{"id":1361,"date":"2009-11-16T22:34:36","date_gmt":"2009-11-16T13:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2009-11-16\/1361"},"modified":"2009-11-16T22:34:36","modified_gmt":"2009-11-16T13:34:36","slug":"box-of-birthday-presents-from-aunt-natalie-and-uncle-alan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2009-11-16\/1361","title":{"rendered":"Box of Birthday Presents From Aunt Natalie and Uncle Alan!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Like any kid, I suppose, Anthony certainly loves getting new toys. He turned 7 years old<\/a>\nrecently, and enjoyed opening presents<\/a> at his\nlittle party. But a present<\/span> from my baby brother and his\nwife<\/a> arrived later, and we kept it secret for a while<\/span> until Anthony's\nbusy school schedule allowed enough time to enjoy it.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 52 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/3.5, ISO 5000 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nWhat's This Squiggly Line?<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

I was impressed again that he actually looked at the card. At this age<\/span> I\ndon't<\/span> think I ever<\/span> did, except perhaps to look to see whether it contained\nmoney. \ud83d\ude42<\/span>  He could read<\/a> his name, but\ndidn't know what the squiggly underline was for, which is what he's asking\nabout in the photo above.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 28 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/3.5, ISO 3600 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nGetting Past the Bubblewrap Defenses<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Aunt Natalie is an art\nteacher<\/a>, so he's got a sense<\/span> of what might be coming, and is excited....<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 26 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/3.5, ISO 5600 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nThat “I'm Excited, But Don't Know What It Is Yet” Look<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

These turned out to be Blendy Pens<\/a>, which he\nthought were “cool”.<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 58 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/3.5, ISO 6400 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nIron Beads<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

He has a small set of iron beads like this, but this pegboard is much\nlarger, so he's excited about the possibilities it opens up.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 50 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 3600 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nSilly-Face Maker<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 38 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 5000 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nIt's a Beanbag<\/span> Banana!...<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 4000 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\n...That's Filled with Letters<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 52 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 5000 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nCatching His Attention<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

This engraving thing really grabbed his attention. It's like a<\/span> cross\nbetween tin foil and carbon paper... you use the enclosed tool to scratch\nlines in a black<\/span>-covered silver sheet. This one has a sea<\/span>-horse image\nprinted lightly on the black; when you trace over a line,<\/span> the resulting\nscratch is very shiny and bright.<\/p>\n\n

It's a bit beyond his age to do it properly, but he wanted to try. I fetched<\/span> a high<\/span>-intensity light from my office and set him up on the kitchen\ntable...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 31 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>80 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 450 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nArtist's Workbench<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 48 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>80 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 900 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nArtisan at Work<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

He wasn't in the mood for photos anymore, so I stopped<\/span> at that point,\nbut he was at the etching the next day, and I tried<\/span> again...<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 62 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>80 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 6400 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nConcentration<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Thanks Alan and Natalie! He wrote<\/span> a thank<\/span>-you note the evening he\nopened them, and I'm proud to say that I finally<\/span> got it in the mail today,\nso it's heading your way now.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Like any kid, I suppose, Anthony certainly loves getting new toys. He turned 7 years old recently, and enjoyed opening presents at his little party. But a present from my baby brother and his wife arrived later, and we kept it secret for a while until Anthony's busy school schedule allowed enough time to enjoy it.<\/p>

I was impressed again that he actually looked at the card. At this age I don't think I ever did, except perhaps to look to see whether it contained money. \ud83d\ude42  He could read his name, but didn't know what the squiggly underline was [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1361"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1361\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}