What's the blue tinge?

[looking4OPH]

Relative newby to DSLR, having moved up from point-n-shoot recently. I realize this is challenging lighting with the snow and clear, sunny day. Why am I getting the blue tinge around the sides of this picture?



No post processing done (to this version), although I have a version with the brown "stuff" removed from the snow.

EXIF here

[autofocus]

...shooting wide on many lenses will cause this vignetting problem. Was it your kit lens?

[looking4OPH]

Yes, Sony a330 18-55 kit lens.

[LenDog]

We're unable to veiw the EXIF due to the privacy settings.

Not sure if you used a filter, but a polarization filter may helped with the tinge. Looks like a white balance problem, common problem when the camera is focused on snow.

An asided, I have an a330 as well and replaced the kit lens with a Tamron 17-50mm. Huge improvement in that focal length range.

[Heyho]

I would say it is a combination of both of the answers given already. Darkening at the edges of the frame is vignetting, and it appears more blue probably due to white balance setting. Check out your user manual for how to set custom white balance.

[looking4OPH]

Originally Posted by LenDog

We're unable to veiw the EXIF due to the privacy settings.

Not sure if you used a filter, but a polarization filter may helped with the tinge. Looks like a white balance problem, common problem when the camera is focused on snow.

An asided, I have an a330 as well and replaced the kit lens with a Tamron 17-50mm. Huge improvement in that focal length range.

Hmm, not sure what's with the Flickr settings for EXIF info as the settings are currently;
Hide your EXIF data No

EDIT: Updated EXIF link above with newest account settings.

That said, I did just combine a couple of unrelated Yahoo! and Flickr accounts for clarity, so I'll look around at the setting some more.

No polarization filter used (a bit over my head right now, but somewhere I think I'll need to go). I'll study up on white balance, as I've only played with it a bit.

Appreciate all of the suggestions!

[LeeR]

Keep in mind that areas of your image that are not in direct sunlight are being lit by what? The sky. And what color is the sky? Yep, you guessed it.
True, I think you may have a white balance problem here as well, but even if you correct that you may still find some influence from skylight.

[SriMesh]

I, too, have been playing around with not having the blue snow phenomenon, or minimising it, unless I choose to impart the mood...
This page shows automatic white balance AWB and manual settings
This page relates using Exposure Value settings as well
Random experiments
Using photoshop to fix it all!!!