overexposure

When the brightly-lit parts of the image are washed out and lose detail, up to becoming completely white.

In photography, this occurs due to the light being too bright for the camera to capture. In art, this artifact may be imitated for artistic effect, much like lens flare or bokeh.

See bloom for when the overexposure gently bleeds into the surrounding area.

Examples

Overexposed highlights

Overexposure with bloom

Camera flash overexposure

See also

• bloom
• high contrast
• chiaroscuro
• light leak
• Tag group:Lighting

External links

• Wikipedia: Clipping (photography)

The following tags implicate this tag: camera_flash_overexposure (learn more).