He may not have noticed the rain, but it’s not really clear that he could have done anything different even if he had.
They have a time window in which to send the photo back and he was right by the station (revealing to the audience where he was, by showing a name sign). The rain clouds on the radar didn’t look that big, and the UK is very often a changeable “don’t like the weather? Wait five minutes” country, so waiting a few minutes may have made it less obvious.
Maybe there was no hiding spot good enough, but now we’ll probably never know.
He knew about the reflection problem but there was no way to avoid it. And the current is just a feature of…the river. He had to photograph the river.
He may not have noticed the rain, but it’s not really clear that he could have done anything different even if he had.
And to be honest I doubt he could have gained a huge amount extra if he had found a better hiding spot. Maybe an hour or two if he’s really lucky.
They have a time window in which to send the photo back and he was right by the station (revealing to the audience where he was, by showing a name sign). The rain clouds on the radar didn’t look that big, and the UK is very often a changeable “don’t like the weather? Wait five minutes” country, so waiting a few minutes may have made it less obvious.
Maybe there was no hiding spot good enough, but now we’ll probably never know.