I had to work for this image. I traveled to Boston for a business meeting and had to fly in a day early because my meeting started first thing in the morning. It was FREEZING when I got in. It was raining/snowing and the wind was blowing freezing rain off of the river. I drove around looking for the right place to shoot and finally found the viewpoint that I wanted. I tried to setup my tripod and shoot, but the wind was blowing rain into my lens and gusting so strong that it would move my tripod around unless I was holding it steady.
I finally gave up and went to get some dinner and to dry off. After dinner, I decided to try again before giving up for a minute. It was still raining and snowing and the wind was gusting like crazy. I parked and grabbed my tripod and walked to where I wanted to shoot. As I was setting up my equipment, the wind died down. It was a miracle. It was freezing, but at least the wind wasn’t blowing the rain sideways into my lens.
I grabbed several quick long exposures (30 seconds), and sure enough, the rain started up again. It was the 5 minute calm before the storm because it really started to come down. It was like it was raining spoonfuls of slush. I grabbed my stuff and ran back to the car. This image was one of the photos that I got in that 5 minute window where the wind died down. It was just accepted to iStockphoto. We will see how it does.
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