We love this photo from our paddle on Saturday, 12.12.15 (a surreal, windless day). Oops…
…Hahaha, still water can fool you! Let’s try that again:
That’s better. Um, or not… On certain days in winter, Long Island Sound turns into a hall of mirrors!
And the only way you can tell “right side up” in photos is by your kayak’s wake.
Saturday morning was unusually warm and still. With temps in the low 50sF, the water and air mirrored each other in every way.
Sky, sea, and horizon became one. Symmetrical and calm…like a Greenland blade.
See other interpretations of this week’s Photo Challenge here. 🙂
2 Geeks @ 3 Knots 
Wow! It truly was one of the best days on the water! I’m glad you had a camera and captured it.
Hey, Rick! You are so right. We’d love to see a Rockpool Taran reflected in the water… let’s catch up back channel!
Jean those shot are incredible !! Is there any way i could get hi-res files from you
like to print them for a poster I would be glad to make prints for you prints too
John Goldhurst jgoldhurst01@snet.net
Hi, John. Thanks! Interesting idea… what’s you contact info? J&A
Some amazing shots here.
Thank you, Shimon. The day presented itself!
stunning 🙂
Thank you, Mike! It really was quite a day… magical. We’re posting a video of seals that checked us out that afternoon (at a great distance, but oh well, we were thrilled!). Winter visitors. Be well 🙂 Jean & Alex
Amazing pics, must be incredible to be out there – and disorienting?
You’re right, it is amazing to be out on the water—especially on days like that. We haven’t become disoriented (yet), but evidently it can happen. This from a favorite book, “Searching For The Finmen” by Norman Rogers: “In the arctic, particularly in winter, the horizon disappears, snow fills the air, concepts of perspective and distance become blurred. While western civilizations inhabit a visual world of straight lines, manifesting itself in terms of rectilinear building and furniture design and linear writing, the arctic environment often needs to be understood by means of non-visual signals, using the senses of hearing, smell and touch as well as heightened awareness of three-dimensional space… The Inuit used three-dimensional “maps” of coastlines carved from driftwood. These were made to be felt rather than looked at, and as such could still be used in conditions of limited light in a kayak. Inuit are known to have drawn reliable maps of small islands by listening to waves lapping on the shore of the island in the dark.” Well, Alex and I are not so clever… we rely on our laminated chart, and visible coastline.But we love the idea of experiencing the world with all senses. Thanks for writing, maamej! 🙂 J&A
Great photos!!
We had a completely still day like that on Long Island Sound a while back (http://windagainstcurrent.com/2011/09/09/beaufort-force-zero-a-photoessay/) and it was hazy, so we couldn’t make out the horizon. Then it really was disorienting at times—couldn’t tell which way was up, almost to the point of vertigo….
Thanks, Vlad! Your ’09 post is exquisite. We want to say deja vu… the Sound is like that! Happy New Year—see you on our return from waterless AZ. J&A
That sounds impressive – what humans can do when fully attuned to their environment!