By Vladimir Brezina
This week’s Photo Challenge is Down. “We spend a lot of time looking ahead, looking from left to right before we cross the street, looking into the sky for Superman, but not a lot of time looking down. What do you see?”
As it happens, Johna recently posted some thoughts on that theme, and I added a few photos that could serve again here…
But what first popped into my head just now was quite a different sense of “Down”.
So here is “Down” in both senses!
... 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.
 | CurlsnSkirls on The First Leg! |
 | Johna Till Johnson on The First Leg! |
| Johna Till Johnson on The First Leg! |
 | Marilyn Albright on The First Leg! |
| CurlsnSkirls on The First Leg! |
| Johna Till Johnson on Looks Like They Made It! |
 | Pit on Looks Like They Made It! |
| Johna Till Johnson on More Scenes From the Nort… |
| CurlsnSkirls on Halfway There! |
 | Larry Jensen on More Scenes From the Nort… |
| Johna Till Johnson on R2AK: Scenes From the Northern… |
 | Frank Winters on R2AK: Scenes From the Northern… |
| Johna Till Johnson on Halfway There! |
| CurlsnSkirls on Halfway There! |
| Johna Till Johnson on And They’re Off! |
Wind Against Current 
They are cute.
I’ll have to go read Johna’s thoughts on down. I thought with you all being avid kayakers, you would have a picture of the sea water. That is something that I hadn’t expected when my husband got me into sea kayaking. I was amazed how much time I spent looking down at the creatures swimming below me.
Still, baby ducks kind of beat that out any day. :)
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You know, “looking down into the water” never occurred to me as I was thinking about this theme :-) Possibly that’s because in New York City waterways, especially in the very muddy Hudson, underwater visibility is usually no more than a few inches…
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Ah. I hadn’t thought of that.We are in northern California – cold water, but clear.
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beautiful :)
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Thanks! Your photos too—I just took a look at them…
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That’s the cutest down … I love ducks and waterfowl..
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I see that on your blog :-)
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a very different perspective, thanks MJ
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So cute!
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They look so vulnerable, but still so cute!
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Very cute :) great entry for this weeks theme :)
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Brilliant. I just posted a bird pic too for the weekly photo challenge. We think alike!
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Our comments crossed paths! :-)
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Haha, just got yours. x
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It’s the insomniacs at work…
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love it
:)
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So cute!
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nice photos
http://amarnaik.wordpress.com/2012/02/18/weekly-photo-challenge-down/
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Thanks to everyone for these comments! The overwhelming concensus seems to be “cute” ;-)
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Beautiful post. Nice pictures.
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Thanks, Arindam!
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