A star studded night

I am learning how to take night shots with my Nikon D5100 (digital) camera.  It is possible to take control of the settings in an automatic camera.  But they are embedded in the camera.  I set the camera with an ISO of 1600.  There was another hidden setting called "exposure compensation" which I set at +4 for the first two pictures then changed it to +3 for the rest of the pictures.

ISO 1600:  30 sec, f 3.5/18 mm

 I pointed the camera at the horizon towards my neighbor across the river.  Off to the left hand side is the milky way. I was excited to see how the  yard light gave off an orange aura.

ISO 1600: 30 Sec f 3.5/18 mm

 The picture above has an exposure compensation of +4 while the identical picture below is set at +3.  it is difficult to say but I think the +4 picture is a little more blurry and a little more orange. I noticed while I made the change of the exposure that the fog was beginning to roll in around me.

ISO 1600: 30 Sec f 3.5/18 mm

 I carefully moved from the back yard to the front yard. My yard light caused a few problems or an interesting effect. The yellow light refracting off the green trees has left me with a green aura around the trees.

ISO 1600: 30 Sec f 3.5/18 mm

 With the fog settling in, I found it increasingly difficult to focus.  The fog was even covering the lens with a coating of water.

ISO 1600: 30 Sec f 3.5/18 mm

 I finished my last few pictures by pointing the camera up in the air.  How can anyone look up into the amazing stars and not praise the glory of God?

Genesis 1New International Version (NIV)

The Beginning

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

ISO 1600: 30 Sec f 3.5/18 mm