Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70mm — ¹/160 sec, f/2.8, ISO 220 — map & image data — nearby photos
Crazy Summer of Fun
well, two weeks of crazy fun
at Grandma and Grandpa's, Rootstown Ohio

Our trip to visit my folks in Ohio ends tomorrow with a long trip back to Kyoto. I've still much to post from this short two weeks, but here are some random photos to fill out my last night...

Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70mm — ¹/160 sec, f/4.5, ISO 4000 — map & image data — nearby photos
Trampoline Dodgeball

We ended up visiting ZipCity four times. I posted about it earlier, and will again I'm sure.

Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 48mm — ¹/100 sec, f/2.8, ISO 1250 — map & image data — nearby photos
Me and Anthony
photo by Phyllis Friedl

Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 38mm — ¹/80 sec, f/2.8, ISO 1100 — map & image data — nearby photos
My Brother Mike
attacking a five-year-old kid
僕の兄

Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/250 sec, f/2.5, ISO 2200 — map & image data — nearby photos

Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70mm — ¹/160 sec, f/2.8, ISO 560 — image data
Transforming
a rock on its way to become a step in a flight of steps
(My squats at the gym finally paying off; “lift with your legs, not with your back”)
ジムの筋トレはやっと便利になりました

Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 48mm — ¹/100 sec, f/2.8, ISO 3200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Birthday Boy
Cousin Luke turns Seven
ルックいとこは七才になりました

Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/250 sec, f/2.5, ISO 140 — map & image data — nearby photos
Race Results
First place overall, and third in age group
５キロのレースをやって、兄は一位に、義理妹は年齢層の三位を出来ました

My brother Mike and his wife ran a local 5,000-meter race. Mike came in first overall, which is better than he did earlier in the summer in an 56-mile ultramarathon. Chickee came in third in her age group.

Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 62mm — ¹/500 sec, f/2.8, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Active Summer

The older kids doing a zipline in the backyard while Mike takes his youngest for a tractor ride....

Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 38mm — ¹/640 sec, f/2.8, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Mike and Claire

Here they are again at ZipCity after 4½-year-old Claire did the big zipline:

Nikon D4 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/60 sec, f/4, ISO 6400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Mike and Claire

Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70mm — ¹/400 sec, f/2.8, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Luke's Turn on the Tractor

Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 34mm — ¹/160 sec, f/2.8, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Claire Switches to Backup Transportation

Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70mm — ¹/160 sec, f/2.8, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Grace's Turn on the Tractor

Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 50mm — ¹/200 sec, f/2.8, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Pro Driver

Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70mm — ¹/640 sec, f/2.8, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Photo Op for Mommy

Mike offered to give Anthony a ride, but Anthony declined. Maybe it was because the tractor was too slow after an experience like last spring's go-carts at Adventure World, or maybe it was just because the zipline was too fun.