{"id":1590,"date":"2010-08-03T05:06:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-02T20:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2010-08-03\/1590"},"modified":"2010-08-03T05:06:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-02T20:06:00","slug":"monster-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2010-08-03\/1590","title":{"rendered":"Monster Play"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
\nNOTE<\/b>: Images with an icon next to them have been artificially shrunk to better fit your screen; click the icon to restore them, in place, to their regular size.\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 1100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nMonster Attack!<\/span>\nbeing thwarted by a barrage of mini basketballs\nPhotos by my sister, Marci Kreta<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Anthony, Josh<\/a>, and\nI made<\/span> up an impromptu game, “Monster Game”, where I try<\/span> to get them amid\nroars and growls, but I'm thwarted if they hit me with a soft<\/span> squishy\nbasketball. It's a kind<\/span> of rough play that my folks would never have let us\ndo in the house when I was<\/span> little, but somehow as grandparents they let\nslide. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n

Of course, both Josh and Anthony relish beaning me with the balls. If\nI'm able to catch one without a ball,<\/span> the other has to “save” him (by\nbeaning me with a ball<\/span>).....<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 640 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nCaught For The Moment<\/span>\nyou can't see it in the photo, but I'm sure Anthony's throw is aimed right for my butt\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nDisco Monster?<\/span>\n(actually, just in search of his next victim )\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 800 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nTypical Attack<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

The boys asked the first thing this morning whether we could do Monster\nPlay again. I'm not sure<\/span> how much energy I'll have for this, but we did it again this afternoon...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Zeiss 50mm f\/1.4 ZF.2 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>160 sec, f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 2800 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nCoordinated Defense<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Zeiss 50mm f\/1.4 ZF.2 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>160 sec, f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 4000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nJosh to the Rescue<\/span>\nI get beaned in the back after having captured Anthony\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Zeiss 50mm f\/1.4 ZF.2 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>160 sec, f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 4000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nTarget-Rich Environment<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Zeiss 50mm f\/1.4 ZF.2 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>160 sec, f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 3200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nGanging Up<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

They seemed to like it best when they both got me at the same time, in\nthe most painfully looking way possible. Hmmm......<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Anthony, Josh, and I made up an impromptu game, \"Monster Game\", where I try to get them amid roars and growls, but I'm thwarted if they hit me with a soft squishy basketball. It's a kind of rough play that my folks would never have let us do in the house when I was little, but somehow as grandparents they let slide. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>

Of course, both Josh and Anthony relish beaning me with the balls. If I'm able to catch one without a ball, the other has to \"save\" him (by beaning me with a ball).....<\/p>

The boys asked the [...]","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\/1590"}],"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=1590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1590\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}