Any night photographers out there?

With a tripod at hand and a remote shutter release, I have been spending my recent evenings and nights under the upen sky trying to take good photos. To those who have done night photography before, I need you honest thoughtful answer. By night photography I don't mean lighted bridges, downtown streets or anything like that. Only me, my camera and the nature, with no additional light than the moon and the stars. Say I am in the woods and I come out to a field, there is an old abandoned house, the moon shines on its facade, casting shadows to the darkened gr. I want to take a picture of it as I see it with my eyes, so it looks more like real night and less like an overexposed or underexposed parody. Then say I come to a lake and the moon is reflected upon the water surface. I have 35mm lens, 50mm lens and 100mm macro with possible extension rings. iso peaks at 25000 with 1/8000 fastest shutter.