By Vladimir Brezina
Seen from St. Pete Beach, Florida, August 2013.
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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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Wind Against Current 
Spectacular!
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It was!
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That looks nasty. Hope you are both at a safe place.
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We could afford to defy the storm
as we were in this pile
the ramparts of which have, over the decades, withstood quite a few storms
:-)
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Get off the water!
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This time, we were off the water. But when we are paddling, getting off the water when a thunderstorm heads our way is easier said than done. Either we are far offshore, or it’s pretty clear that getting off the water wouldn’t solve much. We would just be cowering in the trees next to the water, not much safer and rapidly getting cold in the downpour… :-)
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I know. I was always taught that you can’t outrun a line storm. Spent time shivering in marshgrass too many times.
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So we just continue to sit in our warm, comfortable boats and paddle on as usual :-)
(Most of the time. There have been a few occasions when I have gotten off the water and was glad I did.)
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Whoa…that is pretty spectacular! Hope you were in a nice, safe place when you took these pictures! They are just amazing!
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See my reply to bebs1, above… :-)
Thanks, Becky!!
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Awesome shot!
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Thank you!
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Wow, that must have been quite a storm. We’ve had lightning with streaks of fire across the sky here, but they move too fast for me to photograph.
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There were actually lightning bolts in that cloud…
The way to capture them is to let the lightning bolts come to you, rather than you going to them :-) Open up the shutter for a prolonged period (if necessary cutting down the light by some other means, such as filters) and hope that a lightning bolt will flash down in that period…
But I wasn’t set up to do that. I was at a party! :-)
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Beautiful captures! Your shelter from the storm looks very interesting! Must have quite the history! Safe travels.
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It does indeed! From Wikipedia: “Rowe’s “Pink Lady” opened on January 16, 1928, with an extravagant party attended by the elite of Tampa and St. Petersburg. The hotel quickly became a favorite romping ground for the rich and famous of the Jazz Age including F. Scott Fitzgerald, Clarence Darrow, Al Capone, Lou Gehrig, and Franklin D. Roosevelt.”
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Wow! That is pretty amazing! And to think it’s your romping ground at this point in your travels. A memorable stop!
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Well, it’s well located for our Gulf Coast paddling :-) But we wouldn’t ever have gone there if Johna’s company hadn’t organized a couple of business conferences there, so we piggyback on those…
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Perfect! :)
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Beautiful photos, Vlad, of a subject close to my heart. I like the wineglass and storm clouds :-)
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It was certainly a civilized way to see the storm ;-)
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Reblogueó esto en " Una Voz en el Silencio ".
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Thanks for reblogging!
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= )
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Nothing better than an incredible sunset :)
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Except possibly a sunrise ;-)
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Gorgeous! Particularly love the first photo :)
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Thanks!!
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Wow. Amazing!
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:-)
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Those are some amazing pictures!!!
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Thanks!!
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Really dramatic scenes, Vlad. :)
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It was a most dramatic scene! :-)
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I’m a cloud and storm watcher. These shots are incredible!
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Thanks! Yes, Florida has some spectacular weather! Here‘s another cloudscape you may like—just a quiet sunrise this time :-)
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Fabulous. I remember flying back to NJ from TX to see my family, grumbling over the flight, and then I got to watch the sun set over the gulf, from the air. Fantastic. It made everything worth it.
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:-) I believe I’ve had that experience too… Yes, fantastic!
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Magnificent photos.
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Thanks!!
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spectacular photos! great shots!
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Thank you!!
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