David, Eteinne, & Aram, This may be ³politically incorrect,² but if the ³ low pressure sodium (natrium), discharge lamps² make the room appear yellow to the eye, then leave the photo alone. It is correct as it stands, as that is the way it is seen by visitors. Besides, I like it that way! Stunning! All the best, Bill On 7/16/08 10:24 AM, "David Young" <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > At 16/07/2008, you wrote: >> Hi David ! >> >> The yellow lights you refer to are, in my modest opinion, low pressure sodium >> (natrium), discharge lamps. >> >> The light emitted is monochromatic i.e. all the luminous energy is emitted at >> a single wavelength of approx. 5900 Angström (or in a very, very narrow >> bandwith centered on that wavelength). >> >> The main advantage of this light source is its very high efficiency, up to >> 190 lumens per watt (to be compared to 20 lumens/watt for quartz halogen >> filament lamps). >> >> Its main drawback is that its use is limited to places where colour >> recognition is not important (roads, tunnels ...). E.g. a red object will >> appear black or very dark brown under this light source. >> >> All the best ! >> >> Etienne > > > Eteinne & Aram: > > Thanks for the pointer as to the type of light. I had assumed that it was LP > Sodium, but was not aware of the severely limited spectrum. > > Years ago, Victoria, BC, was one of the first places to use these lamps for > street lighting. They were encouraged to do so by the Dominion Astrophysical > Observatory, there, which was suffering tremendous light pollution, as the > city had overgrown the observatory. Since they do a lot of spectrography, I > now see why these lamps were a huge improvement to the light pollution > problem! > > Still, it does not help correct the colours in my photo ... although I am now > beginning to think this is not possible. > > Thanks, both, for your help. > > Cheers! > > --- > > David Young, > Logan Lake, CANADA > > Limited Edition Prints at: www.furnfeather.net <http://www.furnfeather.net/> > Personal Web-site at: www.main.furnfeather.net > <http://www.main.furnfeather.net/> > Stock Photography at: http://tinyurl.com/2amll4 > >