lens flare

English

Noun

lens flare (countable and uncountable, plural lens flares)

1. A stray patch of brightness in a photographic image resulting from aberrant refractions or reflections within the lens due to an exceptionally bright light source, sometimes one just outside the image proper.

   Lens flare is usually unwanted, but can be exploited for artistic effect.

Translations

brightness in an image

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鏡頭光暈／镜头光晕 (jìngtóu guāngyūn)

• Dutch: lensgloed m
• Finnish: linssiheijastus
• Hungarian: becsillanás
• Polish: flara (pl) f
• Swedish: linsöverstrålning c