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Kerioak
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Did you use a tripod?
I would have tried a higher ISO . With long exposures the brightest parts of the image can get blown, merge varing exposures to get the brightness you require for each part of the image and turn the flash off as there does not look to be anything close enough for it to hit ?
I would have tried a higher ISO . With long exposures the brightest parts of the image can get blown, merge varing exposures to get the brightness you require for each part of the image and turn the flash off as there does not look to be anything close enough for it to hit ?
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As Christine has said tripod is essential...increase the ISO. Every doubling of the ISO means the shutter only has to remain open half as long. Of course, higher ISO settings mean more noise. 
Mirror lockup is a good way to reduce camera shake on long exposures when using a tripod, but it needs to be combined with using the self-timer or a remote trigger, otherwise the act of pressing the button to make the shot will introduce shake itself.
Mirror lockup is a good way to reduce camera shake on long exposures when using a tripod, but it needs to be combined with using the self-timer or a remote trigger, otherwise the act of pressing the button to make the shot will introduce shake itself.
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OK, well if your using a tripod you don't really need a high iso, the whole point of the tripod is to keep the camera still, the high iso will shorten the shutter speed (assuming your shooting aperture-priority) but thats not the problem here. The issue is your over exposing the clock, as Christine says take a few shots at different exposures and blend them together.
The black background is fooling the cameras meter into trying to lighten the pic, thats blowing out the lighter parts of the image.
To me it looks quite soft as well, is your tripod solid? although at the small size I'm viewing here it's a bit hard to tell (viewing on a tablet)
The black background is fooling the cameras meter into trying to lighten the pic, thats blowing out the lighter parts of the image.
To me it looks quite soft as well, is your tripod solid? although at the small size I'm viewing here it's a bit hard to tell (viewing on a tablet)
