Beach Day

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My daughter's swim team had their summer picnic. It started with 2 hours at the beach, followed by 2 hours at and around the biergarten on the shore of the lake. Here are a few of my favorite photos from that occasion.

The overall beach scene. The biergarten can be seen in the background:

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• NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S
• 24.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/250 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• ISO 100

Action shot. I like how we can see the water flinging off the football:

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• NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S
• 120.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/500 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• ISO 100

Playing keep-away:

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• NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S
• 102.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/500 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• ISO 100

This family of boys, playing in the sand. The little boy on the right seems to be wearing hand-me-down swim trunks from one of the older boys.

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• NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S
• 56.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/500 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• ISO 100

Girls playing in the sand:

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• NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S
• 97.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/500 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• ISO 100

 

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For this batch, I preferred B&W:


This boy approached me and asked for this portrait. He thought he would look cool, having a drink on the beach:

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• NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S
• 77.0 mm
• ƒ/4.8
• 1/350 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• ISO 100

A family portrait. It seems like the man has just said something the woman thinks is ridiculous:

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• NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S
• 69.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/500 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• ISO 100

Here, my daughter (left) hugs my stepdaughter. Why is this so funny to them? Because my daughter was wet and cold, and my stepdaughter didn't want to be wet and cold. Request declined!

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• NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S
• 86.0 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/750 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• ISO 100

A photo of yours truly, by my stepdaughter. (with some cropping and shadow-boosting)

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• NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S
• 33.0 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/350 sec
• Pattern
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• ISO 100

 

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A few more:


My wife and I. I had a dark lager in my Hofbrau stein that I brought:

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• NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S
• 34.0 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/250 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• ISO 100

This family had many kids. This smartass teenaged girl made me laugh too.:

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• NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S
• 120.0 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/125 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• ISO 220

This boy is about to make a nice catch:

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• NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S
• 36.0 mm
• ƒ/6.7
• 1/180 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• ISO 100

 

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Here is a fun little series. I was the full-time quarterback. My stepdaughter took all of these, with cropping and exposure correction applied later.


The huddle; making the plan for the play:

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• NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S
• 120.0 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/180 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• ISO 100

He is ready to hike the ball to me. I confirm if the 4 year old remembers the plan:

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• NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S
• 120.0 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/125 sec
• Pattern
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• ISO 100

I hand the ball off to the little man:

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• NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S
• 120.0 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/125 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• ISO 160

He started to run the ball forward, but when he saw he was about to get touched by the bigger boys, he turned around and ran the other way. (losing us yardage) You can see that I had a good laugh at this.

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• NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S
• 61.0 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/125 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• ISO 100

 

[RBIV]

A nice series showing your day at the beach. Thanks for sharing.