By Vladimir Brezina
Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge today is Twist. Just in time for the Fourth of July!
These were last year’s fireworks (more photos are here). We’ll see what tonight will bring!
Here‘s another kind of Twist, in response to The Daily Post’s Photo Challenge, which also had Twist as its theme only a month ago.
Posted in New York City, Photography
Tagged Fireworks, Fourth of July, New York City, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2014, Travel, Twist, 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
This week’s Photo Challenge is Contrasts.
Beauties and beasts—
Seen at the 2013 Coney Island Mermaid Parade, the 2011 Carnegie Hill Halloween Spooktakular, and the 2012 Spooktakular, respectively.
Another set of Contrasts is here.
Posted in New York City, Photography
Tagged Contrasts, Halloween, Mermaid Parade, New York City, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2014, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
The Summer Solstice occurred this morning, so we in the Northern Hemisphere are now officially into Summer. Happy Summer, everyone!
(Or, of course, to those in the Southern Hemisphere, Happy Winter!)
And, very appropriately for the occasion, Ailsa’s photo challenge this week is Shine—
(Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts, 2011. Story and more photos here.)
Posted in Nature, Photography
Tagged Photography, postaweek, postaweek2014, Shine, Solstice, Summer, Sun, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge this week is Shine.
Moonshine, inside and out—
Posted in Nature, Photography
Tagged Moonlight, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2014, Sea, Shine, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
This week’s Photo Challenge is Between.
From last year’s Coney Island Mermaid Parade. (Story and many more photos are here.)
This year’s Mermaid Parade is on June 21st—tomorrow!
Posted in New York City, Photography
Tagged Between, Coney Island, Mermaid Parade, Parade, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2014, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge this week is Fresh.
Yesterday I saw that the ground under the mulberry tree on the corner is littered with fallen mulberries. It’s that time of the year!
And that means that, on our next Manhattan circumnavigation, at a certain spot we know, we’ll be able to pick fresh ripe mulberries right from our kayaks!
Posted in Kayaking, Photography
Tagged Fresh, Kayaking, Manhattan Circumnavigation, Mulberries, New York Harbor, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2014, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
This week’s Photo Challenge is Extra, Extra.
You’re fishing! Would you like some extra help?
This looks like a fair division of labor…
Posted in Nature, Photography
Tagged Birds, Extra, Fishing, Great Blue Heron, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2014, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
This week’s Photo Challenge is Room.
I wonder what it’s like to always be inside your room, to carry it with you everywhere you go—
—or does your room become so much a part of you that it no longer stands between you and the world around?
(Florida fighting conch: more photos are here.)
This is in fact a real question in philosophy (Heidegger comes to mind), neuroscience and neuroethology (mind-body relations, motor learning, tool use), artificial intelligence… see for instance here.
Posted in Nature, Photography, Science and Technology
Tagged Animals, Conch, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2014, Room, Snail, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge this week is Unexpected.
We were expecting a peaceful paddle through autumnal marshes and creeks. We were certainly not expecting the locals to put up such strong resistance—
Come to think of it, we’ve already had Unexpected as a photo challenge theme. Here‘s another fellow who was quite prepared to defend his turf :-)
... 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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