By Vladimir Brezina
This week’s Photo Challenge is The World Through Your Eyes.
Kayaking through New York Harbor, you never know what you’ll see…
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Wind Against Current by Vladimir Brezina and Johna Till Johnson is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.Authors
Vladimir Brezina (RIP)
... 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.Johna Till Johnson
... 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.Recent Comments
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Fabulous picture! I accidentally clicked on it and it enlarged and I was like WOW!
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:-)
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Ever seen a shark?
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Perhaps once or twice a fin, that’s all—although plenty of sharks live in NY Harbor. They just stay close to the bottom. But we do see other interesting marine creatures…
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Just knowing you from the photo challenges, I would expect this type of picture for this challenge. :-) What a great background you found!
janet
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Thank you so much, Janet! :-)
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Such a great motive!!!
All the best,
Hanna
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Thanks, Hanna—all the best to you too!!
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LOVE this shot, Vlad; like water fireworks!
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Yes! When not actually tied up at the pier, the NYC fireboats seem to spend most of their time in this kind of activity, welcoming cruise ships and providing festivity for special occasions—we passed them under the Verrazano Narrows Bridge at the start of the 2011 NY City Marathon—sometimes even spewing colored water :-)
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Wow. Love it. Fantastic!
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Thanks!! :-)
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Great shot all ends up.
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Thanks, Tish! :-)
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That is fantastic!!!!!
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Thanks, Z!!!
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Is that the Statue of Liberty in the background? What a lively photo!
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That is indeed the Statue. She’s hard to avoid seeing across the harbor, although from a distance she can look surprisingly small…
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great shot. Makes me want to go there.
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And you can! Although perhaps not precisely there, without a boat ;-)
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Wow!
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:-)
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Believe me, it is the greatest picture of the Statue of Liberty I’ve ever seen. Bravo!
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That’s quite a compliment—thank you!! :-)
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That’s one of the funniest photos I’ve seen in a long time. What a strange sight.
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Paddling does have its comic aspects… :-)
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One ofthe best ever kayaking photos, magazine cover quality! Well done.
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:-)
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How cool is that up,close and personal? Great shot!
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Thank you!!
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What a great captured… love it.. :)
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Thanks! :-)
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so beautiful!
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:-)
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Wonderful photo, excellent captured… ;-)
Who’s afraid of the NYC fireboat, not vthis brave lady… :-) ;-)
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The water that falls out of the sky is usually not a problem… ;-)
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Hey that is one cool shot!
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Glad you like it—thanks!
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the coolest ever!!! You two just rock ;)
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:-) Thank you!!
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How close could you get?? I suppose they are very powerful!
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They don’t let you get too close. On this occasion we got the impression that they were getting a bit nervous…
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Yes with the world in such a state I guess so. Great shot though!
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Great shot Vladimir!!
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Thanks, Tina!
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You come up with some amazing shots.
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One thing I’ve learned (the hard way), always have your camera ready! :-)
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Such an ideal for this challenge from you. I love it.
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Thanks, Cee—and welcome back!
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A daunting, but interesting from a kayak :-)
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And that was just the beginning of that particular trip… ;-)
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Fantastic pic, Vlad. :)
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Thanks, Sylvia! :-)
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