Help with this image please

ethan · 13 Feb 2016 at 21:12

Hi. can anybody give me some help with this image please. It was the first attempt to take a picture of the Milky Way and for some strange reason I cannot figure out where the orange tint came from? I used my Sony Rx100 MK2: F1.8. Iso 1600 with a SS of 25 seconds.

ethan · 13 Feb 2016 at 21:52

There was nothing orange visible that I could see but did wonder if the camera was picking up some residue from some street lighting some four to five miles away. Tungsten lighting apparently gives off an orange tint. Unfortunately I wasn't able to take the shot again in a different area as it rained, so until I can try again I will still be left wondering whether or not it might be the camera?

ethan · 13 Feb 2016 at 22:08

Thanks

ethan · 14 Feb 2016 at 19:46

uv said:
definitely light pollution - you can lessen it somewhat by exposing to the right and then bringing exposure down in PP. I'm actually amazed you didn't start getting trails at 25 seconds!

For some reason I thought star trails would have been borderline @ f1. 8 25 secs? My second shot was ruined by the pulsating lights from a jumbo jet.