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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By Vladimir Brezina
This week’s Photo Challenge is Big.
It’s big…
… but it always amazes me how tiny it appears when we turn the corner and see it across the harbor, against the immensity of the sea and sky. There it is, just to the left of the sunlit section of the city ahead…
It’s a matter of perspective.
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Tagged Big, New York City, New York Harbor, Photography, postaday, postaweek, postaweek2012, Statue of Liberty, Weekly Photo Challenge
... 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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