Long Island Kayak Circumnavigation: Day 7—Around Orient Point

By Johna Till Johnson
Photos by Vladimir Brezina

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Greenport (Bay side) around Orient Point to Greenport (Sound side)
17 nautical miles (20 land miles)

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Urban

By Vladimir Brezina

This week’s Photo Challenge is Urban.

Two views down the street…

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Travel Theme: Silhouette

By Vladimir Brezina

Ailsa‘s Travel-Themed Photo Challenge for this week is Silhouette.

She says: “It fascinates me how a silhouette; a two-dimensional outline of a person or object, can suggest a story just as clearly as if you could see the scene in its entirety. Perhaps it makes our imagination work overtime, trying to fill in the details we cannot see.”

Indeed…

Belize, 2010. More photos are here.

Long Island Kayak Circumnavigation: Day 6—Across the Forks

By Johna Till Johnson
Photos by Vladimir Brezina

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Montauk Point to Greenport
22 nautical miles (25 land miles)

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Key Biscayne Sunrise

By Vladimir Brezina

We’ve had Sunset, and so it’s time for Sunrise. This one was in Key Biscayne, Florida, this past Sunday.

And a bonus…

More photos are here.

Travel Theme: Sunset

By Vladimir Brezina

Ailsa‘s Travel-Themed Photo Challenge this week is Sunset.

I must have hundreds of sunset photos, since, with camera in hand, a spectacular show at sunset is hard to resist… Which to choose? Here are a few of the memorable sunsets over the years.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Merge, Take Two

By Vladimir Brezina

This week’s Photo Challenge is Merge. I’ve already posted one interpretation, but here’s another one.

One some days, you don’t know where the sea ends and the sky begins…

More photos are here.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Merge

By Vladimir Brezina

This week’s Photo Challenge is Merge.

Blossoms and stone merge in spring…

Spring 2007 in Central Park, New York City. More photos are here.

A second interpretation of “Merge” is here.

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Long Island Kayak Circumnavigation: Day 5—Around Montauk Point

By Johna Till Johnson
Photos by Vladimir Brezina

<— Previous: Day 4

Shinnecock Inlet to Montauk Point
36 nautical miles (41 land miles)

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Wrong

By Vladimir Brezina

This week’s Photo Challenge is Wrong.

Stand up paddle boarding is becoming very popular. There’s the right way to do it…

… and the wrong way.

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