By Vladimir Brezina
Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge this week is Pale. Once again, her chosen theme is somehow strangely linked to The Daily Post’s photo challenge this week, Color—although for a change it’s the polar opposite.
In response to The Daily Post’s challenge, I’ve posted some highly colored kayaking photos. But of course I have some pale ones as well…
... 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 
I love your pale photos of kayaking, especially the last one and the third from the last. :-)
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You like a little bit of color with your paleness? :-)
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Wow, strong fotos and a beautiful silence on some of them :) , greetings from Anja from Germany
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Thank you, Anja—greeting from NYC! :-)
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Love the first one. It looks like you’re floating! ;)
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Yes, it was almost disorienting :-)
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Gorgeous!
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Thanks, Naomi! :-)
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That shot of the Brooklyn Bridge is killing me. In a good way, of course.
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I certainly hope it’s in a good way! ;-)
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Would have loved to be there…looks silent and serene.
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:-)
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You both have a great life together – wonderful city scape. I am envious!
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It’s certainly a different way to see the city… :-)
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Much less traffic!! More waves.I am not a strong swimmer or I would love to try this.
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The Eskimos, who invented kayaking, couldn’t swim either… ;-)
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Perhaps I am part Eskimo ><
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These are wonderful pictures Vladimir. It’d be really great to see an entry from you in the Digital Lightroom Photo Competition – http://www.thedigitallightroom.wordpress.com. :-)
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Thanks! I know about the competition and will try to enter something… :-)
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Lovely photos again, Vlad. It looks as though you’re flying in that first one. :)
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That’s Johna flying in the middle of Long Island Sound… :-)
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lovely pictures – capturing the cooler weather that comes with them
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Although right now we’ve had just about enough of cooler weather here in NYC… :-)
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Reblogged this on omo10 and commented:
Travel Theme: Pale
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Thanks for reblogging!
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Welcome
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That first shot has a wonderful ephemeral quality to it!
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Yes, that one is most people’s favorite… :-)
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perfect for you.
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Thank you, Mrs. C!
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You do pale really well! The fourth one might be my favorite, but the last one is right up there!
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:-) Thanks!!
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that top foto is fabulous!
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Thanks, Will! Welcome back to NYC! I enjoyed your photos from Puerto Rico… :-)
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What an amazing perspective you get to enjoy being out on the kayak.
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That we surely do! :-)
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Stunning shots!
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Thank you, Izabela!! :-)
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Love how these photos contrast with the ones you put up for the wordpress color challenge. Great, all of them!
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Thanks, Amy!
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I knew you would have some great “pale” shots. Love your work. regards Peet
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Thank you so much, Peet! :-)
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Love the cloud kayaking!
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That’s pretty much how it felt, for a few minutes that day :-)
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I love your photos and I love kayaking! I have a bit of a love affair with NYC so the views of it from the water just amaze me. Though, I particularly love the first; it almost seems like you are kayaking in the sky :)
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It was almost like that… :-)
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My favorite is the empty boat on the shore, and the lines of the sand, and the rising (?) sun beyond the clouds. Lovely.
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Early morning on the South Shore of Long Island on Day 3 of last summer’s Long Island circumnavigation…
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Love that last shot Vladimir!
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More like it in other posts on Wind Against Current, for instance here.
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I pinned “Hudson River in a Fog” on my “Cityscape Photography” board on Pinterest. Hope you don’t mind. [http://pinterest.com/gaylealstrom/cityscape-photography/]
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Not at all—thanks, Gayle!
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Love your blog and your photos! I nominated you for the ‘Inspiring Blogger Award’.
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Thanks so much for the nomination! We are greatly honored—so glad you are inspired by our blog ;-) :-)
We’ll post an awards post as soon as we can…
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I think these are the best pale photos I’ve seen in this challenge. A great job. The pale colors give a soft calming touch to the scenery.
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
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Thanks so much for being so encouraging, Francine!! :-)
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Beautiful misty shots … the one of Great South Bay, Long Island is my favorite. It looks like it is very peaceful. Nice photos …
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It was peaceful morning, at least compared to the thunderstorms that swept through repeatedly during the night (see here and here)… ;-)
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Oh, no .. . storms can be intense. Hope the lights stayed on. A problem, sometimes, during storms.
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Well, we were camping, so we weren’t worried about the lights going out… :-)
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in the first shot you look as if you in between worlds almost…what a great image
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Felt that way… :-)
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It’s surely the same as with music, where it takes the slow and quiet movements to set off the loud and mouvementé — but I prefer the loud and brassy. And just so, I prefer the bright and vivid.
Your first photo, though, goes a ways toward winning me over.
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Good! And for bright and vivid, see the complementary set of photos of the same week…
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Yeah! That last one especially, the red and gold picnic — that goes ZING! for me.
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Yes! Especially against the pale backdrop of the falling snow…
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