Bowling with Gen
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Nice Form -- Otsu Bowl -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/
Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/250 sec, f/2.5, ISO 1400 — map & image datanearby photos
Nice Form

As I mentioned the other day in “A Couple of Striking Photos”, we went bowling the other day with Zak and his kids.

This Form: Not So Great -- Otsu Bowl -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/
Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/250 sec, f/2.5, ISO 1400 — map & image datanearby photos
This Form: Not So Great
Bowling with a Three Year Old is pretty far removed from bowling -- Otsu Bowl -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/
Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/250 sec, f/2.5, ISO 1600 — map & image datanearby photos
Bowling with a Three Year Old
is pretty far removed from bowling
Yup, From This Angle, Too -- Otsu Bowl -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/
Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/250 sec, f/2.5, ISO 1800 — map & image datanearby photos
Yup, From This Angle, Too
Body English -- Otsu Bowl -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/
Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/250 sec, f/2.5, ISO 1400 — map & image datanearby photos
Body English
Warp Attack! this attempt ended as badly as the photo leads you to suppose -- Otsu Bowl -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/
Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/250 sec, f/2.5, ISO 1400 — map & image datanearby photos
Warp Attack!
this attempt ended as badly as the photo leads you to suppose
Somewhat Isolated 24mm @ f/1.4 can get the job done even with a busy background -- Otsu Bowl -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 @ 24 mm — 1/500 sec, f/1.4, ISO 2500 — map & image datanearby photos
Somewhat Isolated
24mm @ f/1.4 can get the job done even with a busy background
Same Lens, Same Day, Same Creamy Bokeh not, however, in the same place -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 @ 24 mm — 1/4000 sec, f/2.2, ISO 200 — map & image datanearby photos
Same Lens, Same Day, Same Creamy Bokeh
not, however, in the same place
Perspective Distortion can be fun, even when you miss focus by a mile -- Otsu Bowl -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 @ 24 mm cropped — 1/500 sec, f/1.4, ISO 900 — map & image datanearby photos
Perspective Distortion
can be fun, even when you miss focus by a mile

The 24mm prime wasn't really appropriate for the bowling alley, so I mostly used the Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5. It came in handy when Zak's kids, Gen and Zoe, were playing. (They fight so little that I think they don't realize that they're siblings....)

Snuggly Moment -- Otsu Bowl -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/
Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/100 sec, f/2.5, ISO 6400 — map & image datanearby photos
Snuggly Moment
Gooshy Gooshy Gooshy -- Otsu Bowl -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/
Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/125 sec, f/2.5, ISO 6400 — map & image datanearby photos
Gooshy Gooshy Gooshy
Awaiting Greatness watching the ball head down for what turns out to be the strike mentioned last time -- Otsu Bowl -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/
Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/250 sec, f/2.5, ISO 1250 — map & image datanearby photos
Awaiting Greatness
watching the ball head down for what turns out to be the strike mentioned last time

Gen, 22 months younger than Anthony, eventually started picking up some good form himself...

Otsu Bowl -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, http://regex.info/blog/
Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/250 sec, f/2.5, ISO 1600 — map & image datanearby photos

... though my inability to get even remotely close focus remained.


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