By Vladimir Brezina
This week’s Photo Challenge is Letters.
Now there‘s a letter than makes sure it will be seen—
The Columbia “C”, Spuyten Duyvil, New York City.
And this is not the only letter that we encounter kayaking through the harbor…
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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
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Wind Against Current 
I can ‘C’ it so clearly! :)
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Oh, dear… I should have foreseen this one coming… ;-)
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The photo is even better with the reflection in the water. I’m happy that the pingback tiles are changing color this week. Now if the links in the comments would do the same and the two would be linked… :-)
janet
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Thanks, Janet!
Yes, the pingback tiles now work pretty well, while the comments are still frustrating. Actually, the two are already linked by the usual mechanism, a cookie left on your computer when you follow either link. You can see that in the fact that if you follow the link in a comment, the corresponding pingback tile, if there is one, turns color. Unfortunately the link in the comment does not.
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Superb shot… I don’t think I have seen any bigger letter than this one :)
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Neither have I. 60 feet high, supposedly. Looks about right…
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Wow! SUPER shot!
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Thank you, Naomi! :-)
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gorgeous! love the reflection. :)
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The reflection was an unexpected bonus :-)
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I absolutely adore this shot.
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Thanks, Cee!!
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Excellent!
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Thank you!!
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What a great picture for the photo challenge!
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I was very happy that I thought of it, since I don’t have too many other good candidates…
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GREAT, great entry, it looks smashing! :-)
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Thanks, Dina!! :-)
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Amazing!
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:-) Thank you!
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Oh that’s great! A C on the sea :-) The kayak really gives it all the sense of perspective it needs!
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… and some badly needed contrasting color :-)
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Lol, yeah that too!!
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👌great entry! I absolutely love the reflection in this! Have a great weekend!
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You too! Thank you!!
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Amazing picture!
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Thank you!!
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Absolutely STUNNING!
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Thanks so much!! :-)
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great photo, perfect with the reflection in the water
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I lucked out with the reflection… :-)
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Great take on the prompt…did you already have the photo…or went looking…I too love the reflection!
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I took it on our last kayak trip—just last weekend. So it came in very handy :-)
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cool!
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Wow! Great, amazing shot! Qualifies for one of previous challenges “Reflections” as well. :-) Love it!
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For some reason, many of my photos seem to have reflections in them… ;-)
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To me the ‘C’ stands for cold and the size is an indication of how cold the water is. Cool picture. :)
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I’ll have to see if the “C” gets smaller in the summer :-)
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Fantastic image!
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Thanks!!
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fabulous shot
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Thank you, Jo!!
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Really cool picture, and it’s the orange jacket on the kayaker that makes it!
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Yes, it does :-)
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By the “C”, by the “C”, by the beautiful sea…. or something like that. This is a great photo and the reflection really sells it.
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An unexpected quality is that it inspires viewers to puns and rhymes ;-)
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Like, “She sells C-cells by the seashore?”
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That’s is! It was on the tip of my tongue… ;-)
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That’s a great photo. I love the bright canoe against the subtle blue background.
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Thanks, Suzanne!!
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Love the reflection in the water. Where were you canoeing?
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The Columbia “C” is in Spuyten Duyvil, which is a short creek—now canal—at the northern end of Manhattan that connects the Harlem River to the Hudson. We pass through Spuyten Duyvil, and the “C”, every time we paddle around Manhattan, so I have many photos of it. But this photo is from our last trip, just last weekend.
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“Sailing (Wind) against the C…” Perfect!
Excellent shot, and choice for this challenge Vladimir, congrats!
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Thank you so much, Jaime! :-)
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Okay, you beat me to the “C”! Nice photograph. Love the way the kayak cuts the channel between real and reflection.
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Thanks, Robert! All unplanned, since I had only a second to take the photo…
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Reblogged this on Locating Frankenstein's Brain.
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Thanks!
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Now that’s a heavyweight letter! I’m entranced by your journey. I’m in the middle of reading Without a Paddle by Warren Richey. It’s about sea kayaking around Florida and life, a trip with heart. Check it out~ http://www.warrenrichey.com
Toni
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Actually, we do know about Warren Richey (although we haven’t read his book yet) since he is one of the most prominent WaterTribers. Unfortunately we didn’t get to meet him since he couldn’t be there for this year’s Everglades Challenge…
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its wonderful Vladimir! especially the colors :-)
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Thanks!!
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Great response. Love the reflection in the water too.
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Thank you!!
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awesome photo – love the gritty feel -and that reflection is cool. also, “C” happens to be one pot my favorite letters so I give this post a double LIKE! :)
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That makes me glad I took a photo of the “C”, and not the “A” or the “B”… ;-)
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huge! great photo, love how you have the whole reflection Vlad :)
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Just happened that way—fortunately I was far enough away…
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Wow its so nice! The colors and the water….
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Thanks, Daniela!
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Super reflection of Letters.
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Thank you, will do! :-)
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Beautiful photo and it illustrates the theme so well.
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Thanks, Gayle!
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That’s one BIG C! Nice yak too….
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I was actually taking a photo of the yak—the “C” just snuck in somehow…
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Ha! Good one. I was wondering how you would interpret the theme.
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Well, the challenge was “Letters”, rather than “Signs”—that would have been too easy…
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What a lovely letter :-) !
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Thank you! :-)
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This is spectacular! And by far the most unique Letters entry I’ve seen. Wonderful.
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Well, I didn’t think anyone else would have quite this… Thank you!! :-)
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Great response to the prompt! Beautiful composition – love the reflection, too!
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Thank you, Connie!! :-)
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Amazing shot!
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Thanks!!
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Very Cool Cracked and Chilled Letter C !
Super photo with the reflection and colour … yes .. I imagine you did have to be quick ;-)
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I shoot a whole series as fast as I can as I go past and pick the best one…
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I love it! A cliff with my name on it! Or at least my initial…
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I am very happy I picked it, then! :-)
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Awesome!!!
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Thanks!!! :-)
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