Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200 mm — ¹/125 sec, f/2.8, ISO 500 — map & image data — nearby photos
Getting Wet
( and not so sure he likes it )

We had a short rain shower today – standard fare for an Ohio summer – and Anthony wanted to go out in it to play. At first he ran around with childlike abandon, and I snapped some shots with my Nikkor 85mm f/1.4, but for some reason every one was horribly out of focus. I didn't notice anything wrong at the time, but anyway, I wanted to get closer without getting wet, so I switched to my Nikkor 70-200mm.

In the short minute that it took for me to get the lens and switch, Anthony's mood went from arms-swinging-around-dancing-like-a-kid play to, as the photo above shows, somewhat serious and a little concerned.

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200 mm — ¹/125 sec, f/2.8, ISO 500 — map & image data — nearby photos
Hmmmm....

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200 mm — ¹/125 sec, f/2.8, ISO 500 — map & image data — nearby photos
Something Seems Disagreeable

I'm not exactly sure what the issue was, but he soon came in and got some dry clothes. The rain stopped soon after.

In the evening, I was at a restaurant and stepped out to find some spectacular post-sunset colors...

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 40 mm — ¹/125 sec, f/2.8, ISO 640 — map & image data — nearby photos

Sadly, some of the brighter deep, rich scarlet pinks bumped up against the dynamic-range limit of the camera, and so ended up as oranges and yellows. Sigh. Maybe I should have done HDR or something to save the true colors.

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 20 mm — ¹/100 sec, f/2.8, ISO 640 — map & image data — nearby photos