Definition
Plural of halation; optical effects where light reflects inside a camera lens or film, creating blurred halos around bright objects in photographs.
Etymology
From 'halation' (1891), from the German 'Halo' meaning halo, combined with the English suffix '-ation'. The term was coined to describe the unwanted halo effects photographers observed in early film photography.
Kelly Says
Before digital sensors, photographers had to deal with halation constantly—light would bounce off the back of film and create ghostly halos around streetlights in night photos. Camera manufacturers added special anti-halation coatings to film to prevent this, which is why old photographs sometimes look different from what the photographer actually saw.
Translations
BNবাংলা
হালেশন
ha-la-shon
CACatalà
halacions
ha-la-syohn
CSČeština
halations
ha-la-syohn
DADansk
halations
ha-la-syohn
DEDeutsch
Halations
ha-la-syohn
ELΕλληνικά
χαλαισίες
xa-la-i-syes
ESEspañol
halaciones
ha-la-s-yo-nes
FISuomi
halations
ha-la-syohn
FRFrançais
halations
ha-la-syohn
HAHA
halations
ha-la-syohn
HEעברית
הליאציות
ha-li-a-tsyot
HIहिन्दी
हलैशन
ha-la-i-shon
HUMagyar
halations
ha-la-syohn
IDBahasa Indonesia
halations
ha-la-syohn
IGIG
halations
ha-la-syohn
ITItaliano
halations
ha-la-syohn
MSBahasa Melayu
halations
ha-la-syohn
MYမြန်မာ
ဟလေရှမ်
ha-la-ye-shon
NLNederlands
halations
ha-la-syohn
NONorsk
halations
ha-la-syohn
PAPA
ਹਾਲੇਸ਼ਨ
ha-la-e-shon
PLPolski
halations
ha-la-syohn
PTPortuguês
halations
ha-la-syohn
RORomână
halations
ha-la-syohn
RUРусский
халяции
xalya-tsy
SVSvenska
halations
ha-la-syohn
SWKiswahili
halations
ha-la-syohn
TAதமிழ்
ஹாலேஷன்
ha-la-e-shon
TEతెలుగు
హాలేషన్
ha-la-e-shon
THไทย
ฮาเลชั่น
ha-la-syohn
TLTL
halations
ha-la-syohn
TRTürkçe
halasyonlar
ha-la-yo-n-lar
UKУкраїнська
халяції
xalya-tsy
VITiếng Việt
halations
ha-la-syohn
YOYO
halations
ha-la-syohn
ZUZU
halations
ha-la-syohn