it amazing that you Kayak around New York Harbour, it makes your photos totally fascinating to me!
The kayaking is now somewhat curtailed by the lasting aftereffects of Hurricane Sandy, but we’ll soon get out there again!
Wow – what gorgeous photography, here and all over your blog. Beautiful.
Thanks so much, and thanks for subscribing! Lots more to come, we hope!
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Really awesome!!!
regards from Germany
magdalena
Thank you, Magdalena, and welcome!
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Almost too beautiful to be photographs!
It was a magical moment, hard to believe in real life…