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Halation 1

Halation is the distinct, organic glow characteristic of classic analogue film stocks, where bright highlights bleed softly into surrounding darker areas.

 

As I understand it, this effect occurs when bright light reflects off the film backing, causing highlights to bleed softly into adjacent darker areas creating a halo effect - a glow.

 

I used Color Efex 9: halation

In this example I processed the colour RAW, adjusted the halation colour from the conventional red to blue, exported and converted to B&W in Silver Efex 9 boosting the blue channel

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Uploaded on June 6, 2026
Taken on June 4, 2026