Cropped so that the silhouettes of the Crepe Myrtles and the Tree would be on thirds, the Moon and immediate clouds are centered. While I knew that the brightest part of the image would attract attention I wanted their to be major emphasis on the silhouettes. The real rules broken here are underexposure and over sharpening. Although it is still early morning and quite dark, the sky was bright enough to see into the shadows some. I underexposed both to make sure I captured most of the moon's light and to help blacken the non-essentials. I used the back porch roof to mask off most of the sky. I used over sharpening with a mask to bring out both the Tree and the Crepe Myrtles stark silhouettes.