{"id":1461,"date":"2012-08-10T09:13:01","date_gmt":"2012-08-10T09:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/?p=1461"},"modified":"2012-08-10T09:37:56","modified_gmt":"2012-08-10T09:37:56","slug":"the-heavens-opened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/?p=1461","title":{"rendered":"The Heavens Opened"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can\u2019t win them all; and that was certainly how I felt once I\u2019d scaled <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tower_42\">Tower 42 (formally NatWest Tower)<\/a> a few weeks ago.  My plan was to capture the city skyline at dusk. A first-rate picture had been practically in the bag with the Tower\u2019s panoramic views of the City, or so I thought, once I got on the roof I realised mother nature had other ideas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/index.php\/2012\/08\/10\/the-heavens-opened\/t42blog-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1481\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/T42blog2-420x277.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"The Gherkin\" width=\"420\" height=\"277\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/T42blog2-420x277.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/T42blog2-350x231.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/T42blog2.jpg 595w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I can only compare the rain to what I\u2019d imagine it being like on the deck of a ship in the middle of a storm, it was torrential and sideways.  My guide Shaun, a tough New Yorker thought I was crazy but I only had one night for the shoot and had already paid for him to be there\u2026it had to work!<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nInitially the visibility was down to about 25 meters so I decided to take a break while the rain hopefully eased a little. I spent a couple of hours scouring the City for an umbrella eventually being forced to plump for a pretty floral number as there had been, I was assured, \u2018a rush\u2019.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/index.php\/2012\/08\/10\/the-heavens-opened\/shaun_jalden-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1462\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/shaun_JAlden-4-420x291.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Shaun\" width=\"420\" height=\"291\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1462\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nAs the light fell to give me some definition in the otherwise blanket white sky there was a break in the rain. With my camera on a tripod tethered to the buildings air-conditioning system and covered in chamois leathers to soak up moisture I had 10 minutes to get my picture.  I experimented with a few different exposures and even a few <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HDR_photography\">HDR pictures<\/a> to try and bring out as much dynamic range as possible.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe week after; stuck at home with an unseasonal cold I spent some time with Photoshop and eventually had something I was happy with (above).  You can plan all you like in this business but at the end of the day it will always come down to capturing a moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can\u2019t win them all; and that was certainly how I felt once I\u2019d scaled Tower 42 (formally NatWest Tower) a few weeks ago. 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