Wednesday 15 August 2012

Thrill

He was a nervous, non-daring, cling to my leg kind of toddler. He grew into a slightly less nervous, non-daring, hold on to my leg kind of pre-schooler. So when he said he wanted to go on the 50ft wavy slide at the beach I thought he would bottle it before he got half way up the stairs. He didn't.

Daddy held on tight.
The Big One held on tight.
And then it was too late to change his mind.

Giant slide


I could hear him squealing all the way down, not breathing, just one long continuous squeal. The shot I took was quite near the bottom, at maximum speed and maximum squeal. I think it is safe to assume that an intoxicating cocktail of fear/excitement/fear/excitement occurred through the course of the 7 seconds it took to get from the top of the slide to the bottom. You can tell by the corners of his mouth reaching his ears and his eyebrows meeting his hairline.

When we go back now, he takes the lonely walk up the thousands of steps by himself, takes a deep breath at the top and launches himself off. No squealing, just begging to have another go when he gets to the bottom.

Joining in with The Gallery and the prompt 'Emotions'.


12 comments:

  1. Ahhh look a his face!! Z is loving slides at the moment. I'm just not tall enough to put him at the top of it though!

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  2. Gosh, brave boy and so worth it.

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  3. Wow such an exhilarated face! Well done to your boy -or boys!! Xx

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  4. Love it!!!! Can almost hear that weeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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  5. That is a fantastic photo. Really captures the moment!

    Herding Cats

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  6. Wow, what a great moment and fantastic expressions too

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  7. That's a great shot. When I try to catch those moments I either miss it altogether or the picture is so blurred you haven't a clue whats going on :)

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  8. That is brilliant! Really great expression, I think I would probably look like that too!

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  9. Fantastic picture. What a great capture. My son headed up a huge bouncy castle slide last week. He got to the top and panicked. There was obviously only one way down though!

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  10. This is BRILLIANT! Perfectly captures the mixture of fear, exhilaration, adrenaline and fun! Whoop! Whoop!

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  11. Accelerated exhilaration♫ Excellent shot!

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  12. That photo makes my stomach lurch just looking at it!

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