Novice seeking tips for night photography

[Zig]

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Hello, I am new to the forum and  I am a complete novice with this camera (Leica V-Lux 3).  It doesn't take much to get beautiful pictures. I am wanting to take pictures of the full moon, no problem if I'm just shooting the moon in the dark but it does appear to be a problem if I want to shoot through the trees for beautiful foreground effect or with clouds. At what setting(s) can I get the best picture of the moon with or without clouds at night or early evening at dark or with just a bit of daylight without my viewfinder going black (except the moon) and missing everything in the foreground I would like to include, is there a simple setting to do that?  Thank you!  I have the manual but nothing so far seems to help.  As mentioned, I am a total beginner, the camera was a gift. 

 

Thank you!

[dkCambridgeshire]

Some Super Moon photography links:

 

https://photographylife.com/how-to-photograph-the-supermoon

 

http://www.photopills.com/articles/7-tips-make-next-supermoon-shine-your-photos

 

http://www.livescience.com/47741-supermoon-photography-tips.html

 

… and there are more available via Google 

 

You Tube also has several videos illustrating Moon photography https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Super+Moon+photos

 

dunk 

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[Zig]

Thanks dkCambrideshire, I will certainly be looking at these links today.  Hoping it's not too complicated and can be done with my specific camera.  

 

All fairly easy tips are much appreciated!  

 

 

Zig

[dkCambridgeshire]

Full moon photography is not difficult … see the third link … Best to turn off the image stabilisation, mount the camera on a tripod, and use the self timer.  Use the long 600mm end of the zoom lens to obtain the largest moon image.

 

dunk

[stuny]

Also set the meter to spot reading and read the moon in the metered area - Otherwise you'll get just a featureless, white circle.

[dkCambridgeshire]

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/253192-leica-sl-image-thread-post-your-examples-here/?p=3148334  … and the image which follows

 

dunk