By Vladimir Brezina
These birds have a great sense of translational symmetry—
A contribution to this week’s Photo Challenge, Symmetry. A second contribution is here.
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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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Fantastic shots.
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Thanks, Archita!
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Hey. . . That is cute and creative!
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Thanks so much!!
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Very nice! Love it!
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Thank you, Terri! :-)
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oh i love it! great captures :)
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Glad you like it—thank you!
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twins?
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Could be…
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Beautiful!
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Thank you!!
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Synchronized bird marching? Very cute.
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Thank you, Marilyn! :-)
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Amazing pictures :)
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Thanks!!
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I love the incoming waves…
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They run in and out with the incoming waves, picking up whatever tidbits are left stranded :-)
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And you have to wonder about the bottles in the water. Their intentions, their stories, past, present and future.
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I love photos of birds and bird life. These are beautiful!
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Florida (where these photos were taken) is the place for bird life!
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What a very lovely shot, Vlad, and an interesting take on the challenge.
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Thanks so much, Tish!
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Fabulous
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Thanks!!
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What wonderful photos, Vlad! I followed the link to transactional symmetry, but I confess to not understanding a bit of it ;) That’s okay though – I think I got the principle from these images :) Isn’t nature wonderful?
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Yes, the photos illustrate translational symmetry pretty well :-)
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Very clever! Loved these “twins”.
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Thanks, Jane!!
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Genius!
(stay warm!)
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Thanks!
(Trying to—but this winter isn’t ending….)
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Those are great shots that really fit the bill. (no pun intended) :-)
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Pun gladly received! :-)
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Excellent observational skills great capture
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Thanks so much, Scott!!
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Super shots! They could have been in the Rockettes. You may have to ask an oldie about the Rockettes!
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The Rockettes are still going strong—we saw them a few years ago :-)
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These are the birds are so wonderful! They coach the synchronized swimmers in the Olympics…. :)
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They could, if they could swim… :-)
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That’s incredible ! Very nice for the theme !
Ciao ciao
Max
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Thanks, Max!!
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Winner!
On 13 February 2015 at 17:33, Wind Against Current wrote:
> Vladimir Brezina posted: “By Vladimir Brezina These birds have a great > sense of translational symmetry— A contribution to this week’s Photo > Challenge, Symmetry.”
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:-)
Thanks, Pamela!
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Lovely photos.
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Thanks so much, Gayle!
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great shots. They made me smile.
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:-) Thank you!
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You photographed their fluffy feather beautifully.
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Thanks, Isadora! :-)
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I love these!
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Thanks so much!!
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Perfect symmetrical series! Synchronized birds …
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Thanks, Kat!!
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Love these photos! I have a similar pic but of three sandpipers. I love that you captured multiple shots of their “translational symmetry”!
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Couldn’t help it—they were performing :-)
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Gorgeous!!
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Thanks so much!!
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Confess. You drilled them. For hours.
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I tried, but you know how hard it is herd birds… cats are easy by comparison :-)
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