By Vladimir Brezina
Ailsa‘s Travel-Themed Photo Challenge for this week is Silhouette.
She says: “It fascinates me how a silhouette; a two-dimensional outline of a person or object, can suggest a story just as clearly as if you could see the scene in its entirety. Perhaps it makes our imagination work overtime, trying to fill in the details we cannot see.”
Indeed…
Belize, 2010. More photos 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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nice set of shots :)
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Thanks so much! :-)
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Beautiful water.
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Thank you!
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Great silhouette photos. :)
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:-)
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Neat silhouettes!
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Thanks, Madhu!
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Love the photos Vlad :)
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Thank you, Paula!
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Beautiful light and shadow
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Thanks!!
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Expecially great the third and the fourth !
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Thanks—glad you like them! :-)
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Stand-up paddling looks like so much fun! Great photos!
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It was certainly fun to watch and photograph, out in Belize… :-)
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Well, well done! Wow!
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:-) :-)
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These are fabulous pictures! I would love to go to Belize…it is on the list. I love how the water looks orange as the sun is setting. Beautiful.
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Belize is great! This was at Glover’s Reef Atoll, quite a ways offshore from the main coastline of Belize, on an island owned by Slickrock Adventures. Highly recommended for a relaxing yet challenging week… :-)
This was actually sunrise, not sunset… surfers like to go out early!
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Oh cool! I will keep this secret place in mind. Maybe it would be a cool destination to go with the kids. We are waiting for them to get a little bit older but I can’t wait to show them the world!
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It would be perfect for adventuresome older kids. There’s a lot to do if you like, or would like to learn, various sports mostly revolving around water—kayaking, surfing, windsurfing, paddleboarding, snorkeling, diving…
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Will have to wait a few years as mine are only 5 and 7. I can’t wait to show them the world! :)
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These are lovely photos, Vladimir. The people seemed to have successfully tamed the elements. ;-)
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These were the experts… you should have seen the carnage when the rest of us tried it ;-)
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Really nice – the water gives an extra element that adds such a nice contrast.
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Water always adds that extra element! :-)
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I love the progression – and the gold cast on the water. These are just wonderful.
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Thanks so much! Yes, I tried to arrange them in a certain order….
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liked the paddle surfers with the golden sunset
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… sunrise, actually—the day was just beginning rather than ending :-)
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Really beautiful, Vlad, that pier shot in Belize is stunning and the paddle surfers cresting the waves are fabulous! :)
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Thanks, Ailsa! But no comparison with your silhouettes, which are really works of art!
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Blush. Thanks Vlad. How are you doing? I’ve been a little out of touch recently, as I’ve been travelling since the end of July and won’t get back to a home base until September, so it’s been tricky trying to keep up with everyone. Hope you guys are having fun – must get caught up on your Long Island circumnavigation soon.
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Thanks for asking, Ailsa! Yes, lots of fun… but it’s almost September. Where did the summer go?
We are still writing up the last days of the Long Island circumnavigation… it’s taking much longer to write it up than it was to paddle it :-)
Bring back lots of wonderful pictures from your travels!
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these are beautiful. love the way you’ve progressed as you go down and the last is my favourite…such a gorgeous moment in time caught
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Thanks, Jo! It was a very special morning…
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Reblogged this on chaotiqual.
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Thanks for reblogging! :-)
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Beautiful! I especially like the warmth and richness of the third photo.
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