By Vladimir Brezina
As we paddle through the backwaters of NYC’s industrial waterways, we come to close quarters with hundreds of barges and scows, many of which seem to have seen some service.
As we brush past their battered sides, we admire their colorful peeling paint—
A second contribution to Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge, Paint. The first contribution was here.
Posted in Kayaking, New York City, Photography
Tagged Abstract, Barges, Kayaking, New York Harbor, Paint, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2015, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
This is how we’ve always before seen the Yellow Submarine of Brooklyn—
—but what a difference a fresh coat of paint makes!
(story and more photos here)
A contribution to Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge, Paint. A second contribution is here.
Posted in Kayaking, New York City, Photography
Tagged Kayaking, New York City, New York Harbor, Paint, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2015, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge, Yellow Submarine
By Vladimir Brezina
He may be smiling sweetly
but he’s still sizing you up as prey
(still working on those Australia photos!)
A contribution to Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge, Intense.
Posted in Nature, Photography, Travel
Tagged Australia, Crocodile, Intense, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2015, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge
Posted in Photography
Tagged Fruit, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2015, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
Move!
No, you move!
In NYC, gridlock doesn’t just happen on land…
Scenes from this year’s Great North River Tugboat Race & Competition. Many more photos to come!
A contribution to Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge, Move.
Posted in New York City, Photography, Science and Technology
Tagged Boats, Move, New York City, New York Harbor, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2015, Ships, Travel, Tugboat, Tugboat Race, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
Acute angles, right angles, obtuse angles—angles as far as the eye can see:
Photos taken on a Hidden Harbor Tour, September 2013.
A contribution to Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge, Angles.
By Vladimir Brezina
We’re back from a trip to tropical Queensland, Australia—and, of course, processing a couple of thousand photos. Here’s a brief preview:
Much more to come!
Tagged Animals, Australia, Birds, Photography, Queensland, Travel, Tropical
By Vladimir Brezina
Deep Summer Mellow—
A contribution to Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge, Mellow.
Posted in Photography
Tagged Fishing, Mellow, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2015, Summer, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
Grey apparition in the mist—
A contribution to Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge, Grey.
Posted in New York City, Photography
Tagged Grey, Manhattan, New York Harbor, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2015, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
Why did so many other kayaks overtake us in the 2014 Everglades Challenge? Wind power!
Next time, we’ll have sails on our kayaks too!
A contribution to Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge, Wind.
Posted in Kayaking, Photography
Tagged Everglades Challenge, Florida Kayaking, Kayak Sailing, Kayaking, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2015, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge, Wind
... 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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