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Text and photo by Johna Till Johnson Photo edit concept by Dan Kalman Westport River, East Branch, Westport, Massachusetts It was a sunny weekend in early autumn. The trees were just beginning to come ablaze, lit by the late morning … Continue reading
By Vladimir Brezina
When kayaking in New York Harbor, you can’t avoid getting close—
A contribution to Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge, Close.
Posted in Kayaking, New York City, Photography
Tagged Boats, Close, New York City, New York Harbor, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2016, Sea Kayaking, Ships, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
After seven days on the water, the finish of our big kayak trip is still some way off over the horizon, but we’re suddenly sure that we’ll make it today. What could go wrong now? ;-)
A contribution to this week’s Photo Challenge, Jubilant.
By Vladimir Brezina
Paddling through the silver sea…
(2014 Watertribe Everglades Challenge, Florida)
A contribution to Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge, Dazzling.
Posted in Kayaking, Photography
Tagged Dazzling, Everglades Challenge, Florida Kayaking, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2016, Sea Kayaking, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
Let’s eat before the rising tide submerges this sandbar, or the bugs bite us to death…
(During the 2014 Everglades Challenge, Florida.)
A contribution to this week’s Photo Challenge, Dinnertime.
By Vladimir Brezina
Balance is easier with some support…
A contribution to Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge, Balance.
Posted in Kayaking, Photography
Tagged Balance, Hudson River, Kayak Strokes, New York Harbor, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2016, Sea Kayaking, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
Squares lead us on
… squares and sometimes triangles
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.
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and we are by no means the only ones to appreciate their presence
A contribution to Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge, Square.
Posted in Kayaking, Photography
Tagged Birds, Kayak Expeditions, Kayak Navigation, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2016, Sea Kayaking, Square, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
Before the big paddle into the unknown: first tension—
then fear—
(OK, she’s acting out for the camera, a bit)
and then pure happiness on the last day…
Yes, long-distance paddling is all about the State of Mind!
This was the 2014 WaterTribe Everglades Challenge. Not coincidentally, the 2016 Challenge starts in a couple of days…
A contribution to this week’s Photo Challenge, State of Mind.
By Vladimir Brezina
We’re only up to “C”! A long way to go still on our circumnavigation of Manhattan…
The Columbia “C”
A contribution to this week’s Photo Challenge, Alphabet.
By Vladimir Brezina
Kayaking in open waters far from land, there’s not much to photograph except endless waves—and yourself!
These are photos from a kayak-sailing trip, with the camera mounted at the top of the mast.
A contribution to Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge, Self.
Posted in Kayaking, Photography
Tagged Feathercraft, Kayak Sailing, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2015, Sea Kayaking, Self, Travel, 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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