5pm

This photo is my contribution to the Window On Your World experiment run by the PM programme on BBC Radio 4. Click on the picture to see a larger version.

The programme's presenter Eddie Mair invited listeners to send in photos of whatever they could see at 5pm on 5 December 2006. You can find some of the other contributions here.

I found this an interesting challenge. Due to a busy schedule, I wasn't exactly sure where I would be at 5pm, but there was a good chance that I would be passing through the centre of Sheffield. I knew it would be dark, so I packed my lightweight tripod as well as my camera.

At about 4.50pm I got off the bus near the BBC's Sheffield studios. I had an idea: I could take a photo of the illuminated clock outside the studio building... but, unfortunately, I found that it wasn't illuminated on this particular occasion.

As the minutes ticked away I picked my way through the ever-changing obstacle course outside Sheffield station. The moon was rising over Park Hill Flats, providing a perfect backdrop to the rush-hour chaos.

In a flash of inspiration, I spotted an ideal vantage point outside entrance to the Showroom Cinema. I very nearly didn't get there in time thanks to the numerous barriers designed to corral pedestrians and steer them away from the roadworks.

STOP PRESS: You now can see my picture on the PM blog gallery.

Comments

[simon]

You could see that?!

Wow. I'll have some of whatever you're having.

[HelenSparkles]

Wow, your contribution is far from mundane, and the forethought really paid off.

[jamsodonnell]

Wow Roger now that photo is excellent. Great pic