Wind..

The wind worsened overnight & is still with us - definitely not the day to try macro work in the garden so, the question was, how to demonstrate the trees thrashing around? Experimented using the flash on rear-curtain sync - judging a good subject & the correct exposure took much trial & error. The best results came from a hawthorn in the woodland bit at the end of the garden, focusing on a dark area behind & trying to time the shot as the branch swung in front of the camera. As it wasn't a pendulum even that couldn't be predicted!