Dark Photography School

EXIF: 200 ISO, 30 sec., f/6.7, 17mm focal length, no flash

This is the Fannie Heck house on Blount Street, in Raleigh, NC. It dates back to shortly after the Civil War. There was plenty of available street light to get a 4 or 6 second exposure with the same ISO, but bumping up to the maximum (didn’t have release cable with me at the time) non-bulb setting (30 seconds) allowed me to get the cat tails flowing in the wind while everything else sat still.
The necessity of a tripod goes without saying, but in addition you will probably need to use as short of a focal length as possible. If necessary, crop the additional part of the photo out post-production. The wider your field of view is, the less susceptible your camera is to showing blur from wobbling in the wind. This particular shot was with my tripod at its shortest setting. This enabled a less common perspective, as well as helped keep everything stable in such harsh winds.

EXIF: 200 ISO, 30 sec., f/6.7, 17mm focal length, no flash

The above photo was with the exact same exposure and ISO settings. The wind wasn’t as noticeable when this was taken. There was just enough to diffuse some of the sharp lines and angles of the trees and plants and make it look much softer, almost as if painted. The sharpness of the G. Milton Small Building remains intact.