Best way to get night time skyline shots?

[NightShadow]

Hiya ppl,

Im going to go up on the roof at work later on and get some pics of the city across the thames so Canary Wharf etc, now i tried the other night but due to the very slow shutter speed i didnt really get any poper clear pics and they were all very grainy(using optical zoom only). Camera is an Olympus C-5060 with wide zoom lens and i was using full 4x optical zoom, what tips do you have? The cam has lots of pictures on the dial on top but i dont know which mode to use really

NS

 

[NightShadow]

Well,

Had a go with ISO set to 80 and the shutter speed at various levels of slowness, this is about the best, all the others are a blurry or just plain carp, what can be done to this to make the buildings stand out and the skies darker without it all looking a bit silly? ive tried HDR'ing it but it looks even worse then, not sure what to do??

Here it is:

If anyone wants to have a go for me or wants the original RAW file let me know.

NS

 

[NightShadow]

was anyone else half expecting to see a mitsubishi?

btw sorry for my complete lack of help

np mate, if i had a Skyline to take pictures of i would (BTW..its a Nissan )