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JOEL HAWKSLEY | The Roanoke TimesJoe Rollin of Blacksburg scales a route at The River Rock climbing gym in Wasena on the gym's opening day Wednesday.

Joe Rollin, of Blacksburg, scales a route at The River Rock in Wasena on the gym’s opening day Wednesday. Photo by JOEL HAWKSLEY | The Roanoke Times

I’m always looking for unusual perspectives to shoot from while on assignment. For today’s story on the opening of The River Rock in Wasena, I made it my goal to climb to the top of a route and shoot from above. While I was only 25 feet in the air, my 16mm wide-angle lens accentuated the perspective, making it seem much higher.

My shooting position for the image above. Photo by Kyle Green

My shooting position for the image above. Photo by KYLE GREEN | The Roanoke Times

-Joel Hawksley

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