rare opitunity help!
 

ok so i need some help/advice.

tomorrow night there is an event at Durdle Door in dorset. to celebrate the International Year of Light they will be lighting up Durdle Door at night.

http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/new...y_on_Thursday/

regardless this is a great place for photos day and night. but this should be an incredible view.

i will be heading down there but what would be the ideal settings to go for. i am just getting into photography and slowly getting to know my camera. if this event was a few months down the line i don't think i would be asking. (hope not)

i would like to capture the arch lit up and the stars in the background. but is it wise to go for both in one shot or take one of each and then blend them in an editing program (which program would be best)

hope you can help :rolleyes:

Only just seen this post so sorry you got no replys before the event, hopefully you went & had a go at getting some shots (maybe post some on here with your settings to get some post event critique) Top advice I got was learn to use your histogram (assuming your camera has that in the info settings) and expose to give a good balance - have a look at this link.

http://digital-photography-school.co...se-histograms/

thanks for the reply.
i thought people on here would be keen to help out. guess i was wrong!

i had done some reading before i went so got some goodish shots. unfortunately i broke my tripod the night before. getting a decent view was tricky as there was over 3000 people there.

but am uploading pics now.

thanks again

Not wrong, Wayne but I'm afraid we're too slow to give the tips in time. WPF is not a high volume forum but it has some real gems :) I'm suspect any tips would have assumed you had a working tripod, without that you want fairly wide apertures & high ISO. Manual focus is often better in low light situations, but the projected image may well have been bright enough to get round that. I sometime find with low light images, shots that look terribly underexposed at first can be rescued in post processing and can have less movement issues than those that looked better to begin with. I'm glad you managed to get some reasonable shots- I'd have liked to have a go as well, Durdle door has some very special memories for me, but Dorset is a bit far to travel just for an evening shoot :(

I also missed this post until it was too late to offer any advice (not that it is a subject that I know much about) - when asking for advice with settings it would be good to say what camera/lens you are shooting with as this might well effect the advice given. Glad you managed to get some shots, shame your tripod was broken as I am sure it would have made it much easier.