Hey Jordyart, For what it's worth. If you are only using a digital camera. You can have more light without waiting for the moon to come up. Just take your pictures JUST after the sun has dropped below the horizon. Frequently there is enough light to do something which will look dark without being pitch black. I don't remember what kind of camera you are using. But also perhaps it has a "night" mode or something like that to make your pictures not look as dark. If you are using a point and click 35mm camera you can also use faster film. 200 speed film does look better but if you can't set the amount of time to leave the shutter open you may want to graduate to 400 ASA film. It's more grainy however as long as you don't have the picture enlarged too much it should be OK. I have taken night shots with 1600 speed file w/o a tripod. The stuff fast enough where if you hold still you probably won't notice any shake. However the grain. The grains are about one mm in diameter for a 10cm X 15.5cm picture. My suggestion guess. Experiment with 800 speed film and a tripod. Good Luck. Buy the way. Nice shot. For a first time it's something to be proud of. Remember to record what you did of course just incase you want to repeat it. Bsteph