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open flash

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noun

Photography.

  1. a photographic technique employing a flash fired while the camera shutter is held open.

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In his eye you may often see alternately the secret laughing expression of humour, and the sudden open flash of indignation.

From The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 1 by Hare, Augustus J. C.

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