Snow on the Beach

Claiming the best stick
  • Nikon D700
  • Zeiss Distagon T* 2/35 ZF.2
  • ISO 200
  • 1⁄800 second
  • ƒ5
  • Adobe Lightroom 10.2
Claiming the best stick

Hunter and Brenna ran to claim the first good hitting, poking or zapping (magic) stick they could find.

High wire act
  • Nikon D700
  • Zeiss Distagon T* 2/35 ZF.2
  • ISO 200
  • 1⁄1000 second
  • ƒ5
  • Adobe Lightroom 10.2
High wire act
Soft ice
  • Nikon D700
  • Zeiss Distagon T* 2/35 ZF.2
  • ISO 200
  • 1⁄1250 second
  • ƒ5
  • Adobe Lightroom 10.2
Soft ice
Everywhere Hunter goes
  • Nikon D700
  • Zeiss Distagon T* 2/35 ZF.2
  • ISO 200
  • 1⁄250 second
  • ƒ6.3
  • Adobe Lightroom 10.2
Everywhere Hunter goes

Brenna would follow. And fall down.

Question authority
  • Nikon D700
  • Zeiss Distagon T* 2/35 ZF.2
  • ISO 200
  • 1⁄400 second
  • ƒ2.8
  • Adobe Lightroom 10.2
Question authority
Can we go home, I'm cold
  • Nikon D700
  • Zeiss Distagon T* 2/35 ZF.2
  • ISO 200
  • 1⁄2500 second
  • ƒ2.8
  • Adobe Lightroom 10.2
Can we go home, I'm cold
Wanting to dig somewhere
  • Nikon D700
  • Zeiss Makro-Planar T* 2/100 ZF.2
  • ISO 200
  • 1⁄640 second
  • ƒ5.6
  • Adobe Lightroom 10.2
Wanting to dig somewhere

It was a tough beach for the sand toys.

Are you guys coming?
  • Nikon D700
  • Zeiss Makro-Planar T* 2/100 ZF.2
  • ISO 200
  • 1⁄320 second
  • ƒ5
  • Adobe Lightroom 10.2
Are you guys coming?

Brenna was sulking a bit. Perhaps jealous that our special river time was shared.

Skeptics
  • Nikon D700
  • Zeiss Makro-Planar T* 2/100 ZF.2
  • ISO 200
  • 1⁄800 second
  • ƒ5
  • Adobe Lightroom 10.2
Skeptics

I enjoyed their classifications. This pond had many ducks, geese and swans. The swans were the parents. The geese were smaller parents. The ducks were the kids.

Got bread?
  • Nikon D700
  • Zeiss Makro-Planar T* 2/100 ZF.2
  • ISO 200
  • 1⁄1600 second
  • ƒ5
  • Adobe Lightroom 10.2
Got bread?

Sorry, we had none. But he was big enough to eat the girls. I warned them back a bit.

Trail to treats
  • Nikon D700
  • Zeiss Makro-Planar T* 2/100 ZF.2
  • ISO 200
  • 1⁄640 second
  • ƒ5
  • Adobe Lightroom 10.2
Trail to treats

I held out the promise of treats to keep them going. "Just down that little trail, ladies."

What a great beach we found
  • Nikon D700
  • Zeiss Makro-Planar T* 2/100 ZF.2
  • ISO 200
  • 1⁄400 second
  • ƒ5
  • Adobe Lightroom 10.2
What a great beach we found
The promised snack
  • Nikon D700
  • Zeiss Makro-Planar T* 2/100 ZF.2
  • ISO 200
  • 1⁄250 second
  • ƒ5
  • Adobe Lightroom 10.2
The promised snack
I see a little girl in the water
  • Nikon D700
  • Zeiss Makro-Planar T* 2/100 ZF.2
  • ISO 200
  • 1⁄500 second
  • ƒ5
  • Adobe Lightroom 10.2
I see a little girl in the water
Chasing fowl
  • Nikon D700
  • Zeiss Makro-Planar T* 2/100 ZF.2
  • ISO 200
  • 1⁄640 second
  • ƒ5
  • Adobe Lightroom 10.2
Chasing fowl
Neat freak
  • Nikon D700
  • Voigtländer Nokton 58mm ƒ1.4 SL II
  • ISO 200
  • 1⁄640 second
  • ƒ5.6
  • -2⁄3 compensation
  • Adobe Lightroom 10.2
Neat freak
Smells curiously like dog pee
  • Nikon D700
  • Voigtländer Nokton 58mm ƒ1.4 SL II
  • ISO 200
  • 1⁄400 second
  • ƒ5.6
  • -2⁄3 compensation
  • Adobe Lightroom 10.2
Smells curiously like dog pee
Perfect. Except I hate you.
  • Nikon D700
  • Voigtländer Nokton 58mm ƒ1.4 SL II
  • ISO 200
  • 1⁄1000 second
  • ƒ4
  • -2⁄3 compensation
  • Adobe Lightroom 10.2
Perfect. Except I hate you.

The girls were starting to fight over every little thing. Maybe you can see Brenna's tears.

Overstated differences
  • Nikon D700
  • Voigtländer Nokton 58mm ƒ1.4 SL II
  • ISO 200
  • 1⁄125 second
  • ƒ9
  • -2⁄3 compensation
  • Adobe Lightroom 10.2
Overstated differences
Pack it
  • Nikon D700
  • Voigtländer Nokton 58mm ƒ1.4 SL II
  • ISO 200
  • 1⁄500 second
  • ƒ6.3
  • -2⁄3 compensation
  • Adobe Lightroom 10.2
Pack it
Spurned
  • Nikon D700
  • Voigtländer Nokton 58mm ƒ1.4 SL II
  • ISO 200
  • 1⁄800 second
  • ƒ6.3
  • -2⁄3 compensation
  • Adobe Lightroom 10.2
Spurned

The swans learned ealier we had no food for them. They wouldn't bother to swim near again.

River, hill and ridge
  • Nikon D700
  • Voigtländer Nokton 58mm ƒ1.4 SL II
  • ISO 200
  • 1⁄1250 second
  • ƒ6.3
  • -2⁄3 compensation
  • Adobe Lightroom 10.2
River, hill and ridge
Racers
  • Nikon D700
  • Voigtländer Nokton 58mm ƒ1.4 SL II
  • ISO 200
  • 1⁄800 second
  • ƒ6.3
  • -2⁄3 compensation
  • Adobe Lightroom 10.2
Racers