Night has fallen, and the moon is full. I exposed on the brilliance of the moon itself, yet still was able to retain the shapes of the pine trees acting as nature’s cathedral just below it. I did not use a tripod – the moon was bright enough to allow me to use a fast shutter speed of 1/250th of a second, and still use a 250mm telephoto focal length. When shooting images of the moon, it is important to use a focal length that will make the moon large enough in scale to show detail and command attention. In this case, the moon does both. The moon is still low enough in the sky to relate to the trees, and show a trace of warm color.