A full moon sinks behind the dark mountains of Glacier Bay, its last glow tracing the jagged ridgeline and lending the landscape a quiet, otherworldly calm. To capture detail on the moon rather than a blown-out white disk, the exposure must be set for the moon itself—using a low ISO, fast shutter speed, and spot or center-weighted metering. This often renders the surrounding land in silhouette, emphasizing the contrast between the sharply textured lunar surface and the dark, still mountains below. However, in this scene, since the moon is just rising, there was enough ambient daylight left so show some detail on the landscape revealing a snowy forest. Photographer: Sean Neilson