08 July 2006

The raft builders


On the last evening of our camping trip, the boys combined their genius and set themselves to build a raft. These are two digital natives, weaned as cyberboys. I was concerned that cold turkey withdrawal from their toys might be too much, but they filled every minute with activity. On the other hand, the raft might have been a means to head south for their XBox, etc., etc., etc.
(Aside for photographic purists: The horizon may seem tilted, but the further north you get, that happens. At the pole, the horizon is vertical. I lived in New Zealand for a year -- the horizon tilted the opposite way: I have the pictures to prove it.) ;-)
I, as a digital immigrant, tempered my withdrawal pangs by bringing along my camera and my iRiver. (For Toronto Dave: I was listening to John McDermott singing And the Band played Waltzing Matilda, a haunting and poignant ballad of the plight of the wounded after the war is long forgotten.) It was 9:47 in the evening when I took this shot, so ISO was 1250 (hence the graininess), shooting at 1/60 sec (metric time), 29 mm, f4.5.

3 Comments:

Blogger Laurie said...

It looks like they were being pretty ingenius to plot their escape back to cyberworld.

Saturday, July 08, 2006 9:12:00 PM  
Blogger Dave MacIntyre said...

Now the big question....was she seaworthy when cast into to the sea? ;o)

Sunday, July 09, 2006 1:09:00 AM  
Blogger Bethany said...

Wow, that sky is beautiful. Good for you for removing the boys away from there toys. I don't think I would do very well without mine.

Tuesday, July 11, 2006 4:06:00 PM  

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