Tips on Night shots with Canon SD750

[dlomonosov]

Guys help me out here. I just got my tri pod and wanted to take some pics of the night from my balcony. I used specs from Canon website of sample pics they have for SD cameras. So this pic was taken with Manual mode, ISO 200, shutter 1.3, white balance Auto, Evaluative. What settings should I use to make the pic look better and sharper and more vibrant like sample image on canon wesite of the shot of bridge in London I think?

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh216/dlomonosov/Nighttestshots002.jpg


Here is a simple pic from canon site, and specs used by canon, I copied and pasted them from the site:

Shooting Mode:Manual

Tv (Shutter Speed):1.3

Aperture Value (Av):5.0

Metering Mode:Evaluative

Exposure Compensation:0

ISO Speed:80

Lens:6.6 - 33.0mm

Focal Length:20.4mm

Digital Zoom:None

Image Stabilizer:On

Image Size:3648 x 2736

Image Quality:SuperFine

Flash:oops:ff

White Balance:Auto

AF mode:Single AF

Parameters:
Contrast: Normal
Sharpness: Normal
Color Saturation: Normal

File Size:4018KB

Drive Mode:Self-timer Operation

http://www.usa.canon.com/app/images/...ampleimg_3.JPG (http://www.usa.canon.com/app/images/PowerShot_2008/PS_SD890/sampleimg/sampleimg_3.JPG)

[PhotosGuy]

The Canon shot has interesting lighting to start with, which you don't. It would have been even better with some light still left in the sky.
Try that, & look for a better subject, & you're more than half way there. ;)