Blue Halo, Blue Halo; How do I loathe thee?

Even when out in the world doing other things, I find horses that I must photograph. Ha!

I went to the Legion of Honor this past weekend for my art history class. I took my camera along to do some of my bracketing assignment while I was there, and inevitably wound up taking other pictures as well. I wanted some high-contrasted silhouette (with marked highlights) shots, but I need to work on my exposure more. Plus people kept walking up to me asking questions and chatting me up while I was trying to fuss with it. I got frustrated and left.

Here are the two near-silhouettes I did manage to get:

These shots are frustrating in more than just the exposure department, though. Blue halos FTL! WTF, camera. I cry inside. QQ

Even the shot where I wasn't trying to get a silhouette is full of these pesky edgings.

I'm not sure how to deal with that sort of thing except to go in and photoshop it out, but that takes so much time and makes me very whiny!