By Vladimir Brezina
This orange had traveled far, but this was the end of the road…
(Everglades Challenge shakedown paddle, April 2013)
A contribution toward Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge, Orange. Another contribution is here.
By Vladimir Brezina
This orange had traveled far, but this was the end of the road…
(Everglades Challenge shakedown paddle, April 2013)
A contribution toward Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge, Orange. Another contribution is here.
Posted in Photography
Tagged Orange, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2014, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
This week’s Photo Challenge is Fray.
Rival tugboats enter the fray in NYC’s Great North River Tugboat Race & Competition.
They engage in single combat…
… as well as a general melee
More photos from the 2012 and 2013 Races are here and here. And the 2014 Race is coming up in just one week, on Sunday, August 31st. We’ll be there!
By Vladimir Brezina
In the middle of the city, you don’t see the horizon. Well before sunset, the sun dips behind a dark palisade of silhouettes
To see the sun touch the horizon, you must climb very high
or, down below, wait for a very special day
Or, of course, watch from your kayak on the river!
A response to this week’s Photo Challenge, Silhouette, and Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge, Horizons.
Posted in Kayaking, New York City, Photography
Tagged Horizons, Hudson River, Kayaking, Manhattan, Manhattanhenge, New York City, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2014, Silhouette, Sunset, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
This week’s Photo Challenge is Silhouette.
Sailing across Tampa Bay at sunrise, at the start of the 2014 Everglades Challenge.
Posted in Photography, Sports
Tagged Photography, postaweek, postaweek2014, Sailing, Silhouette, Weekly Photo Challenge, Windsurfing
By Johna Till Johnson
Photos by Vladimir Brezina
On a beautiful Sunday morning, Vlad went out to photograph chicks on the beach.
No… it’s not what you’re thinking!
We were staying at the Don CeSar Hotel in St. Pete Beach, Florida, where my company had just finished its annual conference. We tacked on a few days of vacation at the end.
And on the last day we heard about something unusual: a patch of beach where black skimmers (a kind of tern) were hatching their chicks. It was about a half-mile or so up the beach to the north, sandwiched right between hotels, roped off but otherwise out in the open, among the sunbathers and beach joggers.
So not too early on a Sunday morning, Vlad and I ventured out to see the skimmers and their chicks.
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Posted in Nature
Tagged Beach, Birds, Black Skimmer, Florida, Loews Don CeSar Hotel, Photography, St. Pete Beach
By Vladimir Brezina
Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge this week is Endearing.
I know people are expecting photos of cute babies and furry animals, but I love my invertebrates…
… cautious conch
… feisty fiddler crab
… serene sea slug
Posted in Nature, Photography
Tagged Animals, Conch, Endearing, Fiddler Crabs, Invertebrates, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2014, Sea Slug, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
This week’s Photo Challenge is Texture.
As kayakers, we pay close attention to the texture of the water around us.
Posted in Kayaking, Photography
Tagged Kayaking, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2014, Sea State, Texture, Weekly Photo Challenge
Tagged Beach, Florida, Loews Don CeSar Hotel, Photography, St. Pete Beach, Sunset
Posted in Nature
Tagged Beach, Birds, Black Skimmer, Florida, Photography, St. Pete Beach
By Vladimir Brezina
Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge this week is Simplify.
We are bringing all that on our kayak trip? We should simplify!
And we have. We’ve learned that Nature will provide what we need—
— an easy chair to relax in after a long paddle
— a beer cooler
— a stove to cook dinner
Nature is very helpful these days ;-)
Posted in Kayaking, Photography
Tagged Kayak Camping, Kayaking, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2014, Simplify, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge