Re: HYB: What is 'Halation?"
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] HYB: What is 'Halation?"
- From: D* K*
- Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 07:37:26 -0500
From: Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com>
>From: hipsource@aol.com
>
>Greetings,
>
>I was just looking up something for the Starlord and I ran into a word I
>don't recall having seen before. " Halation" I made an educated guess from
>the context, but then I thought I'd better check the glossary on Mike's HIPS
>page, where the word was not found, so then I tried the dictionary.
>
>Now here is the check list description, color-wise, of TRAILS WEST
>(Schreiner's 1986) "Auburn brown blend----note correction from previous post
>where I said autumn---with metallic halation, old gold to brown beard."
>
>Okay, so I hit the dictionary and what do I find in the Random House College?
>"Halation---a blurred effect at the edges of a light area on a photograph
>caused by reflection of light through the emulsion from the surface of the
>film or plate."
>
>Is this word being used consistently for a specific color effect in irises
>and I've simply not run into it enough to notice it before? Can someone tell
>me what may be meant here?
>
>Thank you.
>
>Anner Whitehead
>HIPSource@aol.com
a halo effect?
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