Canola Zephers

The canola is in bloom across the prairies and although the fields are wet and and muddy there are some great images to be found.  Here I was working with my shutter speeds to capture the wind blowing through the plants.

This is a composite of two shots and shutter speeds shot using my Canon XTI on a tripod.

The wind motion was shot at a shutter speed of 1/16, aperture of f22 ( both for depth of field and to reduce the shutter speed).  ISO 100, 18mm, ISO 100, and using a  graduated ND filter to darken the sky. 

This image was layered over the same scene shot with a shutter speed of 1/100 , f5.6, 18mm, ISO100 focused on the plants right in front of me.  I made this my base layer.  I then added the wind motion exposure on top and masked  off the area to the far left and a little on the right edge to allow the detail of the canola stems and flowers to be a fixed base against the blur created by the wind and slow shutter speed.