Blackstone Gorge
The weather is great for some Springtime hikes. Even after 20 years living in Rhode Island, we’ve embarrassingly not really explored much of our own state. With interstate travel limited, intrastate excursions seem like a great idea! On Sunday evening we drove up Route 146 for a short hike along the Blackstone river.
Got to try out some high-speed bursts with 1/1000s shutter to catch Violet leaping off a rock. Truth be told, it took a few takes for me to nail the settings as well as I could. But she was game for multiple leaps :-)
After our hike, we headed back to the house for a backyard fire and marshmallow roast. Violet’s friends tumbled into the yard to join the fun. I took a couple of long-exposure shots which I have named (in my head) Ghost Stories. I dig the blurry, ethereal images of the children in motion around the fire with the crystal clear, static image of the inanimate yard. The fleeting time of youth is quite a blur.
