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Nikon D700 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 380 mm — ¹/1000 sec, f/6.3, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Water Fun

Following on yesterday's Squirt Gun Water Fight, today Anthony and Josh had some water play on their own. They were out there for hours, but I stepped out just a bit to take pictures.

Nikon D700 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 380 mm — ¹/1000 sec, f/6.3, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Pressing the Attack

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Slightly Too Late

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Direct Hit

The picture above is from a game they played, where one sat in the car with his back to the faucet, and the other filled up and threw water at the first at unpredictable times. The one getting splashed would then yell “Hey, I felt something!”. Repeat ad infinitum, switching places occasionally....

Nikon D700 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 240 mm — ¹/640 sec, f/6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Not Long To Wait, Now

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And Again

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Direct Splosh

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Going Vertical
Anthony throws the water waaaay up, having it plummet down onto Josh

Nikon D700 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 210 mm — ¹/640 sec, f/20, ISO 900 — map & image data — nearby photos
Casual Observer
Similar to the one on this morning's “Jogging with Grandpa” post

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Thoroughly Enjoying
a thorough soaking

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Trying To Put The Toothpaste Back in the Tube

After “going vertical”, Anthony tries to catch the water he just launched up. He didn't get much, but he was happy to have caught at least a bit...

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Happy with the Results

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Going Vertical Again

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Lunge
“Missed it by that much”

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Dispensing With The Middle Man

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Daring

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That's One Way to Wash Your Hair

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“Get You!” Game
Josh controls the sprinkler water to try to “get” Anthony

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“Get Daddy” Game
cut short when the first blast actually crossed an improbably long stretch of lawn and splashed the camera lens

Nikon D700 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 95 mm — ¹/800 sec, f/5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Cousins
4 year old Josh Kreta  · 7 year old Anthony

I'd asked them to stand for the photo, and as they were there, the automatic sprinkler started to spray them from behind, and silliness ensued...

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Yikes!

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Partners in Grime

Anthony asked that I take a photo of him in a Star Wars Clone Trooper pose, so here it is:

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Clone Trooper
Captain Anthony

Seeing Anthony pose for a shot, Josh wanted to do the same. He had a hard time lifting the heavy squirt gun, but here's his posed shot:

Nikon D700 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 95 mm — ¹/800 sec, f/5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Powerful-Squirtgunner Josh

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Off on a Jog
around a mist-covered lake

Just as he did last year and the year before, Anthony joined Grandpa on his daily jogs this morning.

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Start of Lap 1

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The sunrise lighting was quite dynamic, depending on where they and the clouds happened to be at any one moment...

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Nearby Observer
just finishing his breakfast

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Stripes

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End of Lap 1

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End of Lap 3

Anthony was feeling substantially less fresh after lap three than after lap one, and didn't really want to continue, but he stuck with it and did all five laps.

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Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/200 sec, f/2.5, ISO 6400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Silly Play
of some kind or another

It's another busy summer of play, with way too many things that I want to post about, so I'll try to catch up a little with some random summer-fun pics of Anthony and his cousins Josh and Jena...

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Frog

There are lots of little frogs around in the grass. He found this one while clearing away a fallen tree, just like he found one when we first started the cleanup of a tree that had fallen.

Josh found one the other day as well...

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Josh's Frog

Josh just loves dinosaurs (and knows, at 4 years old, more about them than anyone I've ever met) and Anthony has started to become interested as well, especially from a play perspective...

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Crane Dino Wrangling

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Two Boys Hiding

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Out for a Spin
22-month-old Jena

My sister took a similar photo of Jena last year...

Last year
10-Month-Old Jena Out for a Spin
Photo by Marci Kreta

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Dragonfly Up Close and Personal

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Hyper Active
any reason to move is a reason to run

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Random Playroom Play

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Goose Feather

We found this while taking a tractor ride around the lake, and it reminded me of this photo of Anthony holding a dragonfly wing I took during a similar situation last year. I use that photo on a post about Aperture 3 being released, and coincidentally Adobe released a Lightroom 3.2 Release Candidate a few minutes ago. I didn't realize the coincidence until looking around for the old dragonfly photo just now.

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/500 sec, f/2.5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/500 sec, f/2.5, ISO 800 — map & image data — nearby photos

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Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/320 sec, f/4, ISO 5000 — map & image data — nearby photos
Anthony by an Old Tree
a few days ago

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By the Same Tree
a year ago

Not too far from our “special appreciation spot” is an old decaying tree with some character. I took a photo of Anthony by it last year, so took another this year, and may try to make it into a tradition.

Normally when we're near the tree it's because we're taking a tractor ride where he sits on my lap and drives, so he's not in the mood to stop that fun to take a stupid picture, so I had to say something silly to get him to laugh. I forget what I said, but I got a “Daaaaady, that's siillly” kind of response...

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Getoutdda Town!

I'd apparently done something similar last year, to better effect...

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