Looking out my window here in rural New Jersey (yes, there is such a place), I can tell it’s March by the trees being buffeted by the raw wind. It has me thinking about the irony of shooting something that isn’t visible itself, but that can make for dynamic effects in photographs. From sandstorms on the Tibetan Plateau, enveloping everything and everyone in a haze of yellow dust, to the swaying of fall foliage in Vermont or the patterns cast on the surface of a pond, winds have the power to alter a scene adding motion to an otherwise static situation. A few favorites …
Sandstorm in Gansu, China.
Separating the seed from the chaff in Badakhshan, Afghanistan.
Sailors create their own form of shadow play, silhouetted by the sun on the Sanjeeda's sails, just off Lamu Island, Kenya.
Rain-washed and windswept, sumac brightens as it nears peak season, Vermont.
Hotel spas, Beppu Onsen, Japan.
Patterns formed by underwater rocks then blurred by surface winds, Jiuzhaigou, China.
