By Vladimir Brezina
This week’s Photo Challenge is Distorted.
Sometimes it’s the smoothest mirror that gives the most distorted picture…
Other nice interpretations that I’ve seen:
... 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 
Ooooh I love this. That water makes me want to dive right in. Where were you?
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That was last July in Cape Cod Bay, on the north shore of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. We started in East Brewster and paddled north past Wellfleet, then back. Cape Cod Bay is very shallow and the water was lovely and warm. There were turquoise shallows, sparkling sandy beaches, dozens of seals lazing about… paradise! (More photos are here.)
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Oh my, paradise is right. That looks like my version of heaven!!! Thanks for sharing.
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Isn’t water wonderful, Vladimir?
~Anne
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Why do you think we go kayaking? :-)
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Great photo for distorted.
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Thanks… love yours as well (and your other photos)
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great shot…very cool
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Thanks!
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Fantastic!
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Have checked out yours—beautiful and intriguing!
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Great photo. I love the fact that your head is both upside down and the right way up in the reflection. The strong blue and yellow help show the distortion that the water makes too.
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I have accumulated quite a few photos of Johna kayaking and many of them show such distorted reflections… but this one is the most interestingly bizarre :-)
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Gorgeous! …and a great choice for “distorted”! :)
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Beautiful shot, love the reflections in the water!
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Yes, you on the water. Good shot.
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water is a flexible mirror :-)
greetings by
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Cool…
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Awesome photo! :D
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nice…!! brilliant idea to reflect “distorted”
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Thanks! “Reflect”? I like your choice of words! :-)
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“Sometimes it’s the smoothest mirror that gives the most distorted picture…”
Great quote. I love the reflection! Thanks for the publicity too!
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You’re welcome! I really liked your version!
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Thanks, everybody, for your comments and your enthusiasm!
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Love the crab swimming in turquoise water.
~Anne
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You mean this?
Another case of Distortion… :-)
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Thanks for the link, Anne!
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Wonderful photo, great mirror image, even with the “distortion”
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I can’t resist mirror image shots like this, and I’ve accumulated quite a few of them. (For some reason, most of them show Johna… :-)) Occasionally the water is perfectly flat, producing a perfect, unbroken mirror image. That’s nice to see too. But it’s more interesting when some undulation in the water breaks up and multiplies the image, as here. It’s actually the subtle undulations of otherwise smooth water that have the most impact; larger wind-driven ripples and waves destroy the clarity of the reflected image.
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Great take on distortion. The reflected face that’s the right way up looks like it’s sporting a different facial expression!
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A distorted expression? ;-)
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I stand corrected :D
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Not at all! Thanks for your comment!!
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amazing photo! one could watch water for hours, sometimes…
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Well, we do ;-) And it’s true, you cannot kayak twice on the same river…
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