Halos are rings of light around objects in photographs. While they can be intentional, in many cases they are undesirable artifacts from excessive post-processing with tone mapping or unsharp mask.
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How are circular haloes around light sources created?
I found the below image (photographer credit: Xavier Leung, original photo), which depicts an American battleship currently docked in Hong Kong.
Is anyone familiar with this striking effect? I ...
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How do I avoid white color in the sky near my subject with HDR photos?
I have created a HDR image from a single raw file. The way I have created it was
Open the RAW file in Photoshop camera raw.
Do some adjustments like enhancing the color, cropping etc.
Exporting the ...
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Why does my photo look great in Lightroom but show sharpening halos on my web site?
I haven't over sharpened my photo — it looks great in Lightroom and Photoshop CS5, but when I upload it to my webpage, it has horrible ghosts/halos around much of the subjects. I have tried it with ...
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How can I stop my HDR shots looking so fake?
All my attempts at HDR come out looking remarkably fake, how can I reduce the halos effect?
