By Vladimir Brezina
As we paddle through the backwaters of NYC’s industrial waterways, we come to close quarters with hundreds of barges and scows, many of which seem to have seen some service.
As we brush past their battered sides, we admire their colorful peeling paint—
A second contribution to Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge, Paint. The first contribution was here.
Posted in Kayaking, New York City, Photography
Tagged Abstract, Barges, Kayaking, New York Harbor, Paint, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2015, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
This week’s Photo Challenge is Contrasts.
Spot the kayak in these photos—
The first set of Contrasts was here.
Posted in Kayaking, New York City, Photography
Tagged Barges, Contrasts, New York Harbor, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2014, Sea Kayaking, Ships, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge this week is Metal.
A few close encounters with New York Harbor metal—
Posted in Kayaking, Photography
Tagged Barges, Kayaking, Metal, New York Harbor, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2014, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
This week’s Photo Challenge is Juxtaposition.
In New York Harbor, little boats (juxta)posed with big ships…
The first “Juxtaposition” post was here.
Posted in Kayaking, New York City, Photography
Tagged Barges, Juxtaposition, Kayaking, New York City, New York Harbor, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2014, Ships, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge this week is Big.
I seem to recall that there was already a “Big” photo challenge last year… and my response was the obvious one :-)
So here’s another type of big object that we regularly encounter kayaking in New York Harbor—
For more on this subject see At the Bottom of the Food Chain.
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Tagged Barges, Big, Kayaking, New York Harbor, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2013, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
In New York Harbor at any moment, there are probably thousands of barges of all shapes, sizes, and colors, being moved around by tugs, anchored, or just rusting away in odd corners. Kayaking around the Harbor, we often find ourselves close enough to them to touch their towering steel sides, to rest in their lee before heading out into the wind again, and even to see them as objets d’art…
... 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.
... 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.
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