<p>I’m looking for help. I need some advice for taking photos of bright winter moons. Tonight’s moon, <a href="http://www.earthsky.org/article/waxing-gibbous">waxing gibbous</a>, presented the usual set of problems of being <strong>far</strong> brighter than the surrounding <em>and</em> we had fast moving clouds added to the mix meaning long exposures blurred any details.</p>

<p>We love the sunset and have been seeing plenty of really striking ones recently. Yesterday we viewed the show at <a href="http://www.parks.wa.gov/parkpage.asp?selectedpark=Fort%20Ward">Fort Ward State Park</a> and while the sky was decent I think the next set of photos work because of the bird flying through the frame – scroll quickly to make it all movie-like.</p>