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Life and Death of a Sand Castle, Part III: Destruction

by Jeffrey Friedl Sat, August 16th, 2008 2:12pm JST (14 years, 10 months ago)

Bent on Destruction -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 17 mm — ¹/125 sec, f/5, ISO 500 — map & image data — nearby photos
Bent on Destruction

Part I was the initial sand-castle build.

Part II was a large, ambitious expansion.

This is the final part, part III: destruction

Dozers to the Ready -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 17 mm — ¹/80 sec, f/5, ISO 250 — map & image data — nearby photos
Dozers to the Ready

Anthony decided that it was time to destroy the sand castle. It's not that he wanted to use the space for anything. He just wanted to destroy. (What do you expect? He's a five-year-old boy, you know.)

Savoring the Anticipation -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 17 mm — ¹/125 sec, f/5, ISO 500 — map & image data — nearby photos
Savoring the Anticipation

Impressive Resilience -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 17 mm — ¹/90 sec, f/5, ISO 500 — map & image data — nearby photos
Impressive Resilience

Resistance is Futile -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 17 mm — ¹/160 sec, f/5, ISO 500 — map & image data — nearby photos
Resistance is Futile

About to Take Out a Tower -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 17 mm — ¹/90 sec, f/6.3, ISO 500 — map & image data — nearby photos
About to Take Out a Tower

Oh! That Had to Hurt! ( the sand castle ) -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 44 mm — ¹/50 sec, f/6.3, ISO 500 — map & image data — nearby photos
Oh! That Had to Hurt!
( the sand castle )

Gone in 60 Seconds -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 17 mm — ¹/100 sec, f/6.3, ISO 500 — map & image data — nearby photos
Gone in 60 Seconds

( no caption necessary ) -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 38 mm — ¹/40 sec, f/6.3, ISO 500 — map & image data — nearby photos
( no caption necessary )

When he was done, a lone tower from the original castle stood. I have no idea why he spared it...

Survivor -- Rootstown, Ohio, USA -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 17 mm — ¹/80 sec, f/6.3, ISO 500 — map & image data — nearby photos
Survivor

As far as I know it's still there today (10 days later), although we've had some incredible thunderstorms that I'm sure have left it a bit battered and soggy. (I've posted before about what heavy rain does to sand.)

August	25th,	2007	Toys Sandblasted by Heavy Rain
August	13th,	2008	Life and Death of a Sand Castle: Part I
August	15th,	2008	Life and Death of a Sand Castle, Part II: Expansion

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I have been reading your blog and I am wondering what you use to geotag your photos?

I describe my workflow here, but in short, I sync up my photos with the track log from a GPS unit after the fact. —Jeffrey

— comment by Frank on August 16th, 2008 at 3:18pm JST (14 years, 10 months ago) — comment permalink