newbie help needed

[dcbc]

hello this is my first post.i don't know where to put this.
i used cannon as1000 to take this photograph.can you suggest which settings to use to avoid those lines coming out from the lamp and the moon.
or is there something wrong with my camera lens.
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo...eat=directlink

[zona5101]

Hello & Welcome!

Maybe my browser but i only see the dreaded "red x" where the image should be!

[i speak in math]

Looks like lens flare. Typically, this is the result of a poor quality lens. As you have a point and shoot camera, and thus, cannot change lenses, there is nothing you can do.

[dcbc]

Originally Posted by i speak in math

Looks like lens flare. Typically, this is the result of a poor quality lens. As you have a point and shoot camera, and thus, cannot change lenses, there is nothing you can do.

thanks for the reply.i am so sad to hear that.

[111t]

Is the lens clean? That is very important. It sounds like this is a point/shoot camera so you can't change to a better lens. On a dslr, the most important thing is to make sure that A) the lens is clean. and B) That if you keep a UV filter on your lens... you take it off.