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November the 17th and 18th were the two days we allocated. The equipment used was a Nikon D80 with lenses as follows - Nikkor 18mm  200mm VED  f3.5-5.6 zoom - Sigma 10 20mm f4.5-5.6 zoom - Tamron BBAR 200mm 500mm f6.9 zoom - Russian 1000mm f10.5 mirror lens and a Manfrotto 55 tripod with a 329 head. I can tell you, that lot took some lugging up to the top floor, fortunately we new what to expect as Karen had given us a walk around  the building the previous week. Once aloft, both David and I marvelled at the view, and whilst there was a breeze, it in no way bothered us, although we were concerned about the lenses,  especially the long ones moving in that breeze, but we carried on regardless, both of us realizing that we had to take enough shots,  hoping we'd manage to achieve a good level of sharpness. This proved more difficult with the Russian mirror lens, with an f10.5 aperture,  finding ourselves struggling for focus in the shadows, in fact, the shadows made it impossible sometimes, and that was the reason we returned the next day, the weather being more overcast but even light wise, and not as on the 17th, very sunny with increased shadow. Anyway we got the job done, and whilst there are some good views, I do feel that some of the more interesting shots will have been taken with the longer lenses, for why, well one can view a building from ground level and that's ok and good, but when you stick a "Long Tom" (long lens), you can see things atop of the buildings that just can't be seen at street level, such as dates on the stonework, damage etc. And it's this that shows up in these pictures. I shall be uploading more images to the Provident Sunbridge Rd Views gallery throughout the first week of 2012, so keep looking! A big thanks to David in helping to see this project through, and hopefully we'll get a chance to take pictures on top of the new PFG Head Office on Thornton Rd. Click the links to view and keep returning as I'll be loading more images!