Christmas Lights

[DFresh5150]

I have a Nikon D70 and have been experimenting with different settings for a while now and since I don't know what I'm doing I thought I'd ask those that do.
I'm planning on taking some shots of Christmas Lights tonight and I would like some suggestions on what settings I should set my D70 to. I took a few pictures last night of the house just after dusk and they came out a little dark. I was thinking that I should have started earlier before it was too dark. I have a tripod and a starburst lens...I dont have a remote so I just set the timer to snap the shots to keep from shaking the camera.

I'm basically clueless as to shutter speed and aperture settings. Any suggestions would be great.

[ktixx]

1. Set your camera to Aperture Priority
2. ISO 100-200
3. f/7+
4. Tripod
5. Have the camera expose for the lights then overexpose the shot by ~1/2 a stop.
6. Self Timer
7. Look at the histogram and adjust accordingly

Good Luck

[NewTekBuzz]

we would like to see them, DFresh. post a few for us to take a look at :)