By Vladimir Brezina
Minimalist again? Ailsa, you and The Daily Post really have to coordinate your Photo Challenges! :-)
Anyhow, we do strive to travel in a minimalist fashion, with only the gear that is absolutely necessary. But it’s a work in progress—
At the start of the 2014 Everglades Challenge.
Posted in Kayaking, Photography
Tagged Everglades Challenge, Kayak Expeditions, Kayak Gear, Kayaking, Minimalist, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2014, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
The sun rises above the horizon, and immediately its warming rays disperse the morning chill. It’s going to be another hot one!
A response to this week’s Photo Challenge, Warmth.
Posted in Nature, Photography
Tagged Photography, postaweek2014, Sunrise, Warmth, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
Golden light in New York Harbor…
From the Hidden Harbor Tour, September 2013.
A contribution to Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge, Golden.
Posted in New York City, Photography
Tagged Golden, Hidden Harbor Tour, New York City, New York Harbor, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2014, Ships, Sunset, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
A yellow kayak, for a change…
A response to this week’s Photo Challenge, Yellow.
Posted in Kayaking, Photography
Tagged Belize, Kayak, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2014, Sea Kayaking, Weekly Photo Challenge, Yellow
By Vladimir Brezina
This week’s Photo Challenge is Twinkle.
And, at this time of the year, there’s no other possible response than this—
More twinkling photos from Christmas 2011 and Christmas 2012 are here and here.
And, so as not to get bored with twinkling lights year after year, this for a change was Christmas 2013—
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We are working on Christmas 2014. Stay tuned!
Posted in Life, Photography
Tagged Christmas Decorations, Christmas Tree, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2014, Twinkle, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
Gone…
… but not forgotten.
But memories are not enough—the new Tower has risen!
A contribution to this week’s Photo Challenge, Gone, But Not Forgotten.
By Vladimir Brezina
wherein the sum of an infinite number of alternating positive and negative terms, progressively decreasing in absolute magnitude, is the unity. (Borges would be pleased.)
A contribution to this week’s Photo Challenge, Converge.
Posted in Photography
Tagged Converge, Mathematical Series, Mathematics, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2014, Reflections, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
It’s not even winter yet—even though in the US Northeast it feels otherwise—but our thoughts are already turning toward the colors of the coming summer—
All photos from one of the most colorful events of the summer, the Coney Island Mermaid Parade.
A contribution to Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge, Colourful.
Posted in Art, New York City, Photography
Tagged Brooklyn, Colorful, Colourful, Coney Island, Mermaid Parade, New York City, Parade, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2014, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
New York City’s architecture is full of angles—
— along with some curves, of course!
A contribution to this week’s Photo Challenge, Angular.
Posted in Architecture, New York City, Photography
Tagged Angular, Architecture, Manhattan, New York City, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2014, 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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