Long exposures.

Here are another two photos I have taken that are long exposures.

Long exposure of street and traffic lights using Sony NEX-5.

Long exposure of Christmas lights using Canon EOS 1000D.

So basically to get this effect, you set the ISO to 100 (though you may want it higher if you're exposing for only a short time), set the shutter speed to whatever time you want, preferably 10 seconds or longer, also you need to set the F-stop (aperture) to a high number to enable the lights to stand out better.

Since the lights aren't movable on their own, I had to zoom in and out multiple times to get the long exposure effect. This doesn't need to be done if you're taking a photo of for example, cars on the road driving and things like that.

Doing long exposure photography is one of my favourite as it's fun to do and the photos look good!