By Vladimir Brezina
This week’s Photo Challenge is Zigzag.
As every sailor knows, the most direct way to the destination is usually a zigzag—
Kayak sailing on Long Island Sound, 2007. Story and more photos here.
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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 
A very nice photo!
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Thank you!!
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Great perspective for these photos.
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This was before drones…
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:)
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What a wonderful and different type of view. Very nice, I like the last one.
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Thanks, Marie!
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ein geruhsames sowie friedvolles Wochenende wünsche ich ;-)
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And to you too, belatedly :-)
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Wonderful interpretation of the theme – and you can’t beat the sailing aspect which is exactly on the right tack for me! :)
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It occurred to me right away, and wouldn’t let me do anything else :-)
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Tack and gybe?
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Gybe in this case… Tacking turned out to be more difficult with this kayak and rig…
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very cool photography!
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Thanks!!
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A different perspective. Nice.
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Thanks, Donna! :-)
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wonderful angle and does the theme great justice!
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Well, there was that tall mast, just crying out to have a camera mounted on top…
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such an unusual perspective, nice zig zag challenge image.
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Thank you so much, Daniel! :-)
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I agree, wonderful angle. cool!
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Thanks so much!!
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Great take on the theme, but then a sailor would know that tacking is zigzagging! Cool photos. ;-)
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I figured I didn’t need to spell it out :-)
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Yes! Having learned how to sail, that was my first thought when I saw the challenge. Love the perspective of your images!
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Hard to give a sense of it in just one image, though! :-)
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Nice picture! Being a sailor myself I very much appreciate this ‘angle of attack’!
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The most natural angle of attack for a sailor! :-)
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Hahaha… yes, zigzagging would be the most certain way to your destination, especially if you’re in a kayak. Been there, done that!
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Actually, if you are paddling, you are best off if you head in a straight line directly into the wind—even though you might not enjoy the experience very much :-)
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Very nice Vlad!
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Thank you!!
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Hasn’t this week’s challenge been great? So many unique interpretations. Kayaking is one big zigzag..a perfect choice!
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Well, we try not to zigzag when paddling—but when sailing it can’t be helped :-)
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Clever!
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Glad you like it! :-)
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Such complex images that somehow manage to be — fun!
Something playful about them, and I see colorful dragonflies!
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I am so glad I mounted the camera up there on the mast for that bird’s-eye view… :-)
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Very nice capture! Da vértigo :)
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Thank you!! :-)
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