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I mean there is some lighting effect above a person.

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    \$\begingroup\$ Please see meta.photo.stackexchange.com/questions/3881/… — could you describe the effect you are seeing more specifically, and, especially, edit that description into the title question? Thanks. \$\endgroup\$
    – mattdm
    Commented May 1, 2015 at 12:01
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    \$\begingroup\$ Looks like a typically HDR type of artifact. Most of the sophisticated image manip programs will do it. Its more a matter of technique. \$\endgroup\$
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    Commented May 1, 2015 at 16:35
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    – Alaska Man
    Commented Apr 23, 2019 at 17:12

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Assuming you're seeing the same thing I'm seeing: a lighter "halo" in the sky around the man on the left, and possibly also around some of the people near the river, I think it's not an intentional lighting effect but an accidental artifact.

My guess is that in the original exposure, the man was very, very underexposed. Post-processing techniques — possibly blending multiple exposures with HDR — were used to brighten it up. But this wasn't done carefully, and also caused brightening in the already-bright sky. This kind of halo is a very common artifact from this kind of brightness manipulation.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ Hey, thanks fro answer. But do you know what program is used to create this 'halo' effect on ios? :) \$\endgroup\$
    – FishZone
    Commented May 1, 2015 at 12:24
  • \$\begingroup\$ Any program which will attempt to adjust exposure of shadow areas. Could be the built in HDR, even, although I haven't used that. \$\endgroup\$
    – mattdm
    Commented May 1, 2015 at 12:43

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