halation
Halo around brightness
Halation is the spreading of light beyond its proper boundaries in a photograph or image, creating a halo or glow around bright areas.
The effect occurs when light passes through the emulsion and reflects back from the film base.
In cinematography, halation sometimes appears intentionally for a dreamy or nostalgic look: The backlit scene had a soft halation around the windows.
Blended immiscible liquids
- celluloidTransparent flammable synthetic material
- analogComparable equivalent
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
- panchromaticSensitive to all visible light
Heatless light emission
- bloomFlower or flourishing state
- radianceGlowing luminous quality
- aureoleRadiant ring around head
- coronaStar's outermost atmosphere
nimbus · incandescence · luminosity · effulgence · brilliance · gleam · shimmer · phosphorescence
Chronic occupational depletion
- clippingPiece cut out
- washoutComplete failure or cancellation
- bleachingChemical color removal
- whiteoutSnow blindness weather
flare · saturation · overbrightness · glare
Producing flowers now
- hazeMurky atmospheric suspension
- fuzzinessIndistinct or unclear quality
- softeningBecoming less firm
- fogLow-lying cloud cover
mistiness · veiling · diffusion · bleeding · fringing · aura · nebulousness · gauzy
Light source behind subject
- ghostingAbruptly ceasing all communication
- bloomingProducing flowers now
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- bokehAesthetic quality of defocus
diffraction · exposure · highlight · soft-focus · anamorphic
emulsion
Blended immiscible liquids
- celluloidTransparent flammable synthetic material
- analogComparable equivalent
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
panchromatic · darkroom · nitrate · acetate · reversal · negative
luminescence
Heatless light emission
corona · nimbus · incandescence · luminosity · effulgence · brilliance · gleam · shimmer · phosphorescence
burnout
Chronic occupational depletion
whiteout · flare · saturation · overbrightness · glare
blooming
Producing flowers now
fog · mistiness · veiling · diffusion · bleeding · fringing · aura · nebulousness · gauzy
backlighting
Light source behind subject
- ghostingAbruptly ceasing all communication
- bloomingProducing flowers now
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
bokeh · diffraction · exposure · highlight · soft-focus · anamorphic
dreamy
Vague and pleasantly distracted
cinematic · vintage · atmospheric · angelic · otherworldly · hazy · diffused · retro · painterly · luminous
- visual defectsblur, distortion, artifact, flaw, defect
- soft focus effectsblur, haze, glow, diffusion
- lightinglamp, lamps, bulbs, light bulb, light bulbs
- opticslens, lenses, mirror, mirrors, prism
- Shot Errorsblur, overexposure, underexposure, out of focus, camera shake
- Film Processingdarkroom, developer, fixer, emulsion, negatives
halationsharp focus
Maximum image clarity
sharpness · clarity · definition · crisp edges · resolution