Don’t let the calm appearance of this image fool you. The conditions were nasty. Last Saturday’s high winds and rain made shooting a challenge. But, hey, I was in Boston I had my camera. I had to shoot!

But the conditions were definitely tough. I was shooting with my Olympus OM-D EM-1, which under normal circumstances would require my lightweight travel tripod. But with the heavy winds I had to resort to my big aluminum Manfroto. I needed the weight. Even with that, I still had to try to break the wind with my body to keep the tripod steady during this exposure.