By Vladimir Brezina
Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge this week is Peaceful. We’ve already posted one Peaceful photo here. Here are a few more.
A peaceful early morning during our recent kayak trip in Florida—
(click on any photo to view larger size)
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This was Day 4 of the trip—still to be written up…
... 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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I love the way you captured the docks with unique angles and composition.
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In large part that was because I was actually standing on the dock while trying to take pictures of it. But it worked out quite well ;-)
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Intriguing and surrealistic. At first I though you were high in the heavens, looking down . . . and that didn’t make sense. Quite an illusion at first. Water like glass, and peaceful indeed!
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Interesting! Now that you mention it, I can see it that way quite strongly too—a Gestalt perceptual switch. But before I didn’t, probably because I was there and remember it being the right way up :-)
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:) At first, I couldn’t see it any other way. I really perceived hovering above the clouds on some sort of human-made platform.
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:-)
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Amazing photos although my first feeling was one of vertigo rather than peacefulness as it looked like these structures were suspended in the clouds rather than over water.
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Being too peaceful can induce anxiety… ;-)
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In a word: beautiful.
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Thank you!
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Beautiful! You’re just down the road from our previous home on Sarasota. It’s a great area to photograph. I especially love the first photograph, and the water smooth as glass in the early morning.
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Yes, a great area! More photographs to come once we finally get around to writing up that part of the trip! :-)
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These photos are just beautiful!
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Thank you!!
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Your pictures are absolutely stunning! We don t know if we are near by ground or on a terrace up in the sky ! ( like jack and the magical bean!)
Enchanting, as a fairy tale… I guess you don t need to add much words to it
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Thank you so much!!
Yes, I try to leave words out of it—they just get in the way :-)
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Beautiful Vladimir!
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Thank you, Tina!
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Just mezmerizing still waters Vlad.
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So still that at least a couple of readers couldn’t decide whether they were looking down or up! :-) (See comments above.)
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Looking down …..priceless!!
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:-)
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I first thought it was something above the clouds looking down also.
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Yes, now that it’s been pointed out, I can totally see that too… :-)
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Thanks for stopping by, and for including the Photo 101 posts. Will give them a gander. Your photos, as always, are excellent – congrats on being included in the series!
D’el
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Thanks so much for your encouragement!! :-)
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