Night shooting Issues

[Jankz]

Hey guys,
I have an Olympus E-520 with the 2 kit lenses (14-42 and 42-150) that it comes with, and when I try to do night photography, no matter what setting I seem to try it gives it a yellow/orange overall appearance...am I missing something?

I forgot to mention, its when I am shooting outdoors. The first time I noticed it is when I did a city scape at night (Cn tower across the lake) and last night when I went to a marina. My friend had a normal sony point and shoot and it made amazing night shots where mine looked aweful in comparison. I haven't mastered the white balance portion yet, but I have tried the presets there to see if there is any difference with no luck (sunny, cloudy, auto...etc.)

[Raigoki]

hi!

can you post some sample images?
usually it's the White balance... but since you tried all the presets, I couldn't figure what's wrong without a sample photo.
also, did the built-in flash fired?

[Heuristx]

You can immediately review the picture on the LCD and simply adjust the white balance and repeat the shot until you like it. Or, if your shot cannot be repeated - the E-520 comes with Olympus Master, which you can use to adjust the white balance when you develop the Raw file. Or, if you shot jpeg, use some photo editing software like the GIMP, which has a white balance adjustment plugin. Noting is lost, there are amny pieces of software that can either set your white balance(thst's the easy way) or the color balance(hat's a bit fussier a process).

[Raigoki]

^
just want to add something,

if you want to adjust white balance after shooting, use RAW. adjusting WB in JPEG may cause some grainy/noise effect. (and sometimes loss of details)