shooting a night scene

[Rob13]

im in oban at the moment and id like to shoot a landscape of the town when its all lit at night. What do i need to be aware of? I dont want to overexpose and get the impression its not quite dark enough yet on the same i dont want to not capture enough light. Could anyone give me some pointers? If i was at home id be asking for examples but im on my phone so ill not be able to see them!

[sinizter]

Just try different length exposures ... Make sure you use a tripod.

If you try it from the same position, multiple exposures can also be combined to give the best result (HDR).

Are you using a point-and-shoot or an SLR type ?

[BigAlinEmbra]

If you've not got a tripod, then try sitting the camera on a wall.

[LukeBird]

BigAlinEmbra said:

If you've not got a tripod, then try sitting the camera on a wall.

+1
I've done this to good effect!

[Dupont666]

never ever hold it, the shutter time takes too long as such you will never get a steady picture, tripod or gorilla grip

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LukeBird said:

BigAlinEmbra said:

If you've not got a tripod, then try sitting the camera on a wall.

+1
I've done this to good effect!

and if you don't have a remote release, use the timer function. If you touch the camera to take the photo you *will* blur it!

[LukeBird]

fadeaway said:

LukeBird said:

BigAlinEmbra said:

If you've not got a tripod, then try sitting the camera on a wall.

+1
I've done this to good effect!

and if you don't have a remote release, use the timer function. If you touch the camera to take the photo you *will* blur it!

I didn't bother with the timer, I used one of the lens caps to steady the camera, used live view to focus and then hit the shutter release (I tried from 5-30 sec exposures) and left the camera to it.

That's how I managed to get this (deliberately overexposed! )-