How do you capture the wind?

I sat in the chair in the living room on Sunday reading a book as the wind whipped the trees outside. It was a pretty nice day with intermittent sun and a wonderful cloud cover. There was a few sprinkles occurring every now and then but nothing really too drastic to fully ruin the day. It was the wind that had my attention.

From where I was sitting I could see various trees out the window and watching the effect of the wind was quite mesmerizing. And then the sun poked through the clouds. The added benefit of spotted highlights really had me thinking I needed to capture this movement. My first few attempts with the trees just didn’t work out. I went around back and tried with the lilac bush. Success!

The lighting wasn’t as dramatic as the trees from my window but the effect of the wind is definitely visible. My method of capturing the wind is to capture what it does…

Movement #1
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/10s, 28mm, f/22, ISO 100

Movement #2
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/10s, 28mm, f/25, ISO 100

Movement #3
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/8s, 35mm, f/25, ISO 100