Hello and Thankyou :)

[OSIRIS (Shaun)]

HI and thanx for all your help and advice in advance it will be very much appreciated

Im a complete beginner and am starting out with my old 350D ive got an 18 - 55 mm lens a 55 - 200 mm and a straight 50 mm lens.
I live near newcastle and am wondering what are some good starting out targets? also recommendations for camera settings etc

once again thanx for all your help

[Imme (Jon)]

Your best bet Shaun would be to look in the image section for recent pictures that have been taken and to glean the info from there.

On a side note, how's your relationship with your bank manager?
.....if you hang around here long enough you'll be needing him!

Welcome

[OSIRIS (Shaun)]

thanx for the tip jon

[Atmos (Colin)]

Welcome Shaun.
There is a lot of fun to be had with a humble 50mm lens. At this time we have the southern cross earlier in the evening. As the night rolls on pointing towards Sagittarius is a good idea as you'll be looking into the centre of our galaxy where there is so much going on

If you're just on a standard tripod you'll probably be wanting to use closer to 18mm for a nice wide angle shot. At 18mm you could probably look at using 20-30s shots with a wider aperture and you'll be able to pick up quite a bit of detail.