show me your Christmas light decor

Here's one of mine.
I've try so many shot with my canon 10D, 28/135mm lense, I set it at f3.5, 1 second. The pictures did not came out right, how can I improve and what's the technique?
I use my G2, set it at f8, 4 seconds, the result came out much better.

Canon 1D Mark II N, Canon 5D Mark II with grip, Canon 7D II with grip, Canon 10D with grip, broken Canon G2. 28-135 mm IS, 50 mm F1.8 II, 24-70 f2.8L, 70-200 f2.8L IS, 70-200 f4 L, 85 f1.8, 100 macro 2.8 IS
420 EX/580 EX/580EXII, 2 600 EX-RT, Bogen 3321 tripod
Sekonic L-358 Flash Meter, 2 Alien Bees b800, 60" umbrella, large octogon softboxes LightSphere II, Omnibounce. Tronix Explorer 1200, pocket wizard

here's the picture from my G2

Canon 1D Mark II N, Canon 5D Mark II with grip, Canon 7D II with grip, Canon 10D with grip, broken Canon G2. 28-135 mm IS, 50 mm F1.8 II, 24-70 f2.8L, 70-200 f2.8L IS, 70-200 f4 L, 85 f1.8, 100 macro 2.8 IS
420 EX/580 EX/580EXII, 2 600 EX-RT, Bogen 3321 tripod
Sekonic L-358 Flash Meter, 2 Alien Bees b800, 60" umbrella, large octogon softboxes LightSphere II, Omnibounce. Tronix Explorer 1200, pocket wizard

Taken 2 years ago with my first digital Ixus 330.

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Damian Waters
www.drumimages.co.uk

here are some of mine

my garden:

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and the back of my house:

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both taken with the 300D in M f3.5 0.15sec

Photography is my way to relax