Windy morning on Mary's Peak

I went up to Mary's Peak (near Corvallis) this morning. It was a lot windier than I expected, but I tried to make the most of it by using a slow shutter speed and trying to get a sense of movement from the wind. Does it work or not?

And does anyone know if there's a website with the weather station data, so I can plan ahead next time?

Thanks in advance for your comments.

Here is a good weather info site. Just click on one of the red X's
http://raws.wrh.noaa.gov/roman/states/OR_state_frame.html

has a very artistic feel to it

I think its a neat image. The movment of the flowers works well for me. To bad the distant tree was not bigger to block the sun just a tad more. I like the picture and hope to take some of a simular nature myself. Where you using any nd filters to get the long shutter?

Thanks for the feedback.

I used a 3-stop split ND filter to hold back the sun and sky. I ended up at 1/8 second, which seemed to work about right for the wind I had.

I am truley sorry for not commenting on your great shot. It works for me...

No problem Thanks for the weather link...it'll be useful to know about so many weather stations.

I shot some balsamroot pics in the wind earlier this year. They weren't nearly as nice as this. Remove the lens flare and you have a keeper.

it works for me !!

I like it; it has a real sense of action. Way to take advantage of the conditions.