By Vladimir Brezina
Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge this week is Sculpture.
Her own examples start with man-made sculptures, but conclude with her “favourite sculptures [that] come from the natural world… sculpted by wind… and water…”
Here is a sculpture that we came across recently that seems poised between the two worlds, being both man-made and sculpted by natural forces, wind, water, and sun…
And in the morning…
On North Captiva Island, Florida, during our kayak trip down the Gulf Coast of Florida in April (see here and here).
And speaking of beach sculptures, check out this one, courtesy of our friends 2 Geeks @ 3 Knots!
Vladimir Brezina (RIP) 
Johna Till Johnson
Wind Against Current 
Very atmospheric photos, Vladimir.
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Thanks, Marion! :-)
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Have never been to Captiva. Hubby and I need to go there!
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This is North Captiva, one island over from Captiva itself. Less developed, wilder… and highly recommended!
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You know what they say, when you live in a place, you never go there :) Thanks for the heads up!
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It’s just like that with us in NYC. We only see the sights when visitors come—and still haven’t seen some of the most famous ones…
We have a lot more photos from that spot on North Captiva (where we camped). Hopefully you’ll get to see them when we get to that day in our writeup of the trip!
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Looking forward to it :)
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Looks like the forts us kids used to make up by Ely MN in boundary waters…
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Yes, it could have been…
I think it probably had some purpose originally, as some kind of marker for fishermen or boats out on the Gulf… that beach is long and pretty featureless, and it was certainly a useful marker for Johna, who went out swimming, to know where to head back…
A marker, but then creatively embellished.
Alternatively, of course, it was assembled from locally available materials by some kids just hanging out on the beach waiting a very long time for the sunset…
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I love that tepee Vladimir. Did you go sit in it? I couldn’t have resisted. :)
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Unfortunately, it wasn’t really a tepee—too small, and not really with any clear interior space…
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I’d sit in it anyway! (Sort of like a cat, if it’s there, I’ll get in) :)
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That’s the spirit!
To tell the truth, it didn’t really occur to us. We’d had quite enough of sitting in enclosed spaces—our kayak cockpits—and felt liberated suddenly to be be able to wander this way and that on this vast empty beach… :-)
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Too bad, am willing it to walk just like the link you gave us, Jansen’s. Thank you!
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This one was of an older generation… :-)
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Love the changing light and skies. Nice.
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It was a very dramatically lit afternoon…
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The low light is perfect Vlad.
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It was, on that vast empty beach… :-)
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Yes!
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love the sculpture and the light you photographed it in.
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Thanks!! More photos from that afternoon to come when we get around to writing up that part of the trip ;-)
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That’s my favorite kind of sculpture.
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:-)
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Looks very primitive. Cool. :-)
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:-)
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North Captiva is our favorite beach. The southern end is usually nearly deserted since it is a bridge less island and reachable only by boat.
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It was nearly deserted—we saw a group walking along the beach at sunset, and then a couple of people in the morning. That was it, except for a lone sailor who had anchored his big sailboat in the furthest corner of the bay into which we headed, a spot which he said he visited often for privacy–which was diminished by our arrival. But he was very nice about it :-)
This was Foster Bay, about half-way up the island, which we had identified before the trip from Google Maps as a likely camping spot—a sandy beach with no development. And that it certainly was, in spectacular fashion.
We had a hard time paddling into the bay, actually, because the water was so shallow, even for kayaks. When you see birds standing in the water with only their feet wet, that’s not a good sign. But a deeper channel is marked on the chart, and the sight of the sailboat in the bay encouraged us to find the deeper channel. If a sailboat can make it in, kayaks surely can… The next morning the water was higher, so there was no problem getting out.
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I like how you photographed the “sculpture” at varying times of the day and at different angles. It showcased the beach.
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We were there for quite some time, from late afternoon to early morning of the next day, camping on the beach. Nothing much to do except wander around, swim in the sea, and take pictures :-)
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Love your take on the theme.
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Thanks!!
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Love Captiva …. been there many times.
The sculpture …. interesting. I wonder what the creator of it had in mind.
Great entry …
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Not sure what it was… looking at some other people’s entries, it could been a frame for a beach shelter, but it was really too small and with no clear interior space. Then of course embellished by colorful beach detritus… :-)
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Cool!
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Thanks! :-)
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