Terms starting with L
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L-bracket
An L-shaped plate that lets a camera be mounted on a tripod head in either horizontal or vertical orientation without tilting the head.
Genres, Movements & TheoryLandscape Photography
Photography of natural or altered land, sea and sky, often concerned with light, weather and a sense of place.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsLarge Format
Sheet-film photography at 4×5 inches and above, using individually loaded sheets and a camera with full movements.
Printing, Display & OutputLaser Exposure Print
A chromogenic print exposed by red, green and blue lasers or LEDs scanning across photographic paper under digital control.
Film, Darkroom & Historic ProcessesLatent Image
The invisible record formed in an emulsion by exposure, before development makes it visible.
Optics, Lenses & FiltersLateral Chromatic Aberration
Colour fringing caused by different wavelengths being magnified by slightly different amounts, appearing as coloured edges toward the frame…
Composition & Visual DesignLaw of Closure
The gestalt principle that the mind completes incomplete shapes, perceiving a whole where only parts are shown.
Composition & Visual DesignLaw of Continuity
The gestalt principle that the eye follows a line or curve and continues along it even where it is interrupted.
Composition & Visual DesignLaw of Proximity
The gestalt principle that elements placed close together are perceived as belonging to one group.
Composition & Visual DesignLaw of Similarity
The gestalt principle that elements sharing shape, colour, size or texture are perceived as related.
Post-Processing & RetouchingLayer
A stacked element in an image document that can hold pixels, adjustments or effects independently of the layers below it.
Post-Processing & RetouchingLayer Mask
A greyscale channel attached to a layer that controls where that layer is visible, with white revealing and black concealing.
Composition & Visual DesignLayering
Building a composition from distinct planes at different distances, so the eye moves through the frame from near to far.
Composition & Visual DesignLead Room
The space left in front of a subject in the direction they face or move.
Composition & Visual DesignLeading Lines
Lines within a scene that guide the viewer's eye from one part of the frame toward the subject.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsLeaf Shutter
A shutter built into the lens from overlapping blades that open from the centre outward and close the same way.
Lighting & FlashLED Panel
A flat array of light-emitting diodes providing continuous, dimmable and often colour-adjustable illumination.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsLens Adapter
A ring or unit that lets a lens designed for one mount be fitted to a body with a different one.
Optics, Lenses & FiltersLens Coating
Microscopically thin layers deposited on glass surfaces to reduce reflection and increase light transmission.
Post-Processing & RetouchingLens Correction Profile
A stored description of a lens's distortion, vignetting and chromatic aberration, applied automatically during processing.
Optics, Lenses & FiltersLens Element
A single piece of shaped optical glass within a lens assembly.
Optics, Lenses & FiltersLens Flare
Stray light scattered inside a lens by a bright source, appearing as streaks, polygons or a general wash across the image.
Optics, Lenses & FiltersLens Group
One or more elements cemented or fixed together that move as a single unit inside a lens.
Optics, Lenses & FiltersLens Hood
A shade fitted to the front of a lens to block light from outside the angle of view before it can strike the front element.