Elson asks : I recently read definitions of "halo" in : http://en.mimi.hu/photography/halo.html. : : But I'm not sure if I understand the meanings. Could someone show me a : photo with a halo? some examples <http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/back-light.jpg> <http://images1.comstock.com/Imagewarehouse/GS/SITECS/NLWMCompingVersions/GS206/GS206001.JPG> : There is also a term that I'm not sure about: blooming. : http://www.photography.com/topics/blooming/ "Blooming refers to the phenomenon that occurs when the pixels on a digital camera overflow with sensory information. When the pixels on a digital camera can't take in any more photons (the particles of light that produce an image), the excess sensory information causes the resulting picture to appear overexposed, blurry and less detailed." a possible example (I'm not sure if *is* blooming, but it looks like what blooming looks like) : <http://images1.comstock.com/Imagewarehouse/GS/SITECS/NLWMCompingVersions/GS206/GS206001.JPG> Karl