overexposuren.
/ˌəʊv(ə)rᵻkˈspəʊʒə/, /ˌəʊv(ə)rɛkˈspəʊʒə/, U.S. /ˈˌoʊvərɪkˈspoʊʒər/, /ˈˌoʊvərɛkˈspoʊʒər/ 1. Photography. Excessive exposure of a film or plate to light, resulting in a pale or washed out picture; deliberate exposure of a film or plate to a greater amount of light than that suggested by a light meter, in order to achieve a particular effect or to avoid underexposure of dark areas; the photographic result of this.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > a photograph > qualities and effects > [noun] > over- or under-exposure
overexposure1862
under-exposure1873
1862 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 152 405 The image is completely solarized (bleached) from over-exposure.
1926 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 111 457 The blur of photographic over-exposure surrounding this line made it impossible to examine the exact position of the limit.
1974 Times 1 Feb. 19/6 As anyone knows who handles films and photographs, you get unwanted results from over-exposure.
2001 Nature Photographer Summer 27/1 Be sure to underexpose by one-third to one-half stop to prevent overexposure of your subjects.
2.
a. gen. Excessive exposure, esp. to risk or harm.
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1889 Atlantic Monthly Nov. 586 Passion cannot possibly hold out. It gets chilled by over-exposure.
1947 Radiology 49 364/2 Is the peripheral blood picture as reliable an indicator of over-exposure as radiologists have considered it to be?
1974 Physics Bull. May 179/1 Moderate overexposure [to CO] seems to cause no permanent damage to health.
1998 J. Irving Widow for One Year 220 The daughter..had been born with a contrary personality; whether this was the result of her overexposure to the gore of her own delivery or something in the..genes.
b. Excessive public exposure (of a celebrity, etc.), esp. to the extent that the interest of the intended audience is lost.
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society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > [noun] > publicizing > over publicizing
overexposure1966
media hype1975
1966 Jrnl. Politics 28 227 There is always now the possibility of over-exposure of the President.
1971 Guardian 6 Feb. 6/6 Future plans? A repeat of the ‘Basil Brush Show’ on the BBC, but careful avoidance of overexposure.
1986 New Statesman 4 July 14/2 In the case of South Africa, Bishop Desmond Tutu is suffering from overexposure.
1996 Independent 9 Feb. 14/6 While news of genocides went under-reported then, it is media overexposure that desensitises us today.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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