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Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 56 mm — ¹/1250 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
looking out over the
Big Lake
( big, at least, if you're not even two years old yet )

Amidst the busy day yesterday I took a few minutes to visit the lake with Anthony's 22-month-old Cousin Jena...

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 55 mm — ¹/1250 sec, f/2.8, ISO 500 — map & image data — nearby photos
Uncle and Niece
heading down to the lake with Jena
Photo by Jena's mom (my sister), Marci Kreta

I asked her to turn around and smile for me...

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 52 mm — ¹/640 sec, f/3.5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
“Hi”

She immediately wanted to throw stuff into the lake, reaching down to grab a blade of grass. Throwing stuff into water is apparently a primal instinct in children, as we saw last year in “Throwin' Rocks”, earlier this year on a beach in Japan, among others.

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24 mm — ¹/1250 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
tall stalk of grass in hand,
Ready to Throw

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 26 mm — ¹/1250 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Another Subject
for her throwing pleasure

There was somewhat of a headwind so it was challenging to get things into the water, but she got a few.

I plucked a sprig of Queen Anne's Lace and asked whether she'd like to give it to Grandma, and she did...

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24 mm — ¹/320 sec, f/10, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Running Back to Grandma

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 55 mm — ¹/1500 sec, f/2.8, ISO 500 — map & image data — nearby photos
“Grandma”
Photo by Marci Kreta

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 52 mm — ¹/4000 sec, f/2.8, ISO 500 — map & image data — nearby photos
“Here You Go”
Photo by Marci Kreta