Overexposed

How it is used

Used when reviewing images: the sky is overexposed, the dress looks overexposed. The noun is overexposure. Photographers also say the highlights are blown out. A little overexposure is sometimes chosen on purpose for a bright, airy look.

Example sentences

1. The bride's dress is overexposed; there's no detail left in the lace.

2. If you expose for her face, the window behind her will be overexposed.

Common collocations

• slightly overexposed
• overexposed sky
• overexposed highlights
• badly overexposed

Related terms

• underexposedToo dark because not enough light reached the sensor, so shadow areas lose detail and brightening them later adds noise.
• clippingThe loss of all detail in the brightest or darkest parts of an image, which become pure white or pure black.
• exposureThe amount of light that reaches the camera's sensor or film when you take a picture; it decides how bright or dark the final image looks.
• histogramA graph that shows how the tones in a photo are spread out, from pure black on the left to pure white on the right.
• exposure compensationA setting that tells the camera to make its automatic exposure brighter or darker, usually in steps of a third of a stop, shown as +1 or −0.7.

More terms: Exposure

• aperture
• shutter speed
• ISO
• exposure triangle
• f-stop
• stop
• metering
• motion blur
• long exposure